Running is work in Ethiopia
What a documentary film on running can tell us about Ethiopia’s development trajectory. “Running is work,” our narrator, a young Biruk Fikadu, tells us in the introductory sequence to the documentary film Town of Runners. The film—shot over the course of three years (2008-2010) follows the trajectories of two young women from Bekoji, Ethiopia, in the […]
Read More →Total Internet shutdown in Ethiopia
It is now becoming an annual event that Ethiopia‘s government shuts down the Internet around the time of the East African country’s national secondary school final exams. This was confirmed an hour or two before midday (Central African Time) on 11 June 2019 by NetBlocks, an organization that tracks Internet disruptions and shutdowns. Barely a few weeks ago, another […]
Read More →Amazing Ethiopian woman sits exam 30 minutes after giving birth
A 21-year-old Ethiopian woman has taken one of her secondary school leaving exams 30 minutes after giving birth, she has told the BBC. Almaz Derese, who is from Metu in western Ethiopia, had hoped to sit the tests before her child arrived, but the exams were postponed because of Ramadan. She went into labour on […]
Read More →Ethiopian President to Attend Opening of FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019
Addis Ababa, Jun 7 (Prensa Latina) Ethiopia”s President, Sahle-Work Zewde, will attend as guest of honor at the opening FIFA Women”s Soccer World Cup to be held in Paris ths Friday.Zewde and her official delegation arrived in France on Thursday to participate in the Women Deliver 2019 World Conference held from June 3 to 6. […]
Read More →Ethiopia to Launch Satellite in November
Addis Ababa, May 28 (Prensa Latina) With China”s assistance Ethiopia will see its first Multi-Spectral Remote Sensing Satellite ETRSS-1 launched into space in November 2019, according to a communication from its Ministry of Innovation and Technology.According to the document, the Earth observation satellite is under construction by Ethiopian and Chinese experts, in virtue of an […]
Read More →ጋዜጠኛ ጥበቡ በለጠም ፍ/ቤት እንዲቀርብ ታዟል። Ethiopian journalists detained by the Authorities
=================================ሰሞኑን የአሀዱ ሬዲዮ ጣብያ ጋዜጠኛ ታምራት አበራ በሰንዳፋ ከተማ የታጠቁ የፖሊስ አባላት አማካኝነት ተይዞ ለእስር መዳረጉ ይታወሳል።ከዚህ ጉዳይ ጋ በተያያዘ ም የጣብያው ስራ አስኪያጅ ጋዜጠኛ ጥበቡ በለጠም ተይዞ ፍ/ቤት እንዲቀርብ መታዘዙን ለማረጋገጥ ችያለሁ።ይህን ተፈጻሚ ለማድረግም በተመሳሳይ የታጠቁ የፖሊስ አባላት ጋዜጠኛ ጥበቡ በለጠን ለመያዝ ወደ አሀዱ የሬድዮ ጣብያ መሄዳቸውንም አረጋግጫለሁ።ጋዜጠኛ ጥበቡ በለጠ ለስራ ጉዳይ ወጣ በማለቱ ፖሊሶቹ […]
Read More →Ethiopian, Egyptian airlines accused of running drug cartels in Nigeria
Johannesburg – The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission have accused Ethiopian Air and Egypt Air of operating drug cartels in Nigeria, following the framing of several people who were arrested, and subsequently released, on allegations of drug smuggling, Nigeria’s Guardian newspaper reported. “To start with the airlines: I am […]
Read More →በኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገድ ላይ ለደረሰው አደጋ ለተጎጂ አካላት እና ቤተሰቦቻቸው አለም አቀፍ የህግ ጥብቅና ለመስጠት ጠበቃ ዶ/ር ሸክስፒር ፈይሳ ገለፁ!
የኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገድ በረራ ቁጥር 302 ፍሬድማን ሩቢን እና የህግ ባለሙያው ሼክስፒር የህግ ቢሮ ሲያትል፡ አሜሪካ። ማርች 13 ቀን፣ 2019 ዓ.ም ከቦይንግ አውሮፕላን ካምፓኒ በጥቂት ርቀት ላይ የሚገኘው፤ ፍሬድማን ሩቢን የህግ ቢሮ፤ በኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገድ ህይወታቸው ያጡትን ቤተሰቦች የሚታደግ መሆኑን አሳወቀ። ፍሬድማን ሩቢን የህግ ቢሮ – በተለይ በኢትዮጵያ፣ አፍሪቃ የሚገኙ ዜጎች ፍትህ እንዲያገኙ ለማድረግ፤ ከኢትዮጵያዊው […]
Read More →Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia welcome imminent lift of sanctions on Asmara
November 10, 2018 (ADDIS ABABA) – Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia agreed Saturday welcomed the expected lifting of international sanctions on Asmara and vowed to enhance their tripartite cooperation. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Somali President Mohammed Abdullahi Mahmud Farmajo and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki held two-day consultations in Bahr Dar, Ethiopia on November 9-10, 2018. […]
Read More →The EPRDF is dead, long live the EPRDF!
This social affliction has been used for political expediency on at least two occasions in the past. In the early 1990s, November 11, 2018by Tsedeke Yihunie Woldu Only a reformed ruling front dedicated to democratic development under Abiy’s tender stewardship can bring Ethiopia the peace and prosperity its people yearn for What likely would you know about […]
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