Book Introduction Text by Günther Schlee The Boran are a southern Oromo group, which occupies a senior position in Oromo traditional history. Their contact period with the Amhara was shorter than that of other Oromo groups and their dialect has…
Tourism Ethiopia, formerly known as the Ethiopian Tourism Organization (ETO), a government agency that is given the responsibility of promoting and marketing the country as a tourism destination, is under fire over decision to ban Ethiopian delegation from participating in…
Charles Sutton was a Peace Corps Volunteer and the sole American member of the Orchestra Ethiopia, a music and folk dance group which was active in Addis Ababa in the sixties and seventies. Besides playing the one-stringed masenko for the…
Merera Gudina discusses Ethiopia’s ongoing political transition Merera Gudina was among the speakers giving remarks at an event organized by the Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI) in Paris on February 21. The event, organized by the independent research and…
Getachew Debalke, a veteran stage personality, producer, and lyricist, has died at the age of 83 last night. He performed in several plays, including in Tsegaye Gebre-Medhin’s translation of Hamlet, playing the role of Claudius in 1985. He has authored…
One of the foremost Ethiopian washint players, Yohannes Afework, who helped to ensure the indigenous end-blown flute playing be heard and regarded as an esteemed melody instrument in the national music scene passed away at 72 in his home in…
Thousands of people have been internally displaced as part of the region’s crackdown on homes that authorities say are illegal The town of Legetafo, located in the Oromia regional state adjacent to the north-eastern suburbs of Addis Ababa, has seen…
Bulcha advises not to overburden the current government with too much expectation Opposition leader Bulcha Demeksa, 89, has declared his intention to run for a parliament seat, as the country builds up to an election scheduled for next year. He…
This is the second installment of the article entitled ‘Twenty eight years holed up in Italian Embassy.’ The guests have overstayed their welcome The book, “I noti ospiti” (‘Known guests’) sheds light on the untold story of the two former…
The hope was that by now they should have left the Italian Embassy in Addis Ababa where they have been given refuge for the past 28 years, and walked free. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed embarked upon a new course of…
