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Dear World
An 8-year-old Amhara girl wrote to the Vatican pope, ‘Where are you? Children are dying.’ A 5-year-old boy wrote to US President Biden,…
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World’s Last People
The West wanted to stop sales of our fast sea-patrol boats. It implied that Ethiopia used poor-quality manufacture. ‘They are bad for the…
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Emperor Haile Selassie I at Ethiopian New Year
Ethiopia’s last emperor was Emperor Haile Selassie I (Atse Haile Selassie): negus (king) and Lion of Judah. No kitten on the world stage,…
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UNESCO Listed Lalibela Rock Hewn Working Monasteries
King Lalibela’s original water supply system still works. He built a waterfall into a canal that supplies water to Lalibela village. 800 years…
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NGO No Go
Shaking his right hand up and down, Atse Menelik said, ‘At heaven’s gates, God will ask, “What did you do to ease those…
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Ethiopian Woven Wisdom
Can Ethiopia’s cotton cloth be likened to her people? Refined yet tough? In Bahir Dar, on the shores of Lake Tana at the…
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Ethiopian Pyramids and Water Technology
Egyptians still marvel over the mystery of pyramids. Ethiopians do not need to ask how their Abyssinian ancestors built them. Today in Ethiopia,…
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Yummy, Easy, Cheap Ethiopian Shiro
Stranded in Addis Ababa, Mesfin cooked 1-pot-wonders on a hotplate on the concrete floor. Our health improved. When we sent photos to Australia,…
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Marvellous Ethiopian Charities
SLCO and GPO aim to help all Ethiopians that need their services. They promote gender equity. Donations directly benefit the disadvantaged – money…
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Ethiopian Innovations
The golden, domed roof of El Aqs Mosque in Jerusalem dates from before 1,000 BC. Queen Saba built it for King Salamon (Solomon)…
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The November War in Ethiopia
In November 2020 in Tigray, mass graves held 70,000 Amhara members of the community. The TPLF had buried alive the elderly, women, children…
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HR6600 Against Ethiopia
The HR6600 bill introduced in April 2022 by the US attacked Ethiopians. It would have stopped Ethiopian diaspora in the US from easily…
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Held only by virgin deacons, these types of ceremonial crosses have been used since time immemorial in midnight prayer services – strictly inside…
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“Lucy’s People” Book Extracts
You would know about the 2003 US invasion of Iraq and the fate of the museum collection in Baghdad. Since November 2020, the…
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