Category: Ethiopia

Addis Ababa’s iconic Taitu Hotel burned to the ground; it took firefighters over 1 hour to arrive even though they were stationed only 5 minutes away The 108-year old Taitu Hotel was burned beyond repair (sustained 75% damage) while fire fighters stood idly by… Photo: Mereja Media Ras Mekonnen (father of Emperor Haileselassie) at the Élysée Palace in France (1902) | Le Petit Parisien, July 27, 1902 Photo: Mereja Media Teddy Afro performs today in Amsterdam (10 January 2015) Photo: Mereja Media Ethiopian bamboo tower produces water from air The WarkaWater tower is an unlikely structure to find jutting from the Ethiopian landscape. At 30 feet tall… Photo: Mereja Media Ethiopian birr devalued to 20.52 per 1 U.S. dollar    Currency Buying Selling  S AFRICAN RAND  1.7294  1.763988  CHINESE YUAN  3.2381  3.302862  EURO  23.676  24.14952  UAE DIRHAM… Photo: Mereja Media Jet Magazine Feb 5, 1953: Emperor HaileSelassie of Ethiopia plays Santa Claus as he makes a Christmas gift of sweater to a bashful young subject Photo: Mereja Media Dr Bernard Anderson, Professor of Surgery at Gondar University, Ethiopia, passed away The entire Gondar University family is mourning a beloved professor, Dr Bernard Anderson, Associate Professor of Surgery, who… Photo: Mereja Media From public defection to public shower in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Part of the regime’s “Limatawi” policy? Destitute residents in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, take bath in the street. Photo: Mereja Media A trip to Addis Ababa’s city dump where hundreds literally scratch a living |The Guardian By Caroline Knowles from Addis Ababa My first sight of Koshe, Addis Ababa’s giant 50-year-old landfill site, is… Photo: Mereja Media Hiwot Bekele represents Ethiopia at Miss Universe Pageant – Sunday, January 25, 2015 Photo: Mereja Media Zone 9 Bloggers and journalists arrive at the Lideta High Court, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – January 5, 2015 Families and friends of the detained came to the court, but some of them could not attend the… Photo: Mereja Media Merkato, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Chris Ozer Photo: Mereja Media Teddy Afro arrives in Geneva, Switzerland for his European tour – 3 Jan 2015 Photo: Mereja Media Ethiopian father and his 3 sons charged with terrorism for saying they are happy about Meles Zenaw’s death – court paper The accused individuals are: 1. Geresu Chala 2. Tariku Geresu 3. Minalew Geresu 4. Binyam Geresu Photo: Mereja Media 111 years ago this month (Dec. 1903) the first American diplomatic mission arrived in Ethiopia Photo: Mereja Media Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in 1932 Photo: Mereja Media Ethiopian students leaders Haile Fida (left) and Negede Gobeze (right), in Berlin, Germany, early 1970s (Mereja.com Archive) Photo: Mereja Media Boycott H&M’s Ethiopian blood cotton • H&M is puchasing cotton from regions in Ethiopia where villagers are being forcibly evicted off their own land Photo: Mereja Media Ethiopia, a country where Internet freedom is far from reality board Photo: Mereja Media EPRDF leaders gather in Tigray to celebrate TPLF’s 40th anniversary (Photo by The Reporter, December 2014) board Photo: Mereja Media