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Evidence that Ethiopia is spying on journalists shows commercial spyware is out of control

THROUGHOUT 2016 AND 2017, individuals in Canada, United States, Germany, Norway, United Kingdom, and numerous other countries began to receive suspicious emails. It wasn’t just common spam. These people were chosen. The...
Do we have the will to remain united? This is the question of the day!

Reform is not enough

Ethiopia is heading towards a massive crisis. We all know. Everyone from Diaspora politicians to ordinary citizens is taking a stab at how 2018 will advance disunity. Naturally EPRDF, together with other...

Hawassa should still do better

Another eventful week around the world… Mugabe in house arrest!! Our own Sheik Amoudi in ‘Ritz Carlton Jail’, accused of corruption and fraud…What a shock … The brave Sheik...

ዘመናዊ የባሪያ ንግድ በዛሬይቱ ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ እንደሚካሄድ ሲጋለጥ

https://youtu.be/S0eCgDadvKo ዘመናዊ የባሪያ ንግድ በዛሬይቱ ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ እንደሚካሄድ ሲጋለጥ ምንጭ: ዝ ሀበሻ

Former ECX CEO Becomes Head of New Television Station

African Renaissance Television Service (ARTS), a new television station under formation, announced the hiring of Ermias Eshetu, the former CEO of Ethiopia Commodity Exchange, as its new CEO. Ermias tendered...

Prime Minister Appoints Special Envoys to North America, Middle East

Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has appointed today two of his administration’s stalwarts as special envoys to North America and the Middle East. Seyoum Mesfin, a veteran diplomat who has been ambassador to...

Migrant crisis: ‘I was sold three times by slave traders’

Harun Ahmed is one of thousands of young Ethiopians who have attempted the journey across the Sahara to Libya - and from there to Europe. He eventually made it to...

Ethnic violence in Ethiopia leaves deep wounds

Ethiopia has experienced one of its worst population displacements due to violence in recent times. Now stuck in camps, displaced Ethiopians are trying to come to terms with what...

Ethiopia: We won’t relocate our embassy to Jerusalem

We have no intention to relocate our embassy from Tel Aviv to the occupied Jerusalem, the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry announced yesterday. Speaking at a press conference, the ministry’s spokesperson, Meles...

Business Crucial to Strengthen Ethio-Egytpian Relation: Ambassador Taye

Improved business relations can play a great role in strengthening the overall relationship between Egypt and Ethiopia, Ethiopia's Ambassador to Egypt Ambassador Taye Aske-Selassie said. Ambassador Taye held a roundtable...

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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...