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Ethiopian News Main ImageEthiopian NewsCorruption Fight Must Prioritize Human Dignity: AUC Chairperson
July 18, 2025

Corruption Fight Must Prioritize Human Dignity: AUC Chairperson

The Chair of the African Union Commission (AUC) says corruption undermines trust in institutions and constitutes an assault on dignity in a statement marking the 2025 African Anti-Corruption Day. In…
Ethiopian News Main ImageEthiopian News‘White Gold’: Sesame Rush Fuels Strained Tensions In Contested Western Tigray
July 18, 2025

‘White Gold’: Sesame Rush Fuels Strained Tensions In Contested Western Tigray

The prized sesame fields of the contested Western Tigray—currently under the control of Amhara regional forces—have become the latest battleground in Ethiopia’s multi-layered conflict, as powerful political, economic, and military…
Ethiopian News Main ImageEthiopian NewsUN Appeals For Aid As Conflict, Hunger, Disease Swamp Sudan, South Sudan
July 17, 2025

UN Appeals For Aid As Conflict, Hunger, Disease Swamp Sudan, South Sudan

Acute hunger, massive displacement, and worsening cholera epidemics in conflict-ridden Sudan and South Sudan have led both the United Nations and one of its key specialized agencies (WFP) to issue…
Famine, Drought and their Cause

Famine, Drought and their Cause

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Shemelis Desta

Personal Photographer to Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia

Shemelis Desta was an official court photographer for Emperor Haile Selassi of Ethiopia.
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