Solar Power generates new possibilities in Ethiopia
Since its launch in Ethiopia in 2015, IFC-World Bank’s Lighting Africa program has enabled more than 1 million people to meet their basic electricity needs. […]
Culture
Ethiopia: Cradle of Culture ― UNESCO-inscribed World Heritage Sites
(Selamta Magazine)–Ethiopia boasts a wide-ranging set of scenes and sights, including nine UNESCO-inscribed ‘world heritage sites’. In 2016, Ethiopia earned a new moniker: “The Land […]
As Engineer Simegnew Bekele laid to rest, thousands of Ethiopian paid tribute
ADDIS ABABA (Semonegna)– Engineer Simegnew Bekele, the Project Manager of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), has laid to rest today at the Holy Trinity […]
Experts call for action to rescue Itegue Taitu’s residence
Even though Itegue Taitu’s residential houses are registered as heritage within Gulele Sub-city Culture and Tourism Office, the houses were given to individuals due to […]
VIDEO: Ethiopian fashion gains traction following Prime Minister’s gesture
Traditional Ethiopian fashion is gaining more fame – thanks to the country’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed recently caused some buzz by giving handwoven jackets to the […]
Fichee-Chambalaalla Celebrated in Hawassa
HAWASSA (ENA)– Fichee-Chambalaalla, a traditional new year’s celebration among the Sidama people of Ethiopia and an intangible world heritage registered at UNESCO is being celebrated […]
Ethiopia could lose billions of dollars due to child marriage, according to World Bank report
One important benefit from ending child marriage would be an increase in women’s expected earnings in the labor market. In part because they tend to […]
Ethiopia’s Bamboo-eating Bale monkeys could still be saved from extinction
There are less than 10,000 surviving Bale monkeys in Ethiopia, and they prefer to eat only bamboo – but the bamboo forests are shrinking, and […]
Ethiopia inaugurates model water supply and waste management project
WUKRO, Ethiopia (ReliefWeb)–May 26 marks another major milestone in the Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector in Ethiopia with the inauguration of a model […]
Ethiopia to Make Menelik Palace Tourist Site
ADDIS ABABA (ENA)–Ethiopia is aspiring to make Addis Ababa’s Menelik Palace, which was built 100 years ago by Emperor Menelik II who reined from 1889 […]