BBC By Chris Summers Forty years ago Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia was overthrown. It was a blow for all Rastafarians, who revere him as a god – and for those Rastafarians who had emigrated to Ethiopia, life suddenly got more difficult. In 1948 Emperor Haile Selassie gave 500 acres (200 hectares) of land at
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Mail & Guardian By Samantha Spooner Urban hyenas, unique scripts and rasta roots are just some of them… The beauty of Ethiopian women is a much-discussed subject Today Ethiopia is ringing in the New Year, but in this case it’s 2007. This is because Ethiopia follows the Julian calendar, roughly seven years behind the Gregorian,
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Mail & Guardian By Samantha Spooner Urban hyenas, unique scripts and rasta roots are just some of them… The beauty of Ethiopian women is a much-discussed subject Today Ethiopia is ringing in the New Year, but in this case it’s 2007. This is because Ethiopia follows the Julian calendar, roughly seven years behind the Gregorian,
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Al-Monitor AUTHOR-Yuval Avivi TRANSLATOR(S)-Aviva Arad Passport pictures for Ethiopians, who are awaiting immigration to Israel, lie on a table in Gondar, March 8, 2007. (photo by REUTERS/Eliana Aponte) One Ethiopian folktale goes as follows: “A long time ago, Abba Gabra Hanna went to visit the village of Lalibla. Along the way, he met a jolly
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Al Jazeera By Awol K Allo Distorted rhetoric and commemorative acts seek to obfuscate the true dictatorial legacy of Ethiopia’s late leader. August 20 marked the second anniversary of the death of Ethiopia’s long-time leader, Meles Zenawi. Two years on, the Zenawi phenomenon is still as divisive as it is unsettling. For his supporters, Zenawi is a
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Foreign Policy Journal By Fikrejesus Amahazion Several weeks ago, Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn conducted an interview in which he threatened northern neighbor, Eritrea. Desalegn warned that Ethiopia has shifted its policy towards Eritrea, and is now determined to unseat Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki by force. The interview was quickly followed by news that
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Mail and Guardian Charles Onyango-Obbo, Christine Mungai Some countries risk invasion and collapse, especially those with a shortage of water and an abundance of women (we’re half-serious). Shall Africa in 2050 move mostly backward, or forward? (photo, Marwa Morgan/flickr). BELOW aftermath of attack on Abyei, South Sudan. War might not go away, but will be
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By Alastair Crooke The World Post (AP)BEIRUT — The dramatic arrival of Da’ish (ISIS) on the stage of Iraq has shocked many in the West. Many have been perplexed — and horrified — by its violence and its evident magnetism for Sunni youth. But more than this, they find Saudi Arabia’s ambivalence in the face
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Sudan Vision By Dr. Salman Mohamed Ahmed Salman KHARTOUM (SUDANOW)—A fourth tripartite meeting of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam was held in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Monday-Tuesday, August 25-26, 2014. The Egyptian delegation was led by the new Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources, Dr. Husam al-Dinn Maghazy, the Sudanese
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Sudan Vision By Dr. Salman Mohamed Ahmed Salman KHARTOUM (SUDANOW)—A fourth tripartite meeting of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam was held in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Monday-Tuesday, August 25-26, 2014. The Egyptian delegation was led by the new Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources, Dr. Husam al-Dinn Maghazy, the Sudanese
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