Business

Ride officially launched its service Djibouti

The the Mayor of Djibouti City, Mr. Seid Daood;  has officially launched the operation of Ride service in Djibouti in the presence of Djibouti’s Ambassador to Ethiopia Berhanu Tsegaye and senior officials of both countries including Ride Founder & CEO Samrawit. Speaking on the occasion, Djibouti City Mayor Seid Daud said the expansion of Ride

July 1, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Entertainment & Arts

Rophnan announced a contract signing with Universal Records.

Rophnan announced a contract signing with Universal Records. Rophnan will become the first Ethiopan artist major artist to sign contract with universal records.The artist shared the news on his social media. Universal Music Group N.V. is a Dutch–American multinational music corporation. UMG’s corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands and its operational headquarters are located

June 29, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Business

The Addis Ababa City Administration Cabinet to submit the 100.05 billion birr

Addis Ababa City Administration Cabinet has decided to submit more than 100 billion birr plan to the council for the 2015 Ethiopian budget year The Addis Ababa City Administration Cabinet has decided to submit the 100.05 billion birr budget plan to the city council for approval. During the 11th regular meeting of the cabinet held

June 28, 2022 • By Addis Insight

News

Federal gov announced its dream team for peace negotiation

A peace negotiating team has been appointed by the federal government to resolve the crisis in the northern part of the country. The Prosperity Party has announced that the negotiations will be implemented in a way that respects the national interest and facilitates the African Union to solve the problem in the northern part of

June 27, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Ethiopian War

The Story of Aisha:Behind Wollega Massacre

Aisha Seid was born in Argoba, South Wollo Zone. She was raised in Tole Kebele, West Welega, Gimbi Woreda.She moved there in 1990. At that time, she was just a child. Aisha didn’t go to school. She was helping her father, who was a farmer.As she grew older, she married in Tole Kebele, where she

June 27, 2022 • By Addis Insight

News

Addis Ababa University Student protester’s severly beaten by police

Between 150 and 200 Addis Ababa University students protested against the alleged massacre of Amharas in the Oromia region on Saturday morning. Two students who took part in the protest told DW that federal police had previously received information that students were going to protest, and that they had “abducted” several students from the main

June 25, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Opinion

“Do not stand idly by while your neighbor’s blood is shed” (Leviticus 19:16) By Kebour Ghenna

“Do not stand idly by while your neighbor’s blood is shed” (Leviticus 19:16) By Kebour Ghenna This week, “unidentified forces” have at least murdered 1500 Amhara civilians and wounded many more in just a day or two in Oromia region. The actual death toll is likely much higher. Unfortunately, patterns of killings in Oromia region

June 25, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Opinion

Creeping Genocide: in Ethiopia (Dawit W Giorgis)

By Dawit W Giorgis(This article is available in Amharic, French and German) “The number of dead and buried based on latest information for human rights activist on the spot: 1511 dead already collected and buried 300 more discovered not yet buried and more than 10000 fleeing.” As I write this article AP on June 20

June 25, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Tech

Facebook’s content moderation in Ethiopia underfunded and under-resourced

  BERHAN TAYE June 13, 2022 Tensions in Ethiopia have been high for some time. Ethnic violence in the country is rampant (Al Jazeera 2021), the government is at war with itself (BBC News 2021) and it seems history is on a loop. The offline tensions are transposed online (Gilbert 2020). The warring parties to

June 25, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Opinion

Where Ethiopians Have Lost, Abiy Ahmed Has Won – OpEd

By Julian McBride Over the past two years, Ethiopia has been ravaged by ethnic violence and cleansing, near endless war, and a country collapsing on sectarian lines akin to Lebanon in the 70s and Yugoslavia in the 90s. The war in Ethiopia is a war in which none of the major players are better off

June 25, 2022 • By Addis Insight