More adult education for economic, social progress

Adult education is the practice of teaching adults between the ages of 15 to 60 year. It has been practiced across the world for generating well literate and skilled work force in... Read more »

Art for social cohesion

Art molds and guides the world. Art is at the epicenter of mankind development. Art enables us to go beyond the boundaries of what we currently know or think. It is the... Read more »

St. Stephen, Thomas of the Abyssinians: The churches of Ethiopia in Rome

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) and Ethiopian Catholic Church Archbishop Cardinal Berhana Eyesus has recently visited St. Stephen of the Abyssinians (also called Santo Stefano degli Abissiniby Italians), an Ethiopian Catholic church... Read more »

Cultural values: Bed-rock for national unity and prosperity

There is wisdom in every culture. The ancestors of human being were handcrafters, innovators and hunters using stone cutting edge. Then it transforms into harvesting crop with traditional mechanisms. Agriculture was the... Read more »

World Heritage, the Obelisks of Axum under critical condition

Sources indicate that the kingdom of Axum (Aksum) had developed a distinctive architecture exemplified by giant obelisks, the oldest of which date from 5,000 to 2000 BC. The northern stelae field contains... Read more »

Timeless deed: The best way to glorify humanity

It was around 7 pm at night when we arrived in Debre Markos city, Amhara State. After 15 minute, my colleague and I were knocking someone’s door at Kebele Five. Recently, this... Read more »

Saving Crippled Higher Learning Institutions

There is a thick cloud when one talks about the weather regarding the Ethiopian higher learning institutions, HLIs. Universities by their very essence are meant to be venues where scholars, would be... Read more »

From a Rotten Mediocracy to a Just Meritocracy

One of the detrimental legacies of the prereform TPLF/EPRDF regime is the degradation of Ethiopian human resource base. Political repression forced the most talented and brightest Ethiopians to flee their country. Those... Read more »

School feeding: Keeping children in schools

Yonas Awoke (alias) is a grade 4th student at Berihane Hilina Primary school at Addis Ababa. He lives with his parents and two sisters on the street. It is so difficult to... Read more »

Timket, a holiday that brings everyone together

Ethiopian Epiphany or Timket Festival is an annual outdoor celebration by followers of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. The feast which usually sets on January 19 is held to commemorate the baptism of... Read more »