News

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urged Ethiopian authorities to hold impartial investigations

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Thursday urged Ethiopian authorities to hold prompt, impartial and thorough investigations into attacks that led to the killing of hundreds of people in the West Wollega zone, western Ethiopia, last weekend. The UN Human Rights Office has spoken to witnesses who report that at around 9am

June 23, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Ethiopian War

His Holiness Abune Matias I, Patriarch of Ethiopia, Condolences on the tragic killings of people in Welega and Gambella.

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy One, Amen! ወተዘርወ ዕንቊ ቅዱስ ውስተ ኩሉ ፍኖት “የመቅደሱ ድንጋዮች በጐዳና ሁሉ ራስ ተበተኑ። ሰቆቃ.ኤር. 4፡1 Dear  Ethiopians, Our children on the frontiers of the Holy Spirit to protect the dignity of the country at home and abroad; We salute you in the name

June 23, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Business

EIH on boards 27 public commercial assets including ethiotelecom & Ethiopian Airlines

Ethiopian Investment On-boards its Subsidiaries.How nations manage their resources is one of the key determinants on whether they succeed or fail in the path to wealth creation. While debating on key policy matters, policymakers tend to over-emphasize public debt and overlook the value of public assets. Globally, public assets are by far larger than public

June 23, 2022 • By Addis Insight

History

Red Legacy Campaign Takes Over Abiy’s Green Legacy Campaign

Red Legacy Campaign Takes Over Abiy’s Green Legacy Campaign. Amid the rise of the death toll over the killing of ethnic Amhara in the Oromia region last Friday, a social media campaign is calling for an end to a vicious cycle of killings that is wrecking the country over the past four years. Unlike the

June 23, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Eritrea

What Triggers Eritreans and Ethiopians to Fight in the Bar?

By- Blien Solomon It all happened so fast. One second it was quiet and everyone was indulged in their conversations and the next we heard glasses shatter and muffled shouting in the corner of the bar. Swears and sweat filled the room and two men were on each other’s throats, raging like wild animals. The

June 22, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Business

Ethiopia has earned 513.9 million USD from gold production in the past 11 months

Ethiopia has earned 513.9 million USD from gold production in the past 11 months, according to the Minister of Mines, Engineer Takele Uma. This year’s export earnings are the second largest in terms of foreign exchange earnings from coffee exports. The ministry said the licenses of 972 investors in the mining, production and export sectors

June 22, 2022 • By Addis Insight

News

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Dina Mufti has been appointed Director General of Public Diplomacy.

Ambassador Meles Alem has been appointed Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Director General of Emergency Management Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Dina Mufti has been appointed Director General of Public Diplomacy. He was replaced by Meles Alem, who has served as Ethiopia’s ambassador to Kenya for three years. “We have heard from

June 22, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Opinion

Oromia; The Auschwitz of Amhara

By- Henok Abebe (LLB, LLM) Introduction In the current administrative map of Ethiopia, a large junk of territory is categorized as Oromia Regional  State  and  the  region  is  the  home  of  not  only  Oromos  but  also  millions  of  other non-oromos  and  various religions.  Though  the Oromo ethnic group is considered the largest in terms  of 

June 22, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Entertainment & Arts

Teddy Afro break his silence with ናዕት

The music and its contents are feared by the government. Well-known reggae singer Teddy Afro has released a critical song for the first time since PM Abiy came to power. The song criticizes the government’s focus on glitter. It analyzes the resentment of racial politics. The title of the song is taken from the bible

June 21, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Business

The 5th annual conference on Ethiopia- Norway collaboration on Health and Higher Education held in Addis Ababa.  

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia June 21, 2022 – The annual conference on Ethiopia – Norway collaboration in Health and Higher Education for Development that aims to support and celebrate ongoing partnership and collaborations within health and higher education. The Conference was officially held today in Addis Ababa and was attended by high government officials, invited guests as

June 21, 2022 • By Addis Insight