German tourist shot dead in Ethiopia
A German tourist has been shot dead and a guide injured during a visit to a volcano in north-eastern Ethiopia. They were part of a group which had travelled to...
Ethiopian hackers accidentally exposed their spyware campaign targeting dissidents in 20 countries
The spyware campaign's log-file was inadvertently exposed by the hackers, which revealed the entire target list. Ethiopian state-sponsored hackers' secret campaign to spy on dissidents and journalists of the Ethiopian government was...
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...
The Great Run: Image builder and development engine
The first edition of the Great Ethiopian Run was held on November 25, 2001 with ten thousand participants. Comparing it to the celebrated great runs of other countries, the...
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...
Ethiopia: vote for foreign adoption ban
In recent years, cases of abuse – or worse, death – of Ethiopian children adopted abroad, have brought great debate at home whether to continue to allow such adoptions. The...
Change of guard
After a marathon session of intraparty debate and criticism and self-criticism processes, the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), the oldest among the four-party coalition, the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic...
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...
Ethiopia prime minister Hailemariam Desalegn resigns
Ethiopia's prime minister says he has submitted his resignation as both prime minister and the chairman of the ruling coalition.
Hailemariam Desalegn's announcement comes amid a political crisis and lingering unrest...
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...
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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
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: 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...
