24 August 1974: Memory of the 1974 Ethiopian Revolution

The Guardian The radicals are pressing for a French Revolution-style solution – a mass execution of the aristocracy Addis Ababa, December 1974: Ethiopia’s Derg leaders, who deposed emperor Haile Selassie in September 1974. Photograph: J. M. Blin/AFP/Getty Images   David Ottaway Addis Ababa, August 23 They are crowded into three long army barracks, sleeping on…

Why did Margaret Thatcher demanded UK to find ways to ‘destabilize’ Ethiopian regime in power during 1984 famine?

 Thatcher decided it was wrong to ‘jog along’ with the Mengistu government, whose human rights abuses greatly exacerbated the famine death toll Margaret Thatcher demanded that Britain find ways to “destabilise” the regime which presided over Ethiopia’s disastrous 1984 famine after concluding that British aid was wrongly supporting its “particularly cruel” government, according to previously…

Portraits of How Axum Obelisks Were Erected

The builders of the obelisks were not Christians but people who had same faith or similar to that of Ancient Egypt. These objects have no affiliation with Christianity and indeed pre-date Christianity. They erected such objects because they believed their soul and spirit will reach the Heavens to their God (sky/sun). The priest and the…

The Intricately Carved Tiya Megaliths of Ethiopia

By M R Reese The Tiya stones are part of an archaeological site located in central Ethiopia, in an area known as the Gurage Zone. The 46 large, decorated Tiya megaliths have been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Although the construction of such megaliths is an ancient tradition in Ethiopia, the Tiya stones are…