Fixing Ethiopia Requires More Than a New Prime Minister
Yale University’s Hilary Matfess details the creeping authoritarianism in Ethiopia and its dangers for the country and the United States.…
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Ethiopian dissident exiled in South Africa assassinated
On Saturday 21 April, Gezahegn Gebremeskel, was shot down in cold blood in Johannesburg. The Ethiopian community lays responsibility for…
Ireland-based NGO to send 30,000 computers to Ethiopian schools
More than 30,000 PCs are to be provided to 1,250 schools in Ethiopia over three years under a $12 million…
Ethiopia’s economy continues to be suffocated by government monopoly of banking and telecom
Corrupt governments such as the one in Ethiopia do not allow foreign and private investments in telecom and banking sectors…
US Ambassador is seeking 30 American scholars to teach in Gondar and Bahir Dar Universities
U.S. Ambassador’s Distinguished Scholars Program is seeking 30 US scholars to serve as full-time faculty at universities in Ethiopia. Interested…
UN human rights commissioner visits Ethiopia – video
United Nations High Commissioner for Human rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, is currently visiting Ethiopia and plans to meet with…
Ethiopian universities now award more PhDs, but with disappointing results
By Wondwosen Tamrat
The motivation for increasing the availability of doctoral studies is multidimensional. Leaving individual goals aside, the justification…
This prime minister does listen to Ethiopians – Leenco Lata
Ethiopia has taken an exciting adventure. After years of unrest and protests, mass arrests and hundreds of deaths, there is…
Ethiopian-Israeli soldier beaten by cop is now a decorated officer
(The Times of Israel) – Damas Pakada, an Ethiopia-born IDF soldier who sparked protests by Ethiopian Jews after video emerged… 
Ethiopian best seller novel author Yismake Worku lost partial memory after car accident
Yismake Worku is one of the most admired Ethiopian young authors. His novel, Dertogada, has sold over 200,000 copies…
The town of Lalibela is worthy of far more international attention than it gets
The pre-dawn world and I are not the best of friends. In fact, I’m not even sure we’re on speaking… Efforts to reclaim teff patent right
Ten years ago, a Netherlands company got the patent right to produce teff and its products. Ethiopia has requested to… 
Bahir Dar town-hall meeting with Ethiopia’s new prime minister – video
Ethiopia’s new prime minister Abiy Ahmed held a town-hall meeting with residents of Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, today. The prime minister…
If the new PM cannot keep his promise, Ethiopia could become a failed state – Lencho Leta
“Ethiopians have eagerly listened to the promises of the new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. But if he does not carry… 
Eskinder Nega arrives in Amsterdam; receives warm welcome – video
Journalist Eskinder Nega, who has been arrested by the regime in Ethiopia since 2011 for writing critical articles, has arrived…
Abiy Ahmed, new face of Ethiopia
Abiy Ahmed has been the prime minister of Ethiopia since the beginning of this month. In his native village, nearly… 
PM Abiy Ahmed visits Gondar; apologizes to Wolqayt delegation
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed continued his national tour today in areas where anti-government uprisings have been witnessed for the…
Climatic and geological features in some parts of Ethiopia are similar to Mars – scientists (video)
The Red Planet is in the headlines again, but this time not for a study carried out by the rovers…
UPDATE: Journalist Eskinder Nega’s passport returned and he is allowed to travel after a brief detention
Last night, as Journalist Eskinder Nega was about to board an airplane to fly to the Netherlands from Addis Ababa,… Journalist Eskinder Nega’s passport taken away; he is detained at Bole Airport in Ethiopia
Prominent Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega, who was released a few weeks ago after several years of imprisonment, has been detained… 
Ethiopian refugees pour into the Kenya side of Moyale
More than 600 pregnant women and 1,500 children under five have crossed into Kenya seeking refuge from security forces in…
A South Korean court grants political asylum to an Ethiopian refugee
The Seoul Administrative Court ruled Tuesday that an Ethiopian anti-government activist should be recognized as a refugee here.
He filed…
PM Abiy Ahmed names a new 16-member cabinet
(Reuters) – Ethiopia’s new premier Abiy Ahmed named a new defense minister on Thursday as part of a reshuffle to…
Ethiopia and Somalia to separate from Africa
Recent photos taken by drone have shown significant growth in a ground fault that threatens to tear the African continent…
An Ethiopian migrant worker in Lebanon recounts abuses she suffered
When 21-year-old Lensa Lelisa Tufa and another (as of yet unidentified) Ethiopian migrant workers attempted to flee the house of…
Bring your hard currency from Dubai and China, PM Abiy Ahmed told Ethiopian businessmen
(Reuters) – Ethiopia’s new prime minister said on Monday that a foreign exchange shortage will last for years and more…
Ethiopia’s lava pot – an incredible scene
On our planet, few places allow us to contemplate the liquid heart of the Earth, to approach these open windows…
Switzerland to return asylum seekers to Ethiopia
Amnesty International has criticized Swiss moves to return Ethiopian asylum seekers to their homeland. The secret deal to cooperate with…