Ethiopian lawyer Daniel Bekele is being honored for his commitment to defending human rights. The current head of the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission grew up in the midst of a brutal military dictatorship and has vowed to speak out and fight back against injustice. With a long experience of political violence as a child, his
In every setback, there is the motivation that drives a person to be the solution or at least to not be part of the problem. Growing up as a woman in Africa has its own attributes to create an advantage in a disadvantageous condition. Bitania Lulu is one of the young leaders in Africa challenging
The British and German Governments in supporting the Ethiopian Transformation Agenda for Sustainable Industrial Clusters (S.I.C.) project. They are supporting Ethiopia’s journey to industrialization by implementing a joint project called. The project is funded by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (the United Kingdom and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
An Ethiopian Airlines Airbus suffered extensive wing damage after a hard landing in Johannesburg earlier this month. The incident damaged a jet just one-year-old and is the latest in a series of incidents to dog the airline. A hard landing causes wingtip damage A report in The Aviation Herald details the incident on Saturday, November 6. The
Two top international diplomats trying to revive peace talks and bring about a ceasefire in Ethiopia’s year-long conflict have returned to the country, the foreign ministry said on Thursday. Olusegun Obasanjo, a former Nigerian president and now the African Union’s High Representative for the Horn of Africa, and Jeffrey Feltman, the U.S. Special Envoy for
Princess Sophia Desta who were the youngest daughter of Ras Desta Damtew and Princess Tenagnework Haile Selassie, and granddaughter of Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia passed away at age 87 .She was educated at Clarendon School for Girls in the United Kingdom together with her three sisters, Aida, Hirut Desta (Ruth) and Sebel. Princess Sophia was imprisoned, mistreated and humiliated in the Alem Bekagn Kerchele prison, Addis Ababa together with
Chief supply chain officer Sarah Clarke made the announcement to the company in a note sent out Wednesday, citing the Ethiopian’s government current conflict with forces aligned with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front. The facility was the subject of a labor abuse probe in 2019 when an investigation revealed employees faced workplace discrimination and were
The spokesperson of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, Ambassador Dina Mufti, gave the Ministry’s weekly briefing on political diplomacy and citizen-centered diplomatic activities over the week. Political Diplomacy Prime Minister H.E. Dr. Abiy Ahmed had welcomed the President of Kenya, H.E. Uhuru Kenyatta to Addis Ababa, had phone calls with the Prime Minister of Canada, His.E.
The Chair of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (UN PBC), H.E. Mr. Osama Abdelkhalek and the Chairperson of the African Union Peace and Security Council (AU PSC), H.E. Mr. Mohamed Gad , convened a virtual informal consultative meeting on 11 November to identify ways of further enhancing cooperation between the two bodies on the