News

Ethiopian Airlines partners with CarTrawler to provide online car rental service

Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing airline in Africa, partnered with CarTrawler, provider of online car rental distribution systems, for car hire and transfer services for its passengers globally. The affiliation enables Ethiopian Airlines to offer impeccable transport service to passengers throughout their journey. The service enables passengers to rent vehicles from third-party vehicle rental suppliers

December 9, 2021 • By Addis Insight

Business

An adjustment was made to the retail price of petroleum products

Ministry of Trade and Regional Co-operation announces new adjustments to the retail price of petroleum products in December. The ministry said the stabilization fund has caused more deficits than ever before due to rising global oil prices. The new retail price has been set due to the fact that the retail price of domestic products

December 8, 2021 • By Addis Insight

Ethiopian War

Ethiopia Claims More Victory On Dessie Front Against TPLF

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has indicated further crucial victories against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) even as the rebels claimed they had only retreated to strategize. Earlier today PM Abiy Ahmed returned to the office from war front after consecutive victories against TPLF.  The Ethiopian Security Forces has liberated the towns located on

December 8, 2021 • By Addis Insight

Ethiopian War

PM Abiy Ahmed Returns To Office

After PM Abiy Ahmed dramatically took the step to join the battle on the front line, unprecedented victory took place on the national defense force, leading the Ethiopian troops at the front, they were able to liberate territories captured by the rebel TPLF. Today PM Abiy Ahmed announced after completing the first chapter, he had

December 8, 2021 • By Addis Insight

Ethiopian War

More than 1.8 million people displaced by TPLF invasion of Afar and Amhara regions – PM’s Office

More than 1.8 million people have beenMore than 1.8 million people displaced by TPLF invasion of Afar and Amhara regions – PM’s Office displaced and millions more are in need of emergency food aid in the TPLF-occupied Afar and Amhara regions, according to Bilene Seyoum, head of the Prime Minister’s Office Press Office. The head

December 7, 2021 • By Addis Insight

Ethiopian War

Ethiopia: Six nations including the US are stressing to stop mass detention

The Ethiopian government November 2 declared a state of emergency as rebel forces from the Tigray region began approaching the capital, Addis Ababa, following a year-long war with government forces. Ethiopia’s government says it is detaining people suspected of supporting the Tigray rebels. But human rights groups including the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner

December 7, 2021 • By Addis Insight

Culture

Ethiopian Artist Restoring The Environment Through ‘Plant Graffiti’

Two years ago, on a trip to visit family, Jemmal Wako observed snowfall for the first time in his hometown of Kofele. As a diaspora Ethiopian now living in Vancouver, Wako couldn’t believe his eyes,  the tropical environm’ent of his youth appeared radically altered, proving that climate change had made its mark on the region. 

December 7, 2021 • By Addis Insight

History

Britain rejects the return of sacred religious tablet to Ethiopia

Despite many efforts the Ethiopian government expended the British refused to return looted artifact known as tabot. The British seized the plaques after defeating Emperor Tewodros II at the Battle of Maqdala in 1868, and they are now locked away in a vault in a British museum. Ethiopia has asked for the tabots to be

December 7, 2021 • By Addis Insight

News

Ethiopian Airlines gives 30 pc discount for flights to Addis

Ethiopian Airlines offers up to 30 pc discount on flights to Ethiopia from all over the world. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has announced a 30 percent reduction in ticket sales following a call from Ethiopians and Ethiopian friends for ‘one million people at home. The airline has announced on its social networking site a

December 6, 2021 • By Addis Insight

Ethiopian War

Ethiopian gov’t retakes Dessie

Ethiopia’s military this week regained control of territory previously claimed by Tigrayan rebels, a potential validation of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s decision to join soldiers to conflict-hit areas. Following with the recent liberation of many areas in Afar and Amhara region,the special operation undertook by the government enabled to clear out Gashena, a strategic area

December 6, 2021 • By Addis Insight