Tuesday 21st April 2015
Release: Immediate
The people and government of Ethiopia are greatly saddened by the barbarous killing of innocent Ethiopian Christians in Libya.
The Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia strongly condemns the killings, even more so when...
Oakland, CA – We Say the Land is Not Yours: Breaking the Silence Against Forced Displacement in Ethiopia, a landmark report from the Oakland Institute documents testimony from members of several ethnic groups from different areas of the country,1...
Prof. Donald Levine: The scholars’ scholar
A Special Tribute to Prof. Donald Levine
This past January, Prof. Levine emailed to tell me about his long-planned visit to Ethiopia that had been thwarted by his illness. He had set three objectives for...
By Khaled Diab
Unless effective action is taken, a water war between Nile basin countries remains a distinct future possibility.
War has been avoided. As Yemen becomes the latest battleground in what future historians might call the Middle East's "World War",...
By Staff
The Diaspora-based Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) has been struggling for ethnic Oromo freedom since 1973, but in 2014 most of its leaders officially renamed it Oromo Democratic Front (ODF) with a new manifesto. Last week, the ODF announced...
Obo Lencho Leta shared his opinion on what is wrong in the coming Ethiopian election here. http://www.ethiomedia.com/101facts/4438.html
He failed to mention the 2005 election as a good example of what Transparent Election is about. Before the May 2005 election there was...
I am celebrating the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta Libertatum or the Great Charter of English Liberties.
Whoa! Hold it! I understand your question!
Why is a guy born in Africa (Ethiopia) now living in America celebrating a document written by a bunch...
Department for International Development will no longer back $4.9bn project that critics claim has funded a brutal resettlement programme
The UK has ended its financial support for a controversial development project alleged to have helped the Ethiopian government fund a...
Young Diaspora Ethiopian musicians are rising fast and gaining attention on the international scene.
They sing in English, but some include Amharic songs in their repertoire. Their lyrics are serious and spotlight social conditions. Their melodies are a fusion of...
Alemayehu G Mariam
RIP: A post-mortem on Karuturistan, Ethiopia
It was too good to be true. It is too bad it was true for the people of Gambella in western Ethiopia.
Last month, the ignoble demise of Karuturi Global, Ltd. (a/k/a “Ethiopian Meadows Plc.”,...