Does Assab Belongs to Ethiopia or Eritrea?

By VOA NEWS FORMER U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Herman Cohen said he wanted to set the record straight about his recommendation during the 1991 London Conference on Ethiopia, Eritrea and Port Assab. He said he did not say the port belongs to Ethiopia, contrary to what some in Ethiopia had attributed…

10 Of The Deadliest Weapons In The World

By Lauren Hamilton, The Richest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9q7HLUkJvY There are more dangerous things than an angry woman, believe it or not. Beyond guns, you’d be surprised to learn which weapons can do the most damage. Perhaps it’s our obsession with Forensic Files or just being a curious bunch, but we decided to put together a list for all of…

The Top Ten Human Evolution Discoveries from Ethiopia

BuzzEthiopia Home to Lucy, Ardi, the oldest stone tools, the first fossils of modern humans and many other discoveries, Ethiopia deserves the title of Cradle of Humankind By Erin Wayman SMITHSONIAN.COM  Ethiopia may well deserve the title Cradle of Humankind. Some of the most famous, most iconic hominid fossils have been discovered within the country’s…

Countries as Named in Their Own Languages

By Arika Okrent The Afternoon Map IMAGE CREDIT: ENDONYMMAP.COM Countries are called by different names depending on who’s doing the calling. Is it The United States of America or Les États-Unis? Deutschland or Germany? A country’s own name for itself is called an endonym, and at endonymmap.com you can find a map of the world’s endonyms. The…

Secret Manuals Show The Spyware Sold To Ethiopian Government to SPY on ESAT and Ethiopians

The Intercept BY CORA CURRIER AND MORGAN MARQUIS-BOIRE @coracurrier@headhntr When Apple and Google unveiled new encryption schemes last month, law enforcement officialscomplained that they wouldn’t be able to unlock evidence on criminals’ digital devices. What they didn’t say is that there are already methods to bypass encryption, thanks to off-the-shelf digital implants readily available to…

China Is Very, Very, Very, Very Big

By Noah Smith, Bloomberg Larry Summers and Lant Pritchett have written a paper predicting a Chinese growth slowdown. In 2013, Barry Eichengreen, Donghyun Park, and Kwanho Shin wrote a paper with much the same message, which accurately predicted the recent Chinese slowdown from about 10 percent annual growth to about7.5 percent. In fact, the most…

39 Countries Ethiopian Citizens Can Travel to Without Visa

Visa requirements for Ethiopian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Ethiopia. In 2014, Ethiopian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 39 countries and territories, ranking the Ethiopian passport 88th in the world. Visa requirements map   Ethiopia   Visa free access   Visa on arrival   Visa required  …

Why is the US Navy practising for war with China?

By Rupert Wingfield-HayesBBC News, USS George Washington off Guam BBC By Rupert Wingfield-Hayes USS George Washington off Guam The US prefers to talk about engaging with China, but it is clear its navy is now also practising for a potential conflict, reports the BBC’s Rupert Wingfield-Hayes. You don’t get invited out on a US nuclear…

8 ጊዜ የተቀያየሩትን የኢትዮጵያ ባንዲራ ዓይነቶች ያውቋቸዋል?

 አንድ አድርገን ኢትዮጵያ ዘመን ተሻጋሪ የሰንደቅ አላማ ታሪክ ካላቸው ሃገራት መካከል አንዷ ናት  ፤ የኢትዮጵያ ሰንደቅ አላማ እስከ 1890ዎቹ ሁለተኛ አጋማሽ ድረስ በቀለማትም አንድ ወጥ አልነበረም ፤ አረንጓዴ፣ ቢጫና ቀይ  ቀለማት ያሉት ሰንደቅ አላማ ቀለማት ወጥነት ባለው በተያያዙ አራትማእዘናት በጥቅም ላይ የዋሉት በ1890ዎቹ መጨረሻ ነው ፤ በሃገራችን ለመጀመሪያ ጊዜ ለሰንደቅ አላማ ልዩትርጓሜና ስርፀት የተሰጠው በ1898 እንደሆነ ይነገራል ፤ ቢጫ የብርሃን፣ ቀይ የመስዋዕትነትና አረንጓዴ የተስፋምልክት ተደርጐ ይወሰዳል፡፡ ከዚህ በኋላ ሰንደቅ  አላማችን  አንድ  ጊዜ መንፈሳዊ ሌላ ጊዜ ፖለቲካዊ ትርጓሜ እየታከለበት ዘመን ተሻግሯል ፤  እኛ ኢትዮጵያውያን በሰንደቅ አላማችን ስም በጐም ሆነ መጥፎ ተግባራት በተፈፀሙባቸው ዘመነ መንግስታት ጭምር ለሰንደቅ አላማችን ያለን ፍቅርና ክብር እጅግ ጥልቅ ነው ፤ ጥንታውያንጀግኖች ወላጆቻችን ሰንደቅ አላማችንን ይዘው አስደናቂ ትግልና ውጊያ በማካሄድ ከባዕዳውያን ቀጥተኛ ተፅዕኖ ነፃ የሆነች ሃገር አስረክበውናል ፤ በአንዲት ባንዲራቸው ጥላ ስር በመሆን ወራሪውን ሃይል በእግዚአብሔር ረዳትነትና እና በታማኝ አርበኞች ጀግንነት ከቀኝ ግዛት ነጻ የሆነች ሀገር አቆይተውልናል ፡፡ ኢትዮጵያውያን ለአያሌ ዘመናት ብሔራዊ ክብራችንን ባዋረደና እንደ ህዝብ አንገታችንን ባስደፋን አስከፊ የድህነትማቅ ውስጥ ኖረናል ፡፡ አሁን ሰንደቅ አላማችን የጭቆናም የጭፍጨፋ  አርማ አይደለም።  የሰንደቅ አላማችን አረንጓዴ፣ ቢጫና ቀይ ቀለማት እንደ ዱሮው ሁሉ የልምላሜ የተስፋና ለነፃነት የሚከፈል መስዋዕትነት ምልክቶቻችን ናቸው ።  “አፍ ሲያመልጥ ራስ ሲመለጥ አይታወቅም” እንደሚባለው የቀድሞ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር…