Wektawi Gudayoch on Mereja TV – 14 May 2019
Etan Comics launched Hawi, often called Ethiopia’s first female superhero comic
Ethiopia Insight: detained Tigrayan youth challenged the TPLF over land and rights
Eritrea’s border closure emptied shops in Zalambessa after the 2018 peace reopening
UNESCO’s secretariat offered support tied to an Ethiopian national park conservation push
Forbes: apparel firms in Ethiopia needed a longer investment model than quick Wall Street returns
A southern Ethiopia study found 3,200 civil servants hired with forged university papers
Guardian: Gedeo displaced people said returning home meant death while staying meant hunger
Tadias and Human Rights Watch warned that criminalizing hate speech alone would not fix Ethiopia’s violence
Ato Lidetu discusses the merger of Ginbot 7 with other parties
How Emperor Haile Selassie pushed Amharic as Ethiopia’s shared public language in the 1930s
Tigray collected about $130 million in tax over nine months of the 2018/19 Ethiopian fiscal year
CNN: A mother whose daughter died on Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 asked to keep unsafe planes on the ground
Wektawi Gudayoch on Mereja TV with Eskinder Nega – 13 May 2019
NYT: before the Ethiopian crash, Boeing resisted pilots’ calls for stronger 737 Max steps
The Economist: after drought and war, ethnic conflict was displacing Ethiopians
Five Ethiopian opposition parties announced a merger
Aida Edemariam won the Ondaatje Prize for The Wife’s Tale
Lencho Leta on ethnic federalism
Mereja TV Press Digest – 12 May 2019
Ethiopian Ministry of Revenue denies that the ministry is dominated by one ethnic group, the Oromo
PM Abiy Ahmed and other officials discuss government responsibilities and the rule of law
Civil rights lawyer Henock Aklilu joins Addis Ababa Baladera Council
Quartz: Oromo children seized on Red Sea dhows in 1888 later reached South Africa
Gunmen robbed a government bank again as insecurity spread in Wollega
NRC: displaced Ethiopian farmer Abraham Dube said there was no one to help us
Ethiopia held an unenviable 2019 record as a world leader in conflict IDPs
Freweini Mebrahtu, Designer of Reusable Pads Named A 2019 CNN Hero
Freweini Mebrahtu fought period taboo in Ethiopia with reusable pads
UK Queen refused Ethiopia’s plea to return Prince Alemayehu’s remains from Windsor
Dr Berhanu Nega elected chairman of the newly merged Ethiopian nationalist party
Wheat intricacies: an Arsi grain trader’s view of Ethiopia’s cereal politics
Reporter: Benishangul party condemned killings in Amhara border towns including Jawi
Ethiopian police said they arrested 1,217 people suspected of instigating violence
Haaretz profiled Ethiopian-Israeli painter Nirit Takele and her community focus
The question of Raya ethnic identity is discussed – Mereja TV
Legal expert on charges against former Ethiopian security chief Getachew Assefa
Fitch: Chinese grid investment could help Ethiopia’s electrification push
Addis Standard: a spring of mass protest linked Sudan and Ethiopia’s transitions
Patriotic Ginbot 7 merges with other parties: Now labeled as Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice
Eritrean exodus continued even after the Ethiopia peace deal
62 arrested In Benshangul Gumuz In Connection With Deadly Violence
875,000 Displaced People Have Returned Home – Billene Seyoum
Gelila Fiseha discusses Professor Asrat Woldeyes’s memorial with Abebe Belew – Addis Dimts on Mereja TV
Former Ginbot 7 official Neamin Zeleke talks about the self-disbanding of Ginbot 7
The election board does not have the authority to extend the upcoming elections – Soliyana Shimelis
Additional Goods Will Be Subjected To Excise Tax- Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority
1400 Ethiopians Released From Saudi Prison
Minimum Salary of Ethiopian Domestic Workers In Saudi Arabia Set To 7000 Birr
Early Marriage In Ethiopia: Still A Challenge To Take Up On
Former security head Getachew Assefa charged in court
BBC: a Dutch patent fight over teff raised ownership questions about Ethiopia’s staple grain
Washington Post: newly vocal Ethiopians said they did not want another messiah
Ethiopia allowed tax-free imports of farm machines, irrigation gear, and animal feed tech
BBC asked if Eritrea could finally come in from the cold after peace with Ethiopia
Driving through Bedele town, southwestern Ethiopia
Ethiopia expanded a solar tender request to 750 MW
Antler opened early-stage venture offices in Ethiopia and Kenya