Author: Tadias Magazine

“Ashes and Embers” will be available for on-demand Internet streaming on Netflix starting February 29th.

Researchers announced the existence of the lions at Alatish National Park — confirmed with images – in a news release Monday.

The Nile Project blends traditional sounds from Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania and Egypt.

Liya Kebede’s Lemlem brand has designed a one-of-a-kind designer football in celebration of Super Bowl 50.

Ethiopian Airlines says it will launch new flights between Addis Ababa and New York in June with three flights per week.

Debo Band’s new album, Ere Gobez is scheduled to be released in Spring 2016.

Coincidentally 1964 was year that both Martin Luther King Jr and Haile Selassie had made the shortlist for the Nobel Peace Prize.

“I will pick out a few things that I just stick in my pocket to remind me of all the people that I have met along the way ” says Obama.

A humbled Weeknd took to Twitter to react to the honor. “It can’t get more surreal than this. thank you for the recognition @TheAcademy. truly a proud moment,” he tweeted.

NYC-based company, KimStim, has acquired distribution rights to the film in the U.S. and plan a theatrical release in Spring 2016.

The 240-piece collection was originally gifted to Howard University in 1993.

Photos and video of Genna celebrations from around the world.

The Red Moon Letters is a new photojournalism book project on Ethiopia by documentary filmmaker Kristin Fellows.

According to FP State Department has denied the presence of bilateral tensions between the US and Ethiopia, claiming that the recent Drone Base closure was related to an Africom evaluation.

The film will be showing at Teachers College, Columbia University on January 9th and followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker.

Tadias spotlights five Ethiopian-led Initiatives in leadership, education, environment, entrepreneurship and philanthropy.

University of Toronto has launched a campaign to established an endowment and fund a Chair & Program in Ethiopic Studies.

Novelist and writer Dinaw Mengestu reflects on returning to Ethiopia and the stories of his parents that he grew up with in the U.S.

Security forces have killed at least 75 protesters since November.

Seeds of Africa Foundation’s Dream School campaign was launched last year with focus to improve education in Adama.

The student protests have spread quickly through central Ethiopia. Farmers and other citizens have been joining the demonstrations.

Protesters, many of them students, have repeatedly clashed with police in several towns in Ethiopia during the past three weeks.

“Lamb” is the first Ethiopian film to be an official selection at the Cannes Film Festival and Ethiopia’s entry for Oscar.

At least 10 students are said to have been killed and hundreds injured during protests against plans to expand the capital city.

The album features a remix of traditional Ethiopian sounds with world-music and dancehall beats, is scheduled for release in 2016.

​It is a moral outrage and national disgrace that civilians can legally purchase weapons designed to kill people with brutal speed and efficiency — The New York Times.

Yohannes read out a message from First Lady Michelle Obama to celebrate the Sonia Shah Organization in Chicago last week.

DWAA aims to develop programs that strengthen local innovation to enhance the true potential of East African ingenuity.

Circus groups from seven countries showcased their skills over the weekend at the first African Circus Arts Festival in Ethiopia.

Lemn Sissay published his first book entitled Tender Fingers In A Clenched Fist at the age of 21.

IAAF has named Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba and USA’s Ashton Eaton the 2015 World Athletes of the Year.

The Zone 9 bloggers were honored with CPJ’s 2015 International Press Freedom Awards in New York City on Tuesday.

The Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye) received the award from Prince on Sunday in LA for his newest album, Beauty Behind the Madness.

“It is the first in the 13-year history of the Miami Art Basel that Ethiopian art will be presented,” says Curator Dr. Desta Meghoo.

In his work Ethiopian-Belgian artist Ermias Kifleyesus tackles the difficult task of portraying concepts such as globalisation.

The Dream School Initiative aims to raise $2.2 million in two years to fund an Ethiopian academy & community center in Adama.

The 2015 African Diaspora International Film Festival, which kicks off on November 27th in NYC, features three recent Ethiopian films

The exhibit is brought to Addis by the Goethe-Institut Addis Ababa, Ethiopian National Museum & Zoma Contemporary Art Center.