Culture
Saudi Arabia Imposes New Visa Restrictions Affecting Ethiopian Travelers
Saudi Arabia has announced major changes to its visa policy, set to take effect...
Books
Poet and Tobiya Jazz Event Organizer Misraq Terefe Arrested Amid Unclear Circumstances
Poet and renowned literary event organizer Misraq Terefe was arrested on January 22, 2017, and taken to the...
Entertainment & Arts
The Weeknd’s Reflection on the Ethiopian Red Terror: A Hidden Narrative in His Song
Abel Tesfaye, known to the world as The Weeknd, has built a career around deeply emotional and introspective...
Entertainment & Arts
Drummer Teferi Assefa, Ethiopian Jazz Pioneer and Negarit Band Leader, Passes Away at 53
The Ethiopian music community is mourning the loss of Teferi Assefa, a renowned drummer and percussionist, who passed...
Entertainment & Arts
Mahmoud Ahmed’s Grand Farewell: Celebrating 60 Years of Ethiopia’s Musical Legend
On January 11, 2025, Addis Ababa’s Millennium Hall witnessed a momentous event as Mahmoud Ahmed, Ethiopia’s legendary singer,...
The Palestine-Israeli Conflict: Why is it so Hard to See Both Sides?
Gatkek Kuajien ChuolI grew up in a country where, people have never been sure what they are fighting for because oftentimes, the cause for...
National Projects as a Weapon of Genocide Against Amhara
Tigray nationalism and Amhara genocide in Wolkait/Raya Ethiopia is going through a very hostile situation; there has been increasing violence against civilians and conflicts in...
“The Guns Have Not Been Silenced”: The Hidden War on Amharas in Ethiopia and the Silence of the West
Thursday, August 3rd, 2023Robel Z. AlemuDirector of Communications, Amhara Association of America (AAA)“War and More War” – Siege on AmharaDespite claims by international diplomats,...
Treatise of PM Abiy Ahmed after his recent Trips to Paris and Moscow
By Eyob AsfawFor the past few months, PM Abiy began to show a decline of frequency in addressing the Ethiopian wider public directly unlike...
The Tigrayan Orthodox Faction Lacks Moral Ground to Talk About Moral Ground
Yonas Biru, PhDI refer to Ethiopia’s political system as a tribal federation rather than ethnic federation because it is primitive and degenerative, not to...
Is Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s 50 Billion Trees Estimate Credible?
Yonas Biru, PhDTo start with, the Prime Minister's number is off by 20 billion from what the Ethiopian Minister for Agriculture (Omar Husen) told...