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Ethiopian Prince Weds American Woman In Real-Life Fairy Tale

An American woman has beaten Meghan Markle to the punch of becoming a princess. Ariana Austin, 33, wed Joel Makonnen, 35, in a lavish ceremony on Saturday, Sept. 9. the Ethiopian royalty,...

The Ethiopian Banana That Flourishes in Drought and Heat

At first glance, Ensete ventricosum may look like a banana plant, with huge green fronds and a towering, thick brown pseudostem. But if you peel these orange, banana-cousin fruits,...

Zeritu Kebede and Joss Stone hold concert

Joss Stone Live and Unplugged featuring Zeritu Kebede was the event to be at on Saturday, December 2, 2017. The concert took place at the Mosaic Hotel. First time in...
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...
በፊልሙ ላይ እንግዳሰው ሀብቴ፣ አንተነህ አስረስ፣ ናሆም ጌታቸው፣ ፀደንያ ኤፍሬም፣ መራዊት ዮሐንስና ሌሎችም ተዋንያን ተሳትፈውበታል፡፡

በዝምታ- ፊልም ተመረቀ

በቶፓዚዩን ፊልም ፕሮዳክሽን ተዘጋጅቶ፣ በደራሲና ዳይሬክተር አንተነህ አስረስ የተሰራው “በዝምታ” የተሰኘው ፊልም ተመረቆ አዲስ አበባ በሚገኙ በሁሉም ሲኒማ ቤቶች ለእይታ ቀርባል፡ ፡ 850 ሺህ ብር እንደፈጀ የተነገረለት ፊልሙ፤የ1፡35 ርዝመት...

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...

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...

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...

How to Spend 24 Hours in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Eating)

“Ethiopians are never without their injera.” The wise words of Chef Mesfin from Addis Ababa ring true throughout Ethiopia: there’s injera, tibs, shiro, fir fir – the indecipherable list continues...

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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...