The Wonderful Maze National Park,Emerging tourist site

BY KFLEEYESUS ABEBE If anything I witnessed during this journey, Southern western State is one proof that Ethiopia is a land of contrasts and extremes. It is however unfortuate that Ethiopia hasn’t... Read more »

 ‘Silencing the Guns’: The beginning of a lasting peace and reconciliation

BY MULUGETA GUDETA In its historic document signed by all member countries back in 2004, the African Union had coined a term to describe one of the most urgent tasks at hand,... Read more »

Wretched lives

 (continued from yesterday) BY HENOK TIBEBU People say that they gave him a great hope saying if he stays some extra hundreds of years with his bugs patiently, he would be awarded... Read more »

The demise of Ethiopia’s musical giant

BY STAFF REPORTER Ethiopia’s fertile womb relents not from bringing forth dear sons and daughters that quench its thirst for enchanting music. The country is a mother to musicians that run the... Read more »

Wretched lives

BY HENOK TIBEBU (part 1) The bright sun on the clear blue sky was shining on the majestic Addis Ababa having a cool weather that day. It was September first of 2014... Read more »

 Ali Bira or a giant of Ethiopian, Oromo music

BY MULUGETA GUDETA Barely a couple of months after the untimely and sudden death of the late Ethiopian music icon Madingo Afewerk, another giant of Ethiopian and Oromo music has breathed his... Read more »

  Time for change from the culture of conflict to that of reconciliation

BY MULUGETA GUDETA It took more than half a century for the Colombians and their government to bring the FARC armed opposition movement in Colombia from the bush to the talking table.... Read more »

 Ethiopian food culture- bad habits or seasonal adjustments?

BY MULUGETA GUDETA The rains have gone and the dry season has set in. Memories of kiremt or the rainy season in Amharic, are still vivid together with the street side hustles... Read more »

 Arba Minch Crocodile Ranch: Tourism–Agriculture Nexus

BY KFLEEYESUS ABEBE Cultural and Natural blessings have made Arba Minch among favorite places to visit. I have been wishing to visit the place especially after the elders of Gamo showed courgeous... Read more »

Being a soldier is a noble profession

(Selflessly upholding and protecting sovereignty, territorial integrity)  Book Review: By Alem Hailu G/Kristos Book: Yewetader Lej Negn (I’m a soldier’s daughter/child) Genre: Poetry/Short Stories (A debut collection of 49 poems/2 short stories)... Read more »