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How the NSA built a secret surveillance network for Ethiopia (The intercept)

By Nick Turse  September 13 2017 — “A WARM FRIENDSHIP connects the Ethiopian and American people,” U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced earlier this year. “We remain committed to working with Ethiopia to foster liberty,...

Ingredient Spotlight: Teff, Ethiopia’s Favorite Ancient Super Grain (One Green Planet)

Food Monster – Features Have you heard of the Ethiopian superfood called “teff” before? This special little gluten-free ancient grain (it’s actually only about the size of a poppy seed) has been touted by experts as...

The Case of Qilinto Fire in the Past Year, my Testimony [Befeqadu Z. Hailu]

Abraham used to visit us, my colleague Atnafu Berhane of Zone 9 Blogging Collective and myself, every Saturday while we were jailed in Qilinto prison. His workplace was near to the prison compound. Just a year ago, on a Saturday morning, September...

ESAT Special Documentary Ambassador Girma Biru

The sad story of an Ethiopian prince, taken to England, only to die young [By Martin Plaut]

 Martin Plaut This is a photograph of a sad little boy, who was taken from his family, brought to England, only to die as a youth. The boy in question was Dejazmatch Alemayehu Tewodros, often referred to as HIH Prince Alemayehu or Alamayou...

Ethiopian Running History (Video)

AUSC Presidency’s Special Advisor Professor Mammo Muchie has just returned from West Africa for 7 Jul ‘Integrated African Sustainable Development.

In the West Africa where he gave a series of lectures on innovation from science, technology, engineering and mathematics for an Integrated African Sustainable Development. Being a champion of Pan-Africanism, he believes that innovation can...

Ethiopia: A Harvest of Death and Destruction Since May 28, 1991 [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]

The T-TPLF Horsemen of the Apocalypse a quarter of a century later in Ethiopia On May 28, 1991, a rag tag rebel army of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) marched into Ethiopia’s capital. That day shall eternally live in infamy. The...