Adanech Admassu, one of Ethiopia's few female film-makers, has won a prize at the One World Media Awards ceremony in London. She took the Special Award for her film Stolen Childhood, which tells the true story of a young girl who is forced into marriage. She says it is a fate she managed...
Passover, the story of the Jews’ flight from Egypt, is always a big deal for Sharon Shalom, one of only a handful of Ethiopian-born Jews to be ordained as a rabbi in Israel. It was as a nine-year-old that Rabbi Shalom made his way to Israel in 1982, part of a trickle of Ethiopian...
The Ethiopian restaurant Minilik opened in Kópavogur, a neighboring town of Reykjavík, last month. It’s a branch of a restaurant with the same name which attracted a number of diners to Flúðir, south Iceland, when it opened there last summer. “I moved to Iceland in 2000 and always wanted to open an Ethiopian restaurant and that...
By Jack Shenker in Brussels One of the few survivors from a migrant boat tragedy that claimed 63 lives in the Mediterranean has been arrested by immigration police in the Netherlands and is set to be deported from the country. The detention of Abu Kurke Kebato, a 23-year-old Ethiopian, came just hours after...
A recent video of a grandmother slapping, pushing and punching her young granddaughter in Ethiopia has horrified the country’s Internet community, prompting a flurry of online activism. Yet in a country where less than one percent of the population has access to the Internet , our Observer questions whether good intentions in the digital world can...
Tewodros Kassahun, a.k.a. Teddy Afro, will soon bring his brand new album titled, Tikur Sew, out. The music industry has long been talking about the album that the popular musician was paid over four million Birr for. As controversial as the musician has been over the issues that he deals with in his songs,...
Adele is reportedly considering adopting a child with her boyfriend Simon Konecki. The couple are believed to be planning to travel to Africa this spring. Adele is eager to see the work carried out by Simon's Drop4Drop charity which helps to bring clean water to developing countries. They have also arranged a visit to...
Ethiopian engineer Negus Adefris has been recognized by Black Engineer magazine as one of its 2012 Black Engineer Award winners. The Ethiopian engineer was recognozed for his work at 3M that led to the invention of Cubitron II abrasive belts used in cylindrical grinders and anywhere else you need an abrasive belt or...
By Mikias Sebsibe Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Residents of Addis Ababa and those in the vicinity are beginning to witness a strangely huge red balloon floating overhead. Some chase the balloon on foot looking up the sky in amusement, while others strangely run for cover. It is difficult to explain the...
By Janice Ponce De Leon Dubai A celebration featuring traditional dance, mini bazaars and sports activities marked the first Ethiopian community gathering in the UAE Friday at the Dubai Club for Special Sports. The event, attended by hundreds of Ethiopians and other nationalities, also showcased authentic Ethiopian dishes. Nabeel Mohammad, an...
