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Ethiopia's lions at risk of dying out [ABC Environment]

Black-maned lions were once the symbol of Ethiopia, today there are fears they could become extinct. ETHIOPIA’S BLACK-MANED LIONS once represented a former emperor, “Lion of Judah” Haile Selassie, and were immortalised in a...

When Fascists Tried to Remake Ethiopia [By JONATHAN COPPAGE]

                                       Picture of Benito Mussolini and Fascist Blackshirt youth in 1935 in Rome. When Mussolini’s army invaded and ultimately occupied Ethiopia, the Italian fascists did more than expand...

If you have a meeting in Ethiopia, you'd better double check the time

PRI’s The World Reporter Dalia Mortada Things always get lost in translation. Sometimes, words or phrases just cannot be converted word-for-word from one language to the next. But in most places, the date and the time works pretty much...

Antioch girl raises $2,000 toward expansion of Ethiopian school for orphans [Contra Costa Times]

By Nate Gartrell ANTIOCH — For many teenagers living in the Bay Area, a 16th birthday party could mean receiving a new car or a laptop computer, or at least being showered with gifts cards from friends and family. But Nubia Wilson of Antioch...

Prince Alemayehu: The First Ethiopian Adoptee? [MAUREEN MCCAULEY EVANS]

“Their story, yours and mine — it’s what we all carry with us on this trip we take, and we owe it to each other to respect our stories and learn from them.” —William Carlos Williams When he was just seven years old, living in Ethiopia,...

Is Ethiopia Violating UN Sanctions against North Korea? [38 NORTH]

By Andrea Berger Introduction Since the 1970s, Ethiopia has been in the company of North Korea’s most loyal military customers. Amongst other things, Pyongyang has been a source of munitions, armored personnel carriers, tanks and tank parts,...

Birtukan Mideksa song by Shambel Belayneh

Individuals at Risk: Eskiner Nega