Tag Archives: Amharic language

Israeli teens journey to Ethiopia to walk in their parents’ footsteps

By Michal Shmulovich,timesofisrael JENDA, Ethiopia — In a secluded village in northern Ethiopia, near the foot of the Blue Nile, Zahava Aregito Zagaya, 16, and a group of other Israeli-Ethiopian teens were walking through expansive green and yellow pastures of … read more »

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Ethiopia: Cultural Urbanisation

By Addisfortune A recent discussion with a friend of mine, who is a business management coach by profession, has taken me by surprise. It is not that the discussion was unique in subject but it brought a rather new perspective … read more »

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Ethiopia: The Death of the Amharic Language?

By Meron Tekleberhan Several times now I have come upon articles which declare that the Amharic language is in danger because of the increasing influence being exerted on it by English and other foreign languages. Dr. Befekadu Wakjera cites the … read more »

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Dawit Kebede joins Ethiopia’s exiled journalists

NEW YORK, November 22, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Dawit Kebede, managing editor of Awramba Times, one of Ethiopia’s two remaining independent Amharic-language newspapers offering critical analysis of local politics, announced today that he was forced to leave the country … read more »

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Ethiopia vs. VOA: Acting Director Says ‘I want to set the record straight’

Voice of America’s Acting Director and Executive Editor, Steve Redisch, has told Tadias Magazine that the recent controversy surrounding the removal of a June 23rd content from the broadcaster’s Amharic website was “consistent with VOA’s standards of accuracy.” Redisch also … read more »

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VOA Amharic walking a tight rope

Voice of America’s relationship with the Ethiopian authorities has been a rocky one. For over a decade, after the TPLF (Tigray People Liberation Front) ascension to power VOA was hardly a major source of news for many Ethiopians. It was … read more »

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Ethiopia: An Old Man Landed in Jail for Attempting to Rape His Granddaughter

An elderly man, 64, who lives in Kebele 01/02 of Akaki Sub-city, was charged with attempting to rape his granddaughter of 10 on April 5, 2010 as she was getting ready to go to school in the morning. In the … read more »

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Let Ethiopians Hear America’s Voice

Ethiopian Citizens Have the Absolute Constitutional Right to Listen to the VOA So many lessons to learn from Columbia University! When dictator-in-chief Meles Zenawi spoke unceremoniously at Columbia on September 22, he was talking trash about the Voice of America … read more »

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