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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

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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

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Thousands rally all over the world in support of a movement “no more” to unite a nation 

International protests against foreign interference in the current conflict in Ethiopia took part in 27 countries from South Africa to the Washington DC White House. Rallies are exceeding throughout US and EU with proficiency to support the Ethiopian nation to solve its current outbreaks without the interference of the international communities and media. “The Ethiopian

November 22, 2021 • By Addis Insight

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Will the US send troops to Ethiopia?

The Joe Biden administration recently announced on various social media that it was sending troops to Ethiopia in light of the situation in northern Ethiopia. There were rumors circulating that he was recruiting soldiers. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Dina Mufti, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media,

November 22, 2021 • By Addis Insight

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Ethiopia Airlines Makes Historic Landing at Berbera International Airport

Opening a superbly upgraded and renovated Berbera International Airport, today, His Excellency the President of the Republic of Somaliland, Musa Bihi Abdi, prophesied that BIA will become a passenger and cargo hub in league with older and long-established African air gateways. “BIA now boasts of having – perhaps – the longest runway in Africa. Along

November 21, 2021 • By Addis Insight

News

TPLF claims drone attack in residential areas in Mekelle

“The federal government conducted a drone attack in residential areas in Mekelle around 1 am-midnight” tweeted Getachew Reda, advisor to the president of Tigray.  “Its become unmistakable pattern for Abiy to target residential quarters in Tigray whenever his forces are dealt a harsh blow in the battlefield” he stated The ruling party still has not

November 21, 2021 • By Addis Insight

Africa News

Flowers farmers devastated with Kenya and Ethiopia fright war

Flower farmers are being forced to throw away a quarter of their produce due to a drop in airline traffic in the wake of restrictions imposed on rival carriers to protect Kenya Airways. Kenya Flower Council (KFC), the lobby for large-scale flower farms, says they need a freight capacity of at least 5,000 tonnes a

November 21, 2021 • By Addis Insight

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One of my favourite Ethiopian dishes is called kitfo-

In a sentence: delicious Ethiopian food in a relaxed, music-centric atmosphereThe damage: $30pp with a beerTop tip: eat with your hands and plan your visit around a live gig#EatCuriously: order you kitfo raw, the traditional wayQuench your thirst: with an Ethiopian beerIf you like this: try The Abyssinian in Kensington, The Horn in Collingwood, Little Africa in West Melbourne and Gojo Ethiopian Cafe in Sunshine Eating with your hands

November 20, 2021 • By Addis Insight