A weekly Amharic newspaper is in the dock again. A libel suit was brought against the weekly Addis Neger by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church for allegedly defaming the Patriarch’s name. The reporter who covered the story for the paper, Abaraham Begizew and the editor were summoned before Arada Police Station... [view entry]

Released in 1984, Legend: The Best of Bob Marley and the Wailers didn’t stir it up on the charts. It entered Billboard at No. 168 and peaked at No. 54. But the reggae icon’s posthumous collection has lived up to its name by becoming only the 17th album to exceed... [view entry]

Egypt has refused to surrender its veto on projects on the River Nile during a meeting of 10 African nations aimed at resolving disputes over water use. Delegates meeting for the second day in Egypt’s port city of Alexandria on Tuesday sought to conclude the Nile Co-operative Framework Agreement in... [view entry]

The heavy rain that threatened Womad for two days fell solidly as the festival ended on Sunday. But closing act Ethiopiques made the downpour irrelevant. The result of the albums of the same name, which revealed the soul and jazz of early 1970s Addis Ababa to be sensual treasures, it... [view entry]

Ethiopian musical giants Mulatu Astatke and Getachew Mekuria are in France to perform in Languedoc-Rousillon region’s summer festival. The thirteenth edition of what is known as the Fiest’A Sète festival is expected to draw a large number of French and other European holiday makers and vacationers. There is a strong... [view entry]

A former theological college assistant dean, Ato Kassahun Muchu has been appointed as the General Manger for the Addis Ababa Dioceses of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church. His principal focus will be to assist the Patriarchate’s office in the administration of the dioceses, it was said. The weekly Amharic paper,... [view entry]

A Kentucky pastor is inviting his flock to bring guns to church to celebrate the Fourth of July and the Second Amendment. New Bethel Church is welcoming “responsible handgun owners” to wear their firearms inside the church June 27, a Saturday. An ad says there will be a handgun raffle,... [view entry]

An event is taking place today in Shashemene to commemorate the former Emperor Haile Selassie I who was born on this day in 1892. Various events would be held in the town to commemorate the Emperor’s legacy and many Rastas who are based in Addis have traveled there. Haile selassie... [view entry]

By Prof. Ayele BeKerie In his recent song dedicated to the Ethiopian millennium and entitled Musika Heiwete (Music is My Life), the renowned Ethiopia’s rising pop singer, Teddy Afro, traces the geneaology of his music to classical Zema or chant compositions of St. Yared, the great Ethiopian composer, choreographer and... [view entry]

The National Photo Journalist’s Association (NPJA) will hold an exhibition of photographs by nine photojournalists starting from today Wednesday at Habesha Gallery in Denbel City Center. Around 130 photos in color and in black-and-white, some of them originally appeared in newspapers and magazines would be on display. “The photos present... [view entry]