50,000 visa numbers available for this Year DV Lottery
The DV-2017 program started in 1986 with 10,000 visas issued on a first filed basis. In 1990, 40,000 additional visa numbers were added and the selection was changed to a random selection. (The random...
View ArticleEthiopia, a Nation of Farmers, Strains Under Severe Drought [New York Times]
JACEY FORTIN, New York Times MIESO, Ethiopia — Every day, Yasin Mohammed Aliye stakes out a spot on his small farm to chew khat leaves, a stimulant, and guard against intruders. The khat, he explains,...
View ArticleA High Level Ethiopian Delegation Sent to Russia to Muzzle ESAT Fails
ESAT (October 23, 2015) In a desperate attempt to silence an independent Ethiopian TV and radio broadcasting service, the Ethiopian government has reportedly sent a high level delegation to Russia. It...
View Article10 Ethiopians and 11 Somalis, arrested in Luxor for entering Egypt illegally
CAIRO: Eleven Somalis and 10 Ethiopians were arrested Friday in a train arriving in Luxor, southern Egypt, for having entered the country illegally, Youm7 reported. Some people from Sudan, Eritrea,...
View ArticleEthiopia the Beautiful [Zelalem Eshete, Ph.D.]
Ethiopia the beautiful is the product of the people, not the government. Governments come and go. The people remain. The people guarantee the reality of TRUE ETHIPIAWINET. The people are the guardians...
View ArticleCan the T-TPLF Stop the Famine in Ethiopia? [Prof Alemayehu ]
It is a big international secret that Ethiopia today is in the middle of a Biblical famine. For the second time since 1984-85! Last week, the Global Post headlined an article posing the question:...
View ArticleMe,my country and corruption.[Wondemagne Ejigu kebede.]
Have you seen a movie titled ”me, myself and Irine” or ”me and Marely”? Both are my favorite movies. When I decided to write article about corruption what it does to me and my country. The title...
View ArticleFamilies of Kenyan who Died in Ethiopian Flight to Sue the Airline
BY GILBERT KOECH October 26, 2015 A family in Busia county has threatened to sue Ethiopian Airlines for the death of their mother and for withholding her luggage. Mary Khavugwi, 51, booked a flight on...
View ArticleHard Talk Interview with Serawit Fikre
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View ArticleLebanon: Ethiopian Maid’s Real-Life Slavery Exposed In Fictional Account In Book
Chichester: real-life slavery exposed in fictional account A story of strength, spirit and survival is the subtitle of No Lipstick in Lebanon, a fictionalised true story of slavery in the Lebanon. The...
View ArticleAnother Letter to My Ethiopian Sisters [Mesrak Gessesse]
I am now writing this as I just finished my annual mammogram and ultra sound testing for breast cancer. Exactly five years ago to the day on October 25, 2010, I wrote an article discussing my...
View ArticleJournalist Temesgen Desalgen: An independent journalist denied family visits...
Is offering voice to voiceless a crime? Journalist Temesgen Desalgen owner of the news magazine in Amharic called Feteh (justice) has been imprisoned since October 2014. He was charged by TPLF/EPDRF’s...
View ArticleXenophobic Attack and looting in Grahamstown, south Africa
By Hancu Louw on October 30, 2015 — About 500 shopkeepers and their family members who have immigrated from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Pakistan and Somalia have been forced to abandon their businesses and...
View ArticleEthiopian Church to Request the Ban of Religious Broadcasts on EBS
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Holy Synod on its annual assembly passed three important decisions according to Hara Tewahedo news website. The news source said the synod has ordered the ban of...
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