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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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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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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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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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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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Can Ethiopia’s cotton cloth be likened to her people? Refined yet tough? In Bahir Dar, on the shores of Lake Tana at the…
Keep readingEthiopian 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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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,…
Keep readingMarvellous 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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The golden, domed roof of El Aqs Mosque in Jerusalem dates from before 1,000 BC. Queen Saba built it for King Salamon (Solomon)…
Keep readingThe 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…
Keep readingHR6600 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…
Keep readingAntique Ethiopian Crosses Turn Up Down Under
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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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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