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Menelik II Statue, Addis Ababa Menelik II Statue, Addis Ababa – December 10, 2021 Photo: Mereja Media Ethiopia raises health budget by 46% to fight coronavirus Ethiopia has raised its health budget by 46% this year after the coronavirus crisis exposed the need for… Photo: Mereja Media Ethiopian migrants are stuck in hell between Saudi Arabia and Yemen The terrible dilemma of Ethiopian migrants across Saudi Arabia and Yemen has shown once again how the fight… Photo: Mereja Media The Future is Female “There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish.” Said Michelle Obama. Africa’s first female president,… Photo: Mereja Media Protesters in Gojjam shut down Nile River Bridge (Abay Dildiy) on the Debre Markos – Addis Ababa road Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa is hit with a major fuel and food supply crisis today when Amhara protesters… Photo: Mereja Media Heavily armed soldiers roam northern Ethiopian city of Gondar; the residents stayed home Heavily armed soldiers roam northern Ethiopian city of Gondar on Sunday. Most of the residents held silent protest… Photo: Mereja Media Woyanne Agazi troops gun down peaceful protesters in Shashemene and other Ethiopian towns – photos [Warning: graphic content] Woyanne regime’s Agazi troops gun down peaceful protesters in Shashemene town, southern Ethiopia – August 6, 2016 Photo: Mereja Media Protest under way in several Ethiopian cities today – August 6, 2016 Protests are under way in several Ethiopian cities today, August 6, 2016. The regime’s security forces are firing… Photo: Mereja Media TPLF soldier kicks Oromo high school student in the head A TPLF soldier kicks Oromo high school student in the head Photo: Mereja Media Renewed and widespread protests underway in Oromia region of Ethiopia this week Since last Thursday, protests in Oromia region have intensified as farmers and other joined students. Students walked out… Photo: Mereja Media Poem dedicated to Samuel Awoke, a candidate to parliament who was murdered by the Ethiopian regime on June 15 በደሙ ተፃፈ – ከጥበበ ሣሙኤል ፈረንጅ በጭካኔ ጥበብ ተንኮል የተካኑ፤ ስብዕናን ያጡ ለውነት የመከኑ፤ በሐሰት ተጠምቀው በውሸት የፀደቁ፤… Photo: Mereja Media Yegna Band – The Sound of All of Us Ethiopian music by Yegna band Photo: Mereja Media Bus crashes into Addis Ababa light rail Photo: Mereja Media 18 months after giving birth, Aselefech Mergia of Ethiopia wins the Dubai Marathon Juggling her national flag and her 18-month-old daughter, Ethiopian distance runner Aselefech Mergia celebrated on the finish line… Photo: Mereja Media Forbes Names U.S. Republican Party’s Chief Data Officer Azarias Reda, an immigrant from Ethiopia, One of 30 Under 30 Photo: Mereja Media Empress Zewditu I of Ethiopia Zewditu I was Empress of Ethiopia from 1916 to 1930. The first female head of an internationally recognized… Photo: Mereja Media Ethiopian opposition party UDJ convened its General Assembly in Addis Ababa today Ethiopian opposition party Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) has convened its general assembly today after the ruling-party… 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