Irreecha -Celebration of life beyond faiths, languages and ethnicities

The encyclopedia Wikipedia for instance portrays Irreechaa as Thanksgiving Day celebrating the end of the rainy season in Oromia, where the people observe Irreeechaa to thank the Waqqa or the Creator for... Read more »

Meskel Festival in the eyes of tourists

BY BETELHEM BEDLU Ethiopians marked the Demera and Meskel Festival, (The Finding of the True Cross) colorfully last Sunday and Monday respectively. As the legend goes, in the 4th century BC the... Read more »

The Blooming Flower, the Pride of Africa, the Name of Addis Ababa

JOSEPH SOBOKA Addis Ababa is the metropolis city of Ethiopia located on a well-watered plateau surrounded by hills and mountains in the heart of the country. With her pleasant climate, never too... Read more »

Indomitable Ethiopia (A poetic drama)

Scene I Rodolfo Graizani is seen sat in his new office in Addis Ababa. A messenger salutes and hands him over a telegraph letter saying “ it is from Benito Mussolini.” Graizani... Read more »

Attention to attractions in city’s bosom

A.A has standard-meeting-registered 18 historic museums, 13 monuments, 400 antiques  BY STAFF REPORTER The Rock Hewen Washera Mekael (The Cave Mikael) church is found 3km away from Addis Ababa in a village... Read more »

Regional States set to form new government

 Following the results of the recently held 6th national election, the regional governments are set to form new government structures at their respective regional level ahead of the federal government’s formation expected... Read more »

DP confers with various int’l actors,officials

BY HAFTU GEBREZGABIHER Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia Demeke Mekonnen has made various discussion with leaders of international organizations, heads of states and governments alongside the UN... Read more »

The darkest night will end; the sun will rise

BY STAFF REPORTER Ethiopians wherever they are, they do not sit quietly when their country confronts challenges.When theirhomeland, in which they were born and raised,they spent both the good and bad moments,... Read more »

The reconstruction of the Meskel Square lends luster to the anniversary

 BY STAFF REPORTER Youth Tesfahun Yenealem is a resident of Addis Ababa. “Friends and I never misses heading to the Meskel Square to bear witness to the magnetizing anniversary that reenacts the... Read more »

What’s to be done, Brother?

Short Story  “I find it extremely difficult to talk about what’s happening around us,” said Haile to Abraham as they were going upstairs in the New Classroom Building, standing in the west... Read more »