The origin of renowned Russian poet Alexander Pushkin has long been a source of dispute between historians in Ethiopia and neighboring Eritrea. “[There's] no question about Alexander Pushkin being an Ethiopian,” Ayalneh Mulatu, who translated Pushkin’s poetry into Amharic, the language of Ethiopia, told Anadolu Agency. “Pushkin belongs to Ethiopia because his great grandfather, Abraham […]

Next year in Jerusalem” are words spoken by Jews all over the world. For the Jews of Ethiopia, this dream was a promise. Exactly 23 years ago , the IDF carried out Operation Solomon, a massive airlift that brought Ethiopian Jews to Israel. After 34 planes and 36 hours, the Israel Air Force safely carried […]

Fossilised bones of a dinosaur believed to be the largest creature ever to walk the Earth have been unearthed in Argentina, palaeontologists say. Based on its huge thigh bones, it was 40m (130ft) long and 20m (65ft) tall. Weighing in at 77 tonnes, it was as heavy as 14 African elephants, and seven tonnes heavier […]

As the third anniversary of the Renaissance dam whose construction reached well above 30% is approaching, Egypt is using all her arsenals to hinder the dam’s construction. One of the recent Egyptians argument point has became the 1902 E.C agreement between Ethiopian Emperor Minilik and the then British colonizers of Egypt. As the Egyptian government’s […]

Empress Taitu Bitul of Ethiopia (1851 – February 11, 1918) Empress Taitu was the loyal wife of Emperor Menelik II. She was considered a brilliant military strategist, a commander and an advisor to her husband. Taitu’s relationship with Emperor Menelik was one of mutual respect, independence, trust and reciprocity. Taitu played a key role in […]

Addis Ababa University’s history department at risk of closure, According to sources the Department didn’t receive any students this Year.

Ethiopia has a significant history reaching over 3,000 years into the past. The word “Ethiopia” has become a term for the idea of African solidarity and freedom, not just the name of a nation or a region. The ancient Greek historian Herodotus noted the region of Ethiopia as home to “people with burnt faces.” During […]

An ancient Chinese coin that has been cast between 1039 and 1053 A.D is found at Harla, Eastern Ethiopia. This find which is the second of its kind and that has been at the hands of local farmers and now with Marco Vigano is confirmed to be cast at the Song Dynasty, Ren Zong’s reign. […]

ዳንኤል ክብረት መምህሩ ናቸው፤ የእነዚህን ባለሀብቶች የሕይወት ታሪክ ሥሩ ብለው የሰጡን፡፡ ስምንት ባለ ሀብቶች፡፡ እነዚህን ሰዎች የምናውቃቸው በቴሌቭዥን እየቀረቡ ስለ ልማት ሲናገሩ ነው፡፡ አንዳንዶቹ እንዲያውም ተሸልመዋል፡፡ እኛ መምህራችንን ጠየቅናቸው፡፡ እነዚህን ለምን መረጧቸው? ስንል፡፡ እርሳቸውም ‹‹እነዚህን በሦስት መመዘኛ መረጥኳቸው›› አሉ፡፡ ‹‹አንደኛ ልማታውያን ናቸው፣ ሁለተኛ ተሸላሚ ናቸው፣ ሦስተኛ ደግሞ ዛሬ ቢጠሯቸው የማይሰሙ የናጠጡ ባለጠጎች ናቸው፡፡›› አሉ መምህራችን፡፡ […]

*This news used to be circulated in emails 8 years ago. በናይጄሪያ የሚገኝ ፓስተር እንደ እየሱስ ክርስቶስ በውሀ ላይ እራመዳለሁ በሎ ሰጠመ የሚለው ዜና ከ እውነት የራቀ እና ከዛሬ ፰ ዓመት በፊት በ ኢሜል በብዛት የተሰራጨ የውሸት ዜና ነው። Here is an article published in 2006 about the Pastor Stop Spreading the False Story About […]

Date: 13 January, 1985 An express train carrying seven cars and an estimated one thousand people destined for Addis Ababa, derailed when it reached a curve 125 miles east of the capital. . It was suspected that the train engineer failed to reduce speed at reaching the curve which resulted in the train derailing and […]

የወተት ጠብታ - 1 - ቀዩ አቧራ ከእግሩ ስር ቡን እያለ ገዳዳ አምድ መስሎ ይነሳ ነበር፣አለማየሁ እየሮጠ ወደ እናቱ ሲሄድ።ከሰማያዊ ሸራ ጫማው አንስቶ አረንጓዴ ሱሪና ጃኬቱን እያለበሰ፣ልጩ ራሱ ላይ ጉች ያለች ቁንጮውን በጨረፍታ እየነካካ አቀብ ሲወጣ የአቧራው አምድ አባራሪ፣እሱ ተባራሪ ነበር የሚመስሉት።ለረፍት የተለቀቁ ተማሪዎች በጨርቅ ኳስ ሲራገጡ፣ ባልነካ እና ሌባና ፖሊስ እየተጫወቱ ሲሯሯጡ አለማየሁ ትንሽ፣ቀጭን […]

Note: Addis Abeba ranked 13th in New York Times list of “52 Places to Go in 2014″. Among African countries Addis stood 3rd after Capetown, South Africa and Namibia. Laikipia Plateau, Kenya, Seychelles and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania received 4th, 5th and 6th place in Africa. Here is the article from NYTimes Witness a city […]

The cave in which the body of the monk whom believed to have died some 110 years ago at the age of 160 years is found on the Yerer mountains north west of Bishoftu town. When the monk died, he was kneeling for a prayer, a traditionally woven ‘gabi’ on his head, his right hand […]

To the Simien and back — 47 years on JAN 4, 2014 By the time you read this I should be in the Simien Mountains of northern Ethiopia. I have been asked to go back there to tell the nation’s current generation what the forests and wildlife were like in 1967, ’68 and ’69 when […]

Ethiopian sister Ethiopian history is not three thousand years! Dear Beloved Ethiopian Sister, Thank you very much for your important question about the origin and extent of Ethiopian history. Thank you for inspiring me to write this response. I am prompted to write the response to your question in a public forum. I do so […]