BY MAYA A. JONES@MJAY615 December 13, 2016 Actress Ruth Negga is starting the new year early by gracing the January issue of Vogue. In the issue, Negga, 35, discusses past roles, her lead role in the 2016 film Loving and growing up as an Ethiopian-Irish woman. Before the release of Loving, Negga was best known for her roles in the 2013 ... Read More »
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“አያሌው ሞኙ ሰው አማኙ” ማን ነው?
ባሕር ዳር፡ ታህሳስ 04 / 2009 ዓ.ም (አብመድ) ✍በየሺሀሳብ አበራ ከአቀበቱ ማዶ አንዲት ውብ የገጠር ልጅ ከብቶቿን ወደ ተራራ ታወጣለች ፡፡ህፃኗ የፀጉር አሰራሯ፣ተፈጥሮ ሳትነፍግ የለገሰቻት ውበት መግነጢሳዊ ሀይል ፈጥሮ ይስባል፡፡ እኔም ተስቢያለሁ፡፡ ህፃኗ ከመልከ ቀናነቷ ባለፈ ድምፀ መረዋ ናት፡፡ ከብቶቿን ” አያሌው ሞኙ ሰው አማኙ” በሚል ዘፈን ታዝናናቸዋለች፡፡ነገሩ ራሷን ነው የምታዝናና፡፡ እኔም ድምጷን ካደነቅሁ በኃላ አያሌው አባትሽ ናቸው ??ከሆኑስ አቶ ... Read More »
37 Loan Dependent Highest Land Bidders in Addis Fail to Pay Down Payment
Addis Ketema sub-city (America Gibe) Raising initial deposit urged to stop bogus land bidding Thirty seven land lease winners of the 24th round of the Addis Land Management Bureau auction failed to pay their down payment on time and as a result the Bureau will allow those who were placed second in the bidding to lease the land at the ... Read More »
CPJ’s 2016 List Shows 16 writers jailed in Ethiopia
December 13, 2016- Ethiopia has the third largest number of writers/journalists and bloggers, 16, jailed in Africa after Egypt – 25 and Eritrea -17 detained as of December 1, 2016. Turkey’s unprecedented crackdown on media brought the total number of jailed journalists worldwide to the highest number since the Committee to Protect Journalists began taking an annual census in 1990. ... Read More »
Ethiopia and Eritrea Cold to Hot War
It’s now widely assumed that Ethiopia can no longer provoke a potentially destabilizing conflict against Eritrea given the procedurally shifting strategic balance between Ethiopia and Eritrea as a result of Asmara’s newly christened strategic relationship with the GCC. By Andrew Korybko | for Global Research, Because of the unpredictability of the Eritrean government and the opaqueness of the information environment ... Read More »
Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Rights Malinowski Travels to Ethiopia
December 12, 2016 Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Affairs Tom Malinowski will travel to Ethiopia from December 14-17. During his visit, he will meet with government officials as part of a continued dialogue on human rights and governance. He will also meet with members of civil society, political party representatives, and local government officials during the visit. ... Read More »
New – Young Ethiopian poets in English
Enjoy Ethiopian poems translated into English and audio recorded. BILLENE “BILU” SEYOUM CHRISTINE YOHANNES DEMEKE KEBEDE ELSA MUGETA FIKIR KIFLU ADANE KIBROM HABTU LEMN SISSAY LIYOU LIBSEKAL MARTA HAILEYESUS MICHAEL MINASE MIHRET KEBEDE MINTESINOT MAMMO NEBILA ABDULMELIK REDIET TEREFE SEMIHA ZELALEM MEHRETU Source: http://badilishapoetry.com/countries/ethiopia/# Read More »
Fund raising for an Ethiopian killed after apparent train suicide in Canada
Henok Belete was struck by a GO Train on Dec. 1. The family says his death is a suicide and is trying to raise enough money to bury him back in his native Ethiopia. (PHOTO COURTESY BELETE’S FAMILY) By ALINA BYKOVAStaff Reporter Sat., Dec. 10, 2016 Hewan Wondiyfraw describes her late uncle, Henok Belete, as a kind, quiet man who was ... Read More »