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Facefood – the Facebook of the Restaurant World

Facefood is a new eatery in town with the “look and feel” of Facebook. Except at Facefood, unlike its online muse, there is a waiter that takes your order,...

Ethiopia: Film Industry Booming in Quantity, Not in Quality – Study

Ethiopian film makers have been invited to take part in various international film festivals but they fail to do so as they could not meet the international criteria Study reveals...

Images of traditional lives of indigenous Ethiopian tribes shared by photographer

French photographer Eric Lafforgue has captured some stunning photography during a trip to rural Ethiopia. While there, he spent time with indigenous tribespeople, catching a glimpse into their culture...

Addressing the growing problem of counterfeit medicines in Ethiopia

Minilab training in Addis Ababa for pharmacists from Ethiopia and Sudan Determining quickly and reliably whether a medicine is counterfeit or authentic, and how much active ingredient it contains: The...

‘I was dehumanised’: Lemn Sissay on hearing his harrowing abuse report live on stage

In a blistering one-off show, poet Lemn Sissay heard – for the first time – the record of his suffering as a child in care. He explains why the...

Why There’s a Statue of Bob Marley in Ethiopia

WHEN YOU THINK OF JAMAICA, you’re likely to conjure a mental picture of Bob Marley before you think of anything else. There’s no other country in the world where...
The present church was erected in 1962 by Emperor Haile Selassie, replacing one his father Ras Makonnen had erected to celebrate the Ethiopian victory in the Battle of Adwa.

The Feast of St. Gabriel in Kulubi

28th December (Tahsas 19 in the Ethiopian calendar) is one of the two big annual St. Gabriel festivals (the other one comes on 26th July), and is the culmination...
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በቅርቡ ጅራ የተሰኘ ነጠላ ዜማውን የለቀቀውና በአሁኑ ወቅት በኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ካሉ ምርጥ ድምጻውያን መካከል በቀዳሚዎቹ መካከል ስሙ የሚጠራው ሃጫሉ ሁንዴሳ በአዲስ አበባ ሊያደርገው የነበረው የሙዚቃ ኮንሰርት ልክ እንደ ቴዲ...

Ethiopian Musicians Charged With Terrorism for ‘Inciting’ Song Lyrics

Seven producers and performers of a popular YouTube music video were charged in Ethiopia in late June with terrorism for producing ‘inciting’ audio-visual materials and ‘uploading them on YouTube’. The group members were arrested...

Ethiopian artist Hamelmal Abate won best traditional music award in Afrima 2017

Hamelmal Abate, an Ethiopian musician, won best Africa traditional music award in Afrima 2017 competition. She announced the news on her brief facebook update : “We did it #africa, thank...

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Ethnic Identity and National Loyalty – Conflicting Direction

In Ethiopia, people are no more afraid to talk. To be precise, they do talk inside their homes and cars, or in the backrooms...
Akon in Ethiopia to mark 122nd anniversary of Battle of Adwa

Akon in Ethiopia to mark 122nd anniversary of Battle of Adwa

Senegalese-born – United States pop star, Akon, is in Ethiopia as part of events to celebrate the infamous Battle of Adwa which happened 122...
Hailu Mergia at home: ‘The Lady Is a Tramp – I love that one! My favourite is old jazz.’ Photograph: Sait Serkan Gurbuz for the Guardian

Hailu Mergia: the Ethiopian jazz legend who jams in his taxi

He fled his native country with his group, the Walias Band, in 1981 and now drives a cab in Washington DC, in which he...