May 3 – 5 D5gamejam | 4 pm iceaddis (Behind Bole Medhanialem church next to Kebe Cake) We are going to create games in 48hrs, join us. D5 game jam is happening for the third time. This year’s jam is going to be bigger and better. Please follow the link below to register for the
Former President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Negasso Gidada (Ph.D.) has died today at the age of 75. It was reported that the former president had been ill for a while and was receiving medical attention in a hospital in Germany. He is the second president who died this year next to Girma
The house of people representative confirmed the nomination of three ministers forwarded by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. According to the appointment, Oromia regional president Lemma Megeressa has been appointed as Defence Minister replacing Aisha Mohammed. Outgoing defense minister Aisha Mohammed took the position of city development and construction minister. The foreign minister position which has
By Tagawa Warrag In December 2018, protests across Khartoum and other Sudanese states took place, and continued for four consecutive months. The evolving of protests into the massive Al-Qiyada sit-in was preceded by killings of protesters with live bullets (estimated 66 killings since December, according to social and human right activists), tear gas and mass
Several people were killed, wounded and abducted due to violence in Amhara region, North Shewa zone Ephrata and Gidm Weredas and Kemise. The violence included an attack on churches, and it was extended to areas of Ataye, Majete, and Kara Kore. A resident in Ataye which is located 270 KMs from Addis Ababa said that
April 8, 2019 By: Abdiaziz Ali Freedom of speech and expression, especially when it comes to social media usage, was recklessly exploited so much and to what somewhat comprise hate speech was mistaken for it. Currently, in Ethiopia, we have seen claims of political commentators, political parties and individual activists claiming to speak for the
By Dawit Woldegiorgis, Visiting Scholar at Boston University, African Studies Center ‘Absolutely Oversold As instability and violence spread across much of Ethiopia, with most recent incidents getting close to the capital in Northern Showa, it is becoming a matter of grave concern to Ethiopians and regional governments, whether there will be a full-fledged civil war
Addis Ababa: 4 April 2019 Ethiopian Airlines Aviation Group which is the largest and the most successful Aviation group in Africa, would like to acknowledge the preliminary report of the accident of ET 302/10 March 2019 and would like to appreciate the hard work of the investigation team. The preliminary report clearly showed that
By- Yohannes Ayalew* and Dejen Messele** The internally displaced persons (IDPs) situation in Ethiopia is worsening after the recent plight of Gedeo people in Southern Ethiopia. As a result of this displacement, nearly a million ethnic Gedeo’s were displaced from the adjacent Gujji zone of Oromia region following an ethnic conflict between the Gedeo’s and
April 2, 2019 By: Abdiaziz Ali Following the removal of Abdi Illey the federal government organized a big forum in Addis Ababa by inviting all kinds of people from different walks of life representing the Somali region. The representatives attended to deliberate in rescuing the region and protecting it from a power vacuum. In this