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This fiercely beautiful film deftly intertwines the music and language to provide an immediate relevance to today’s debates.

Ethiopia can achieve real progress if it embraces a different kind of federation — territorial and not ethnic.

Ethiopia may be poised to be ranked as one of the top three largest exporters under AGOA as it sees a 62% surge in one year.

In 2019, Abiy has one real job: to cement his position as the front-runner in Ethiopia’s 2020 elections.

We close the year with our annual photo highlight of some the biggest stories featured on Tadias. As always, we look forward to many more years of service and wish you all a Happy New Year!

Perhaps the biggest surprise of the year came in Ethiopia, a country of 100 million people and a solidly authoritarian past.

The training was led by Ethiopian graduates of CDC Fellowship,

Addis Foto Fest opens Thursday in Ethiopia’s capital showcasing the work of more than 100 photographers from six continents.

EDTF briefed the media on its objectives, current fundraising status and plans to engage the larger Diaspora community.

NPR features the hopes and fears of regular citizens as Ethiopia goes through a historic transformation at breakneck speed.

ZAFF officially opened its first U.S. store in Washington, D.C. this past weekend on Saturday, December 1st.

Ethiopian American novelist Dinaw Mengestu is among 32 black male writers of our time featured by The New York Times.

PM Abiy met members of 81 opposition parties on Tuesday to discuss ways of reforming the electoral system, his office said.

Although studies by the International Diabetes Federation and Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health have identified diabetes as a significant health concern there has been little public awareness.

Birtukan Mideksa, a former judge and opposition leader, has been sworn in as the head of Ethiopia’s electoral board.

Addis Ababa has been selected as the host city of UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day on May 3rd, 2019.

The premium handbags and accessories brand from Ethiopia will inaugurate its first store in Washington, D.C. on December 1st.

Dr. Lemma W. Senbet, one of the Advisory Council members for the Ethiopian Diaspora Trust Fund, discusses chapter formation.

The next edition of the Social Enterprise World Forum will take place in Addis Ababa in October 2019.

The Ethiopian-American rapper hails from uptown Washington, D.C., a neighborhood he uses to inform his latest album.

The 90-minutes performance opens on November 29th at Luna Stage in West Orange, New Jersey.

The guest of honor was Ethiopia’s most celebrated singer and song writer Tedros Kassahun (aka Teddy Afro).

Elias Wondimu accepted LMU’s 2019 Hidden Heroes award at a ceremony enacting & narrating his life story.

Birtukan Mideksa is prepared and poised to build democratic institutions in Ethiopia as the civic leader of our generation.

The election results mean Democrats will resume House control in January for the first time since the 2010 election.

In a recent interview with Tadias Magazine Dr. Bisrat Aklilu discussed the transparency of the newly established Ethiopian Diaspora Trust Fund as well as efforts to mobilize local chapters.

Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia has won the New York City Marathon, holding off countryman Shura Kitata by 1.99 seconds.

Seeds of Africa Foundation’s annual benefit event will be held this year at Town Stages in New York City on November 7th, 2018.

Meaza Ashenafi was a judge on Ethiopia’s High Court from 1989 to 1992 and founded the first women’s bank in the country.

The deadline to nominate an individual for the 2019 SEED award is December 3rd, 2018.

Proceeds from YEP’s gala will go towards providing mentoring to high school & college students, and creating a platform for professionals to connect.

Ms. Sahle-Work Zewde was appointed as President of Ethiopia on Thursday, October 25th, generating immediate global reactions.

Parliament approved this week Sahle-Work Zewde to serve as Ethioia’s first female president.

The founder of Tsehai Publishers has been selected by Loyola Marymount University as a recipient of the 2018 Award.

D.C.-based non-profit Wegene Ethiopian Foundation will celebrate its 18th anniversary at The Waterford in Springfield, VA on Saturday, October 27th, 2018.

A book talk & happy hour will be held at the Artisphere in Arlington, VA on November 1st for Solomon Kassa’s recently released book, Girimte Scitech.

The episode includes a featured interview from U.S. National Institute of Mental Health Psychiatric Nurse, Ledet Muleta.

The 2018 Hub of Africa Addis Fashion Week took place in Ethiopia’s capital city last week.

Renowned economist Professor Lemma Senbet completed his 5-year leadership at AERC and is now back in the U.S.

At 19-years-old, Betelhem Dessie is perhaps the youngest pioneer in Ethiopia’s fast emerging tech scene known as ‘Sheba Valley.’

Ethiopia will reform several laws that are widely perceived to having had a detrimental effect on human rights and democracy.

Dr. Enawgaw Mehari is is the founder and president of a non-profit organization called People to People (P2P).

Amsale New York debuted the Amsale Fall 2019 collections during Bridal Fashion Week in New York on Friday, October 5th.

A “Peace and Reconciliation Day” event is being organized at the Besrate Gabriel Orthodox Church in New Jersey on Oct. 13th.

The program is a pilot project that began with the University of Gondar and Bahir Dar University.

Julie’s new exhibit at White Cube Mason’s Yard in London will be on display through November 3rd, 2018.

Something extraordinary is happening in Ethiopia. Under PM Abiy, the past is giving way to something resembling democracy.

A security official has confirmed the arrests of hundreds of youths following the violence in Addis Ababa and nearby towns last week.

Sinna Habteselassie recently made history at the University of Cincinnati after she was elected as student body president.

Ethiopia’s stunning political reforms are now threatened by long-standing ethnic tensions that have roared back to life.

19 years old Sara Gebretsadik named recipient of the Emerging Community Leader for the Governor’s Citizenship Medal.

A new documentary on Ethiopian jazz music entitled “Ethiopiques–Revolt of the Soul” will premiere at the American Museum of Natural History on October 19, 2018.

Artist Tariku Shiferaw participated this Fall in the Whitney Museum’s Independent Study Program, and will be part of the Drawing Center’s Open Sessions in Spring 2019.

Historic socio-political reforms in Ethiopia under Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s leadership have ushered in a new era of reconciliation as its people celebrate a new year.

Tefere Gebre was just 15 years old when he came to the U.S. 30 years go.. Today he leads the largest labor union in the world.

The 2018 Bikila Award celebration & dinner will be held on Saturday, September 22nd in Toronto, Canada.

Josh Brewer is one of the newest members of the University of Arizona’s wheelchair basketball team.

Aida Muluneh’s work has garnered international attention and her photographs have been displayed at MoMA,

Awetu Simesso was not only a beloved scholar, civic society leader, and talented actor but a mentor to many people.

Amsale Aberra will be honored posthumously for her contributions to the world of couture by the Harlem School of the Arts.

Antu Yacob acts in new film Night Comes On which was released in theaters on August 3rd, 2018 and is now available on iTunes.

The location is a photographer’s dream,” says Aida Muluneh as she directs Fatoumata Diawara’s new music video in the Dallol, Afar region of Ethiopia.

Engineer Semegnew Bekele was the the project manager of Ethiopia’s ambitious dam on the Nile river.

A selection of the best photos from across Africa and of Africans elsewhere in the world this week by BBC.

Eskinder Nega is a renowned journalist, who has been imprisoned nine times simply for doing his job.

Abune Merkorios returned to his country on Wednesday after spending 27 years in exile in the U.S.

PM Abiy Ahmed found a patient and exuberant audience of about 10,000 on Monday afternoon at Target Center in Minneapolis.

PM Abiy Ahmed visited the United States in July 2018 meeting with members of the Ethiopian Diaspora community in Washington D.C., Los Angeles and Minneapolis.

PM Abiy Ahmed will give a free public address at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center to greet the larger Ethiopian community in the DC metropolitan area.

Following a welcome reception at the Ethiopian Embassy in DC PM Abiy Ahmed is scheduled to greet the larger Ethiopian Diaspora community on Saturday, July 28th.

This week brings the message of hope & unity to diaspora in US.

Following the DC event PM Abiy will travel to LA on July 29th and Minneapolis on July 30th to meet the Ethiopian community.

Roses and champagne have been given to passengers on the first commercial flight between Ethiopia and Eritrea in 20 years.

In Ethiopia a charismatic young leader is delivering shock therapy to one of the world’s most entrenched one-party systems.

Abiy has electrified Ethiopia with his informal style, charisma and energy, earning comparisons with Mandela, Obama & Gorbachev.

PM Abiy Ahmed calls for a Diaspora Trust Fund for Ethiopia as he sets out to greet the Ethiopian community in the U.S.

Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed arrived in Eritrea’s capital and a live broadcast by Eritrean state TV showed President Isaias Afwerki greeting him at the airport in scenes unthinkable just months ago.

Ethiopian American musician Meklit Hadero has a career that goes far beyond cutting albums and touring.

PBS will premiere Marcus Samuelsson’s new show ‘No Passport Required’ on Tuesday, July 10th,.

Billboard profiles Ethiopia Habtemariam who is one of the most powerful black female executives in U.S. music industry.

Eritrean & Ethiopian officials held talks about a stalled peace deal for the first time since conflict ended almost two decades ago.

After a grenade attack during a large support rally in Addis Ababa, Dr. Abiy vowed to continue his agenda for democracy in Ethiopia.

This is the first such delegation since 1998, when a border war erupted between the countries.

Alexander Assefa received over 55% of the votes in his primary run for a seat in Nevada’s 42nd Assembly district.

Chicago is Ethiopian Airlines’ fourth destination in the United States after Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, California and Newark, New Jersey.

On his award-winning CNN series, Parts Unknown, Anthony Bourdain explored cultures and cuisines around the world.

THE speed of events caught Ethiopians off guard. When Abiy Ahmed took office as prime minister on April 2nd.

The surprise announcement raises the prospect of a final end to what was Africa’s deadliest border war.