Role of media in promoting rights of vulnerable groups

Free, diverse and independent media are essential in any society to promote and protect freedom of opinion and expression and other human rights. Independent media constitute one of the cornerstones of a... Read more »

The spiritual legacy left by Dire Sheikh Hussein shrine

A mass of people have been streaming to this shrine to perform the rite from all corners of the country. The journey to the place is called Muudaa. The stream of people... Read more »

Capturing tej bet: The art of drinking Ethiopia’s honey wine

I was in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, to write and photograph a piece on tej bet, rustic bars where men and almost exclusively men – drink honey wine. And the... Read more »

Mawlid: A celebration of great meanings in Ethiopia

Ethiopian Muslims will celebrate tomorrow the 1494th Mawlid festival, which marks the Birthday of Prophet Muhammad. The twelfth day of the Arab month Rabi ‘al-Awwal represents a special day that reaches the... Read more »

OWNP-CWA improving water supply, sanitation services

Since 2014, the Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Electricity and stakeholders have been implementing the first phase of One Wash National Program–Consolidated Wash Account (OWNP-CWA) to increase access to improved water supply... Read more »

Dead Zone ? Area with no life found on Earth, scientists believe

Researchers explored a wide range of samples taken from four zones within the Dallol geothermal complex in Ethiopia between 2016 and 2018. A group of French scientists say that they had discovered... Read more »

Figure out goals before it is too late

 Shemsu Zinab, 26, is a resident of Yem Woreda, one of the special Woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ State (SNNPS). Shemsu in his early years was involved in delinquent... Read more »

Some realities of Education Roadmap: Some reflections and concerns

As a relatively long-serving individual in the education sector, I am poised to raise few points concerning the recent education roadmap. Since recent months, now gradually becoming parliament agenda, we keep on... Read more »

Photography beyond historic documentation

Photos are equal to video documentation or short essays. They can comprehend the real situation of a time or place. They can depict the situation of a specific city, town or village.... Read more »

Global trends necessitating engagement in Artificial Intelligence

In computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans. In the twenty-first century, AI techniques have experienced... Read more »