News

Jeffrey Feltman: The United States does not support TPLF

The US Special Envoy to East Africa, Jeffrey Feltman, who is on his way from Addis Ababa to the United States, spoke to the media about his stay. He said the TPLF should not consider repeating the way it overthrew the current Ethiopian leader Mengistu Hailemariam 30 years ago. “The United States does not want

November 24, 2021 • By Addis Insight

Entertainment & Arts

The Weeknd’s Blinding Lights Scored Billboards Greatest 100 Chart

The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” is the new No. 1 song on Billboard’s Greatest Songs of All Time Hot 100 Chart. In celebration, Billboard is launching a special collection of trading cards which will be followed by the debut of a limited-edition NFT collection. When a song is appreciated on its accord it takes the form of its

November 24, 2021 • By Addis Insight

News

Marching To The Battlefield: Athlete Feyisa Lilesa Pledge To Join The War

Following the PM’s call on to defend Ethiopia in joining the war, most renowned public figures are pledging to join the battlefield. Athlete Feyisa Lilesa has announced that he has decided to take the lead in rescuing his country following the call of the Prime Minister. The athlete said the Prime Minister’s decision was right,

November 23, 2021 • By Addis Insight

Feature

This Day In History: Flight 961 was hijacked by three Ethiopian men

On November 23, 1996, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was flying from Addis Ababa to Nairobi when the plane was hijacked by three Ethiopians. the three Ethiopian men charged the cockpit and hijacked the aircraft after taking an ax and a fire extinguisher from the cockpit.  Ethiopian state-operated radio later identified the hijackers as two unemployed

November 23, 2021 • By Addis Insight

Africa News

Why Israel needs peace in Ethiopia

There has been growing concern over the past year that a military conflagration could engulf the Horn of Africa, including Eritrea and Sudan. The Egyptian army has already begun making preparations, and Cairo has even warned that if Ethiopia follows through with its plans to open the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (the al-Nahda Dam), which

November 23, 2021 • By Addis Insight

News

The US Embassy is urging citizens to leave Ethiopia

The Bureau of Consular Affairs stated again today to reiterate that the government urging U.S. citizens to leave Ethiopia now while commercial flight options are available. Department of State personnel goes to great lengths to assist U.S. citizens in crisis as long as it is safe to do so.  The U.S. embassy is unlikely to

November 23, 2021 • By Addis Insight

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PM Abiy Ahmed Set to Join The Battlefield as of Tomorrow

The ruling party’s executive committee has discussed the current situation in the country, the party said in a statement released on its social media page.  The party added that the executive committee has set direction on various national issues, but did not elaborate on what issues the committee discussed in detail and what decisions it

November 22, 2021 • By Addis Insight

Africa News

CNN moderates a panel dismissing voices from Ethiopia

On Tuesday, Yale’s Macmillan Center hosted a panel on the situation in Northern Ethiopia, where Tigray People’s Liberation Front forces have taken over the Ethiopian government’s control of the Tigrayan region. The event has generated backlash on social media amid the revelation that Ann Fitz-Gerald, a professor and expert on Ethiopian affairs from the Balsillie

November 22, 2021 • By Addis Insight

Entertainment & Arts

Alewya Releases Debut EP Attributing Ethiopia

London-based Ethiopian-Egyptian artist Alewya has unveiled her debut project ‘Panther In Mode’, a 6-track odyssey distilling club rhythms and the spiritual essence of her ancestors; coming through in amped-up afro-percussion and sensuous spoken-word. Accompanying the EP release is a visualizer for the single ‘Ethiopia’: “Ethiopia is a song that represents what Ethiopia is as land and at

November 22, 2021 • By Addis Insight

News

Conflict in Ethiopia stresses International Relation and Media

Since 4 November 2020, a devastating armed conflict has been raging in northern Ethiopia. The war was expanded by the TPLF into areas outside Tigray, where major abuses on local inhabitants were perpetrated. Notably, the Western ‘donor country’ policymakers and the UN were selective and incomplete in their appraisal of the conflict and in diplomatic

November 22, 2021 • By Addis Insight