Improved health services reduces maternal mortality nation-wide

ADDIS ABABA- Ministry of Health (MoH) said improved links between health centers and hospitals have shrunken maternal death by 72 percent. Excessive bleeding and hypertension are said to take the larger slice... Read more »

UK returns locks of hair belonging to Emperor Tewodros II

ADDIS ABABA (FBC)- Locks of hair belonging to Emperor Tewodros II have been officially handed over to Ethiopia by the British National Army Museum. Ethiopian Minister of Culture and Tourism, Dr Hirut... Read more »

Bridging digital rift

Psychologists suggest that children’s mind can easily acquire knowledge. This would usher us in the path of Lockean buzzword, tabula raza, which compares children’s mind with white paper. Children living in urban... Read more »

Parliament ratifies Ethiopia’s membership to AfCFTA

ADDIS ABABA (FBC) – The House of People’s Representatives (HPR) yesterday approved Ethiopia’s membership to the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). The AfCFTA, one of the biggest trade agreements since the... Read more »

Russian, Vatican ambassadors took leave of President

ADDIS ABABA- Ambassadors of Russian Federation and Vatican City State to Ethiopia yesterday took leave of President Sahlework Zewde. The president stressed as both diplomatic heads played pivotal role in strengthening the... Read more »

Back to the rootsChallenging Eurocentric hegemony

Ethiopia has been applying Eurocentric knowledge across its political, social and economic spectrum, a trend which has had its fair share of ramification mainly due to incompatibility. And rethinking the neglected yet... Read more »

PM Abiy Visits Abu Dhabi

ADDIS ABABA- Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed and Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates held bilateral discussions yesterday on issues of mutual interest, the... Read more »

Prioritizing problem-solving applied research

As a developing country, what is expected from Ethiopia’s higher learning institutions is to produce knowledge that improves the lives of citizens. The issue here is not whether academic or applied researches... Read more »

PwDs suffering in schools: Ministry

ADDIS ABABA – The Ministry of Education (MOE) said that people with disabilities (PwD) are suffering due to absences of institutionalized training and education policy programs that meet their special needs at... Read more »

Office encouraging innovation

ADDIS ABABA – The Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office (EIPO) said that it has been encouraging private investments in the economy through setting up effective systems that provide legal protection (patent rights) for... Read more »