Ethiopia on the Internet

Abiche, Tefera Talore - Community development initiatives and poverty reduction : the role of the Ethiopian Kale Heywot Church in Ethiopia: Full text of the Master's thesis in Development Studies, University of the Western Cape, South Africa. 2004. 130 pages, in pdf. "the Ethiopian Kale Heywot Church Development Program (EKHCDP) has played an important role in supporting and encouraging the development aspirations of local communities in the areas of environmental rehabilitation, water and sanitation, agriculture, health, education, credit and saving schemes." http://etd.uwc.ac.za/usrfiles/modules/etd/docs/etd_init_6507_1174039710.pdf

Addis Ababa University: Official university site. Includes Institute of Development Research, IDR, the Insitute of Ethiopian Studies, Ethiopian Languages Research Center, the libraries, etc. [KF] http://www.aau.edu.et/

Addis Art - Ethiopian Art and Artists Page: Contemporary Ethiopian art and artists - paintings, sculptures and digital art work by students and professionals from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. University instructor, Getahun Assefa's paintings, drawings, sculpture, digital art. Also work by his brother, Tesfaye Assefa. Based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. [KF] http://www.addisart.com/

Addis Art - Nouveau Art from Ethiopia: Artists include Shiferaw Girma and Lulseged Retta. Photographs of each artist's work, a biography, and video. Founded by Mesai Haileleul. [KF] http://www.addis-art.com/

Addis Live: Ethiopian Music Internet Radio: Ethiopian music and radio. To listen requires a high-speed internet connection. "contemporary, popular, and traditional Ethiopian music .............. features traditional Ethiopian songs such as Tizita, Bati, and Ambassel played by modern and traditional musical instruments....... includes hundreds of popular and contemporary songs by famous Ethiopian artists such as Tilahun Gessesse, Mahmoud Ahmed, Alemayehu Eshete, Aster Aweke, Gigi, Neway Debebe, Ephrem Tamiru and more." News, photographs. Artist interviews, short stories (in Amharic). Links to artists' sites. [KF] http://www.addislive.com/

Addis Tribune: Recent news, past news stories from 1996 + , the e edition of the Addis Ababa newspaper. http://www.addistribune.com/

Addis Voice: "A pro-democracy voice for Ethiopia" News, commentary from Ethiopian and other sources. Site orientation is opposed to the present government in Ethiopia. Articles and docments (see Resources). Has a customized toolbar to download whereby one can listen to Ethiopian radio stations. Music videos. Audio music. Founded by Abebe Gelaw (in 2008/9 a Knight Fellow at Stanford University, California). Based in London. http://www.addisvoice.com/

Addisweb: Extensive directory of web sites (some annotated) on Ethiopia. Includes news, politics, food, photographs, restaurants, history, and more. http://www.addisweb.com

AddisWord: A word processor for Amharic. From Ethiolist Services, Gilroy, California. http://www.ethiolist.com/body_addisword.html

Adwa: An African Victory: Film by Haile Gerima which "documents the victory of Ethiopian patriots over the invading colonial power of Italy at Adwa, in the northern part of Ethiopia in 1896. The victory was not only a historical landmark to Ethiopians, but became a beacon for Pan-Africanism around the world." Distributed by Mypheduh Films (Washington, D.C.). http://www.sankofa.com/

Aethiopica: International Journal of Ethiopian Studies (Hamburg, Germany): Published by the Institut für Afrikanistik and Äthiopistik, Universität Hamburg. Issue #1 is 1998 and #2 is 1999. Most articles are in English. http://www.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/AETHIOPICA/

Afewerk Tekle: "Ethiopia’s leading artist." Biography, his paintings, sculptures, mosaics, murals, art in the artist's home. Afewerk created the stained-glass windows at the entrance of Africa Hall, headquarters of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. "In 1964, he became the first winner of the Haile Selassie I prize for Fine Arts." "In 2000, he was one of the few chosen World Laureates by the council of the ABI on the occasion of the 27th International Millennium Congress on the Arts and Communication in Washington DC." He painted Kwame Nkrumah's portrait and was awarded the American Golden Academy Award and the Cambridge Order of Excellence England. Prints of his work may be purchased online. http://www.afewerktekle.org

Africalling.com: Call-back service. Call from the U.S., in English or French, to any country. Has a country code list. See article (Ethies Call Home: Africalling as the Next Generation Telephone Service by: Tseday Alehegn), in Tadias magazine. Company founded by Gideon Belete and Nemo Semret. [KF] http://www.africalling.com/

African Human Security Initiative: One-year project for seven established African Non-Governmental Organisations "to embark upon a process of benchmarking the performance of key African governments in respect of human security issues, measured against the commitments taken at the level at OAU/AU heads of state meetings." The eight countries being evaluated are Algeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Uganda. Full text Project and Background Papers. Full text Monographs and Research Reports. http://www.africanreview.org/

African Information Society Initiative (AISI): A program of the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa to build Africa's information and communications infrastructure, adopted in May 1996. Includes a survey of information policy in Africa (going back to the 1960s), and a 1996 case study for Ethiopia.
Ethiopia case study: http://www.bellanet.org/partners/aisi/policy/cntry/ethiopia.htm
Main site:http://www.bellanet.org/partners/aisi/

African Journals On-Line: A project of the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (London), to promote African-published scholarly journals. It provides access to the tables of contents of journals. One can also order photocopies of articles. Includes the Bulletin of the Chemical
Society of Ethiopia, and SINET: Ethiopian Journal of Science http://www.oneworld.org/inasp/ajol/index.html

[Kinijit] All Ethiopia Unity Party: Site has closed. In Engish and Amharic. Opposition political party in Ethiopia. News (has a Search database). Extensive site. http://www.kaeup.com/

All Party Conference. Opposition Political Organizations of Ethiopia: Site has closed. In English and Amharic. August 2003 15 Ethiopian opposition organizations formed a united front, the United Ethiopian Democratic Forces - UEDF / Ye'Ethiopia Democraciawi Hayloch Hibret. Conference objectives, activities, events, reports, discussion forum, press releases, list of participating political parties, links to Ethiopia-related sites. [CA KF] http://www.geocities.com/ethioallparty

American Library Association - Library of Congress Romanization Tables on the Web: The scanned text of the 1997 edition of the ALA-LC Romanization Tables: Transliteration Schemes for Non-Roman Scripts, approved by the Library of Congress and the American Library Association. Includes, in Adobe pdf, Amharic, Arabic, Tigrinya. http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman.html

Arte Abyssinia: In English, Italian, Amharic. Has a gallery of paintings by Abiye Melaku depicting life and landscapes of Ethiopia. Site founded by Chane Alemaw Kidane, based in Rome, Italy. [KF] http://WWW.ARTEABYSSINIA.COM

Ashager: An NGO founded in 2004. The goals of Ashager are to improve the education of nurses and create cooperation between US medical students and Ethiopian doctors. Based in California. http://www.ashager.org/

Association for Higher Education and Development (AHEAD): "a not-for-profit organization founded by a group of Ethiopian-Canadians who reside in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada." Our goal is to contribute toward the improvement of education in Ethiopia. Has a 43 page report, in PDF, The Potential Within: Is the Ethiopian Diaspora a Response to the Nation's Brain Drain? (2005), a directory of higher education institutions in Ethiopia, the Distribution of health training schools by type of their location, education statistics. See also the April 2005 forum on the Brain Drain and Africa. Based in Ottawa, Canada. [KF] http://www.aheadonline.org/

AsylumLaw.org: Helps individuals win asylum. Has the legal requirements for asylum in countries around the world and full text documents to aid in seeking asylum. Has a section on Ethiopia and full text documents, in Adobe PDF, covering political opinion and ethnic groups, to aid those seeking asylum. http://www.asylumlaw.org

Australian Digital Theses Program: "...a national collaborative distributed database of digitised theses produced at Australian Universities....provides access to PhD and Masters by Research theses only." Databases of full text theses. http://adt.caul.edu.au/

Includes A study to develop a strategic model for the Ethiopian tourism industry, by Teklehaimanot S. Shanka
: Ideology as commodity : industry of a theocracy and production of famines in Ethiopia, by Liban Wako Adi.

The Quite Revolution: An analysis of the change toward below-replacement-level fertility in Addis Ababa,, by Yohannes Kinfu Ashagrea.

Ayele, Negussay - African Americans and Ethiopia On the Eve of the Fascist Invasion: Excerpt from the book, Ethiopia and the United States, Volume I, the Season of Courtship, which appeared in the magazine (print and online), Tadias, Vol. 2, No. 2, June-July 2004. Negussay Ayele is with UCLA's Interdepartmental Program in Afro-American Studies. [KF] http://www.tadias.com/v1n7/AE_2_2003-3.html

Belcher, Wendy - Medieval and Early Modern African Literature: "information on the pre-nineteenth-century literatures of the African continent. Medieval (600s through 1400s approx.); early modern (1400s through 1700s approx.)" Wendy Belcher is a writer, editor. http://wbelcher.bol.ucla.edu/default.htm

See also her article - "Medieval African and European Texts about the Queen of Sheba: Some Speculations about the Early Circulation of Ethiopian Discourse"

http://www.csw.ucla.edu/Newsletter/May06/belcher.html

Birds of Tigray, Ethiopia - Lieuwe J. Dijksen: "From December 1992 to December 1996 I lived in the small town of Abi Adi... in the Tembien zone of Tigray, the northern most region of Ethiopia. My wife worked as midwife for a local NGO, the Relief Society of Tigrai (REST)..." "... approximately 500 bird species can be seen here [in Tigray]!" Includes photographs and slide shows of the birds and the scenery, list of the birds with scientific names, information on the Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society, articles, etc. http://members.lycos.nl/Tigrai/

British Council - Ethiopia: Has the Council's Newsletter, Council events, its projects. http://www.britishcouncil.org/ethiopia/

British National Archives. Learning Curve - Mussolini and Abyssinia (Ethiopia): "Ruled by Emperor Haile Selassie, the ancient civilisation of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) was situated between the two small Italian colonies of Eritrea and Somaliland. Its lands were fertile and rich in mineral wealth, two reasons why Italian troops attempted an invasion in 1896. Ultimately, the Italians suffered an humiliating defeat." Tutorial with photographs, excerpts from documents. Questions, activities for students. Learning Curve is a free online teaching and learning resource, [from the British National Archives] following the History National Curriculum from Key Stages 2 to 5. http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/heroesvillains/mussolini/default.htm

Carter Center: "The Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia is a nonprofit, nonpartisan
public policy institute founded by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter
and his wife, Rosalynn, in 1982." Search on Ethiopia to retrieve articles. http://www.cartercenter.org/

Cato Institute: Public policy institute, supports "limited government, free markets, individual liberty, and peace". A keyword search of their site produced an article, Policy Analysis No. 92, September 28, 1987, The World Bank vs. the World's Poor by James Bovard which mentions the World Bank's relations with Ethiopia. http://www.cato.org/

Centre for the Strategic Initiatives of Women (Washington, D.C.): " In the Horn of Africa, CSIW's strengthens women's political participation in civil society for peace, democracy and human rights." Has a directory of Horn of Africa women's groups, maps. [KF] http://www.csiw.org/There are full text reports on -

Women's Right in Islam (Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan)
The Culture and Tradition of Women in Somalia
Women's Work in Peace: Lessons from Training Projects in the Horn of Africa

Christian Relief and Development Assoication, CRDA: Founded 1973, an indigenous non-profit umbrella organization, an association of NGOs and Civil Society Organizations engaged in relief and rehabilitation. Based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. http://www.crdaethiopia.org/

Chu, Jenny - Images of Africa: Photographs from Angola, Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sierra Leone and Somalia taken in 2002 on relief activities of the International Medical Corps. The IMC site has additional photographs. http://home.earthlink.net/~jechu/africacover.html

Citizens League of Ethiopian-Americans: "a non-partisan action group established in 1998. The organization actively promotes the involvement of Ethiopian-Americans in the policy making of local, state and federal institutions." Based in Cupertino, California. http://www.ethioamericans.com/

Cold War International History Project

Established at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Washington, D.C.), supports the release of historical materials by governments, seeks to disseminate new perspectives on Cold War history. http://wwics.si.edu/index.cfm?topic_id=1409&fuseaction=topics.home

Full text documents include - Anatomy of a Third World Cold War Crisis: New East-bloc Evidence on the Horn of Africa, 1977-1978.

The Horn, the Cold War, and New Documents from the Former East-bloc: An Ethiopian View, by Ermias Abebe
Moscow, Mengistu, and the Horn, by Paul B. Henze
East Germany and the Horn Crisis: Documents on SED Afrikapolitik, by Christian F. Ostermann
Russian and East German Documents on the Horn of Africa, 1977-1978

COMESA, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa: "COMESA [formerly the PTA] exists as an organisation of free independent sovereign states which have agreed to co-operate in developing their natural and human resources for the good of all their people'. With its 19 member states and population of 300 million it forms a major integrated trading block." Has information on customs tariffs by country, road/transport including road distances, economic profiles for each country (Angola, Burundi, Comoros, D.R. Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe) etc. Has the text of Doing Business with COMESA: the Handbook, legal guides to establishing business, etc. http://www.comesa.int/

Committee to Protect Journalists: Based in New York city, is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization which does not accept govt. funding. Contains "Clampdown in Addis: Ethiopia's Journalists at Risk" - http://www.cpj.org/pubs/regionalreports/ethiopia/index.html
Has a searchable database of articles about attacks on the media. [KF] http://www.cpj.org

Connell, Dan - "Ethiopia-Eritrea Disengagement": A Foreign Policy in Focus, Global Affairs Commentary. Pub. 2001. FPIF is a collaborative project of the Interhemispheric Resource Center (IRC) and the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS). http://fpif.org/commentary/0102eritrea.html

Council of Alternative Forces for Peace and Democracy in Ethiopia, CAFPDE: In English and Amharic. Opposition Coalition of seventeen parties. "...the outcome of the Peace and Reconciliation Conference held in Addis Ababa from December 18 to 22, 1993 to seek peaceful solutions to the basic political problems of the country." Was part of the "All Party Conference of Ethiopian Opposition Political Organizations" which took place in July 2003 in Washington, D.C. Party profile, press releases, history of "CAFPDE and SEPDC Campaign in South West Ethiopia." Based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Web site based in Silver Spring, Maryland. [CA] http://www.cafpde.org

Creation of the OAU (Organization of African Unity) - Makonnen Ketema: Account by Makonnen Ketema whose father, the late Ketema Yifru, was former foreign minister of Ethiopia and closely involved in the OAU's creation. Includes a biography and photographs of K. Yifru. Also photographs of Kwame Nkrumah, Modibo Kieta of Mali, Seku Toure of Guinea, Emperor Haile Selassie, Jomo Kenyatta, William Tubman, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Diallo Telli, Tafewa Balewa, Salim Ahmed Salim and others. http://www.oau-creation.com

CyberEthiopia.Com: Very extensive, annotated directory of internet information on Ethiopia (arts, literature, business, computers, culture, religion, education, food, forums, maps, government, health, history, human rights, languages, music, news, noted personalities, personal pages, sports, travel, etc.), links to current news, books/cds at Amazon.com, chat. The Founder is Kitaw Yayeh-Yirad. http://www.CyberEthiopia.com

D'Addis et d'ailleurs: In French and English. Ethiopian paintings, jewelry, stoles, household linens, carvings, lamps, religious icons, Bible stands, Coptic crosses. The owner is Nolwenn Brunel. Based in France. http://www.daddis-et-dailleurs.com

Damena, Michael M. S., "Managing the Development of Telecommunications and Information Technology in Ethiopia": A thesis for the Masters in Engineering Management at George Washington Univ. 1996. http://www.seas.gwu.edu/student/damenam/thesis/index.htm

Dargie, Waltenegus - The Eunuch and the King's Daughter: Site for the historical novel by Waltenegus Dargie, a researcher at University of Kassel, Faculty of Electrical Engineering / Computer Science Communication Technology, Kassel, Germany. Published by Neshee Publication. Excerpts from the novel. http://mersabel.bravehost.com/

Dear Ethiopia: In English and French. Site by Bertrand Duquénois, an "account of my trips in this extraordinary country." Many photographs, includes an annotated bibliography (in French). [KF] http://www.dear-ethiopia.com

Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia): Has the table of contents and abstracts. Bi-annual journal published by the Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern Africa (OSSREA). http://www.inasp.org.uk/ajol/journals/eassrr/index.html
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Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia): Has the table of contents / abstracts. Published by the Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa, OSSREA. OSSREA also publishes the OSSREA News Letter. http://www.ossrea.org/publications/researchreview.htm

Election 2010, May 23 - House of Peoples' Representatives and State Council Elections: European Union Election Observation Mission to Ethiopia 2010 - In English and Amharic. http://www.eueom.eu/ethiopia2010/

Human Rights Watch - Ethiopia: Repression Rising Ahead of May Elections; Links to the full text of the HRW report, One Hundred Ways of Putting Pressure” Violations of Freedom of Expression and Association in Ethiopia (March 24, 2010). http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/03/24/ethiopia-repression-rising-ahead-may-elections

Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: Edited by Siegbert Uhlig. Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz, 2003 - ISBN: 3447047461. Web site about the print encyclopaedia which covers Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Sudan. Coverage is from prehistoric times up to 1974. A page of corrections to Vol. 1 is available. Has links to related sites. Editorial headquarters are at the Institute of African and Ethiopian Studies, Hamburg University, Hamburg, Germany. http://www.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/EAE/

Vol. 1 is in "Selected Reference Books, 2003" in the official journal of the Assocation of College and Research Libraries, American Library Association, College & Research Libraries, March 2004, Vol. 65, No. 2, p. 171. From the article - "destined to be the classic resource in its area for years to come" "By any measure, this is an outstanding achievement..."

ENDA-Ethiopia: Site under construction, Ethiopia office of Environnement et developpement du tiers-monde, an international development organization based in Dakar. http://www.enda.sn/ethiopie/ethiopie.htm

Endalk's Blog - "New Media, Democracy and Ethiopia": By a lecturer at Arba Minch University. "My areas of research interest are new media theory, video games and the whole concept of media" http://endalk.wordpress.com/

Ethio.com: Recent news, directories to the Ethiopian government, business, education, industry, travel and tourism, relief organizations, night clubs. Information on the Ethiopian calendar, a discussion forum, IRC Chat, and an email list for announcements/promotions. Includes articles for ex. "The Battle of Adwa as a 'historic' event" by Prof. Donald Levine. From Legesse Systems. http://www.ethio.com

Ethio Market: Find business partners in Ethiopia for exporters, importers, etc. Promotes "promote joint venture, management contract, lease or export market partners of local companies to the foreign and local investors." Bids/Tenders information. Search for Ethiopian companies by product. Provides visibility for Ethiopian government bodies such as the Ethiopian Customs Authority. http://www.ethiomarket.com

EthioMatch.com: The purpose of the website is to help Ethiopians meet and possibly build a family. "Here at EthioMatch.com we are trying to create a solution to the matrimonial problem of Ethiopians in North America." Based in Chicago, IL. http://www.EthioMatch.com

EthioPress.com: "aggregates news and information" about Ethiopia. http://ethiopress.com/

Ethio Yellow Pages: Directory to businesses in Ethiopia, the U.S., Europe, Canada. "EthioYellowPages Inc. (EYP) is a United States based, privately held corporation. It has no ties or affiliations with any group or organization, private or government." Includes sources for Ethiopia-related software. http://www.ethioyellowpages.com/

EthioMedia: "An alternative source of Ethiopian news and views." Current news, opinion pieces, links to Ethiopia sites and opposition parties. Based in Seattle, Washington. [KF] http://www.ethiomedia.com/

Ethiopia. Constitution: The full text. On the web site of the Ethiopian Parliament. http://www.ethiopar.net/English/cnstiotn/consttn.htm

Ethiopia, a Country Study - Library of Congress: Published 1993. Full text of the reference work. Geography, Society, Economy, Government and Politics, History, Population, Ethnic Groups, Religion, Education, Mass Media, Military, Police, Legal System, Health, Human Rights, etc. Statistics. Bibliography. [KF] http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/ettoc.html

Ethiopia. Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Agency DPPC: Official government site. Formerly the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission. Has many maps (administrative atlas, resettlement, feeding sites, agriculture, potable water, flood areas) The Public Relations Dept. publishes a Fortnight Bulletin in PDF. http://www.dppc.gov.et/

Ethiopia (Government). Embassy (U.S.): Information on the economy, investment, tourism and travel, people, history, education, etc. Has a directory of ministries, information from govt. policy documents, list of Ethiopian newspapers, etc. Includes a visa application form. The Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) is the ruling party. http://www.ethiopianembassy.org/

Ethiopia Eritrea Conflict: News, articles, commentary. Covers mainly events up to 2000. http://dehai.org/conflict/

Ethiopia in the Knowledge Age - 2001 Conference on Information Communication Technologies & Development: Abstracts and full text of papers presented, biographies of presenters. Full text report on the Internet in Ethiopia, by Samuel Kinde (2001). Keynote by Noah A. Samara, Chairman and CEO, WorldSpace Corporation. Held in Addis Ababa. [KF] http://www.ethiopiaknowledge.org/

Ethiopia Land of Faith: Photographs of the site-owner photographer's 2002 trip to Ethiopia (Timket, Gondar, Axum, ancient churches and monasteries, Lalibela, Bahar Dar and Lake Tana), Addis Ababa. Photographs are captioned. Part of the site, Photography, a Worldview. [KF] http://www.peace-on-earth.org/Ethiopia

Ethiopia. Ministry of Finance and Economic Development: http://www.mofed.gov.et/

Ethiopia. Ministry of Health: Full text documents - health sector development programme, health indicators, health standards, regional health. Health news. Ministory of Health Departments and Units. Directory (phone, fax) of hospitals, health agencies, health departments, regional bureaus. [KF] http://www.moh.gov.et

Ethiopia on the Web: Has profiles of Ethiopian athletes, interviews with artists, poets, Ethiopia-Eritrea issues, engineering projects, history of e-mail at Addis Ababa Univ., restaurant reviews, etc. Includes the Ethiopian Computing and Info Tech Assoc.: has Proceedings of a 1994 conference on networking, software and information technology for Ethiopia; Human Rights Files: Ethiopian Human Rights Council Reports, Amnesty reports, etc.; Ethiopian File Archive - a program to convert European dates to the Ethiopian calendar, a Wordperfect add-on; Ethiopian Email Distribution Network, EEDN: e-mail list on Ethiopia. To join contact ethiopia-request@home.lsoft.com; http://www.ethiopians.com/

Ethiopia Online: Has many articles on the campaign to return to Ethiopia the Aksum Obelisk in Rome, information on Development Studies Associates, a consultancy service for development projects headed by Ethiopian economists based in Addis Ababa, messages from the Ethiolist discussion list from California regarding Ethiopia at the Atlanta Olympics, etc. [KF] http://ethiopiaonline.net/

Ethiopia. Parliament: In Amharic and English. "...information regarding the structures, powers and functions of the two Houses, i.e. The House of Peoples' Representatives and The House of the Federation and their respective committees." Has basic facts, the national flag ,..."draft bills presented to and bills adopted by The House of Peoples' Representatives will also be exhibited for public consumption." http://www.ethiopar.net/

Ethiopia Through Russian Eyes: The full text of two books by Alexander Bulatovich, a Russian mlitary officer, From Entotto to the River Baro and With the Armies of Menelik II have been translated and put online by Richard Seltzer of B & R Samidzat Express. They are accounts of Ethiopia in 1896-98 and are very long, over 400 kilobytes each.
Also at the same site is a historical novel (set around the 1890s) by Richard Seltzer, The Name of Hero based on the life of Bulatovich. [KF] http://www.samizdat.com/

Ethiopian American Foundation Conference, Contemporary Development Issues in Ethiopia, August 16-18, 2001, Kalamazoo, Michigan: The Ethiopian American Foundation (EAF) is a non-profit membership organization devoted to support higher education and development in Ethiopia. http://www6.ewebcity.com/asefas/conference.html

Ethiopian Americans Council: "EAC mission is to empower the Ethiopian Americans community through political awareness and encourage the participation of the Ethiopian Americans in the American political process." Has copies of letters to the Ethiopian Ambassador to the U.S. Based in Bethesda, Maryland. [KF] http://www.eacouncil.org/

Ethiopian Bar Association: "a non-profit making and a non-partisan professional association of attorneys." Publishes a newsletter, Temuagach (online in English and Amharic) and the Ethiopian Bar Review. http://www.ethiopian-bar.org/

Ethiopian Broadcasting Service, EBS TV: In Amharic and English. "a privately held media company established in 2008 in Silver Spring, MD" News from Ethiopia, Africa, elsewhere. Diaspora reports. Some free sample programs are online. Subscription programs on Ethiopian history, culture lifestyle, sports, entertainment, tourism, and business. Based in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. http://www.ebstv.tv

Ethiopian Christians Fellowship: Has daily devotions, discussions, chat, one can submit Bible questions and prayer requests, find Ethiopian Pentecostal churches and maps on how to get there. http://www.ethiochristians.com/

Ethiopian Civil Service College: Established 1995 to train government civil servants. Based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. http://www.ethcsc.org/

Ethiopian Community Services, Inc. (San Jose, California): Organization "to the social and economical needs of the Ethiopian immigrant / refugee community in the Santa Clara County." http://www.ecssj.com/

Ethiopian Computers and Software: Sells software (ModEth, EthioWord, GeèzEdit) for writing texts in Ethiopic or Geèz. Offers free Ethiopic fonts to read Amharic (]mro). Has links to Ethiopian sites, esp. associations and professional societies. Littleton, Colorado company owned by Aberra Molla. http://www.ethiopic.com/

Ethiopian Democratic Party / Ethiopians' Democratic party - EDP: In English and Amharic. Chairman is Dr Admasu Gebeyehu "party believes strongly in a peaceful and evolutionary process of bringing about political change. It condemns all manners of assumption of power through the use of force". Was part of the "All Party Conference of Ethiopian Opposition Political Organizations" which took place in July 2003 in Washington, D.C. Party program, news, interviews, statements, public meetings schedule and reports, and a chat room. Based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Web site based in Washington D.C. [CA] http://ethiopiandemocraticparty.org and http://edp.homestead.com/Index.html/

Ethiopian Distance Learning Association (EDLA): The EDLA is "committed to the education of the Ethiopian youth in collaboraton with grass root organizations including, The International Open College of Ethiopia, the Virtual School of Ethiopian Studies and the Ethiopian Virtual University." Site maintained by Dr. Abebe Kebede, North Carolina A & T State University. http://www.physics.ncat.edu/~michael/edla

Ethiopian Eritrean Conflict Page: The page "is maintained using publicly available information obtained from newswires, scholarly journals, official press releases, and through independent library research. This website is a personal, independent, noncommercial website run by an Ethiopian, and is not affiliated with any private or public organization." http://www.geocities.com/Eureka/Park/5875/Eritrea-Ethiopia.html

Ethiopian International Institute for Peace and Development, EIIPD: An autonomous training and research institute established in 1996. Publishes books, occasional papers and the Peace and Development Bulletin. Has links to Ethiopian government organizations, Ethiopian embassies, Ethiopian universities. Based in Addis Ababa. [KF] http://www.eiipd.org/
Has full text Occasional Papers:
Regional Security in North-east Africa, by Peter Woodward
Arid Land and the Role of Pastoral Nomads in the Economic and Political Integration of the Horn of Africa with Particular Reference to Ethiopia, by Dr. Fecadu Gadamu
Challenges and Prospects of Pan-African Economic Integration, by Dr. Kinfe Abraham

Ethiopian Jewry Page: Information on origins, history, community and family life, customs, food and recipes, Ethiopian Jewish embroidery, a bibliography of books and articles, a map, the latest issue of Lifeline (newsletter on Ethiopian Jewry in Israel and Ethiopia). [KF] http://www.circus.org/nacoej

Ethiopian Journal of Health Development (Addis Ababa): Official journal of the Ethiopian Public Health Association. Full text articles. Published by the Department of Community Health, Addis Ababa University. http://www.cih.uib.no/journals/EJHD/

Ethiopian Journal of Religious Studies: First issue to be published September 2011. "a Tsehai Publishers publication Loyola Marymount University, 1 LMU Drive, Suite 3012, Los Angeles, CA 90045" http://tsehaipublishers.com/home/content/blogcategory/29/60/

Ethiopian Journal of the Social Sciences and Humanities, EJOSSAH (Addis Ababa): Published by the Addis Ababa University, College of Social Sciences. Began publication Dec. 2003. [KF] http://www.aau.edu.et/announcements/ejossah.html

Ethiopian Lawyers Association of North America: "professional association founded by Ethiopian attorneys in order to serve the Ethiopian/American community." Events mainly in New York. http://www.elnaonline.org/

Ethiopian Mapping Authority: "the national mapping organization officially mandated for Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing activities in Ethiopia. EMA produces and distributes standard maps and related Geoinformation as well as tailor made products to the public and private sectors." Describes their activities and products including a list of maps, atlases. Based in Addis Abeba. http://www.telecom.net.et/~ema/

Ethiopian Medhin Democratic Party - MEDHIN: In English and Amharic. Dr. Seyoum Gelaye is party chairman. Opposition party, supports a federal system, and "does not advocate privileges for any special or ethnic groups." Was part of the July 2003 "All Party Conference of Ethiopian Opposition Political Organizations" held in Washington, D.C. News, press releases, political program, operates Radio Medhin and publishes The Voice of Medhin. Based in Silver Spring, Maryland. Branches in Belgium, England, The Netherlands, Germany, and Sweden. Site based in Maryland. Also has a German site. [CA KF] http://www.medhin.org/

Ethiopian National Congress: Congress, held August 2003, of Ethiopian opposition political organizations with the goal of adopting a "common political platform on the future political direction" of Ethiopia. " We had pledged to stay the journey until our people become free from forced division and imposed dictatorship of the EPRDF." Produces LANDINET, an online journal, political commentary, press releases. At the Congress, 15 opposition organizations agreed to form a united front, the United Ethiopian Democratic Forces, UEDF. "The strategy of changing the regime through a free and fair election has been adopted..." Based in Washington, D.C. http://www.ethiopiannationalcongress.org/

Ethiopian National Congress (Swarthmore, PA): "The ENC offers a timely approach believed to be the one and only possible way of providing seriously concerned Ethiopians of all backgrounds, organizations and groups with a well focused set of goals and objectives to overcome the ethnocentric political crisis that is dragging Ethiopia into social, political and economic crises." Has the Congress constitution, press releases, etc. The Congress was formed in the U.S. Pages last modified October 08, 2000. http://enc.ethiopia.org/

Ethiopian News: Legesse Systems (Ethio.com) supplies recent news on Ethiopia from various sources. http://www.ethio.com

Ethiopian North American Health Professionals Association, ENAHPA: "a non-profit organization established in November of 1999 in Detroit Michigan - USA, by Ethiopian-born Physicians, Dentist, Nurses, Pharmacists, Healthcare and Non-Medical Professionals now living and working in the United States and Canada." Members volunteer one to two weeks each year working in Ethiopian hospitals and clinics. Describes projects, essays such as "Reversing the Brain Drain; A Personal Testimony", speeches such as "Forging Synergy within the Ethiopian Diaspora". Based in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. [KF] http://www.enahpa.org/

Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front, EPRDF: Ruling party in Ethiopia. Founded 1989. http://www.eprdf.org.et/

Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Party: Opposition party. Has the party profile, political program, press releases, contact addresses, etc. http://www.eprp.com/

Ethiopian-Polish Association - stowarzyszenie etiopsko-polskie"selam": In Polish and English. "Represents Ethiopians living in Poland, Polish citizens of Ethiopian origin and Polish citizens who declared membership." http://www.selam.eu.org

Ethiopian Politics Blog: Covers 2005 October to 2009 June. http://ethiopianpolitics.blogspot.com/

Ethiopian Privitization Agency: The lead agency in carrying out the process of privatization of public enterprises, established 1994. Includes a directory of businesses privatized. Based in Addis Ababa. http://www.telecom.net.et/~epa/

Ethiopian Reporter (Addis Ababa): Weekly newspaper published by Media and Communications Center (MCC), Addis Ababa. Produces an Ethiopian Yellow Pages business directory on line, a weekly Amharic newspaper, a monthly Amharic magazine http://www.ethiopianreporter.com/

Ethiopian Restaurants - Listings and Food Guide: Find Ethiopian restaurants by U.S. state and city. Dining suggestions. About Ethiopian spices and coffee, the coffee ceremony. Recipes. Ethiopian wine. Ethiopia's celebrity chefs. Meaning of restaurant names. Ethiopian holidays. Ethiopian calendar, Ethiopian Jews, Amharic phrases. Directory of restaurants in Ethiopia. [KF] http://www.ethiopianrestaurant.com http://www.ethiopianrestaurant.com

Ethiopian Review (Washington, D.C.): Current news, events and rallies for the Ethiopian Diaspora, the 2005 election results and reports, Ethiopian restaurant directory, Has an e-mail list. http://www.ethiopianreview.com/

Ethiopian Scientific Society: Based in College Park, Maryland. Includes a directory to science research institutions in Ethiopia, a directory of Ethiopian science professionals, information on mathematics in Ethiopia and on a July 1996 Ethiopian telecommunications conference. http://www.ctr.columbia.edu/~nemo/ESS

Ethiopian Scientific Society'{ Telecom '98 -- Africa's On-Ramps to the Internet, August 7, 1998, Washington, D.C.: The Ethiopian Scientific Society's third annual conference on telecommunications. Has the papers presented:
Wireless Local Loop & Fixed Cellular System for providing basic telephony services, by Fisseha Mekuria, Ericsson Mobile Communications.
African Internet Topology Maps and Traffic Report, by Nemo Semret, Columbia University.
Factors Affecting the Adoption of Internet Technologies, by Djime Adoum, International Business Initiatives Corporation.
Africa and the Internet: the Cost of doing Business, by Jeffrey A. Cochrane, USAID Africa Link Program and Jake Brunner, World Resources Institute.
Internet and Intranet Services In The Ethiopian Agricultural Research System, by
Frehiwot Fisseha, University of Vienna.
http://comet.columbia.edu/events/ESS/conf98

Ethiopian Sports Federation in North America, ESFNA: Founded 1984. Has an annual soccer tournament and other sporting events. Offers scholarships. Raises funds for needs in Ethiopia. http://www.esfna.net/

Ethiopian Students Association, ESA: Describes their projects (book drive, meeting with the Addis Ababa University Student Council, etc.). Has "A Brief History of Ethiopian Students in Higher Education in the United States" by Hiruy Abdu, newsletter, discussion forums. Based in Alexandria, VA and the Washington, D.C. area, with representatives throughout the U.S. and beyond. http://www.esai.org

Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation: Provides "basic telephony, mobile and Internet and Multimedia services. Provide training, education and research in the field of ICT." Historical background. http://www.ethionet.et/

Ethiopian University Support Site: Contains the full text of "Addis Ababa University Under Siege. Interviews with Members of Staff Dismissed From the University" by Ivo Strecker, May 2001, also "The Present Crisis of the Ethiopian Universities, A Sample of International Scholarly Opinion" with comments by scholars worldwide. Site hosted by Institute of Ethnology & African Studies, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany. http://ntama.uni-mainz.de/~aau/

Ethiopian Weekly Press Digest: Access to articles by subscription only. Online version of the print weekly from Addis Ababa. http://pressdigest.phoenixuniversal.com/

ethiopundit: "A blog with eclectic Ethiopian and Ethio-American Commentary with a focus on the inseperable issues of economic and political freedom ... and any other subject that comes to mind." The site owner is Fantaye Neway. http://ethiopundit.blogspot.com/

EthioSearch - Ethiopian Search Engine: Very large annotated directory of Ethiopia-related web sites. Web sites are in frames. To go directly to the sites linked to, use a browser such as Mozilla's Firefox, right click on the site and open the frame in a new window. Has links to AllAfrica.com news on Ethiopia. Based in Toronto, Canada. http://www.ethiosearch.com

Ethiosports: "online news magazine created by Mamo Gebrehiwot in 1997/8 to promote and support Ethiopian Soccer, Athletics & Cycling." News, athlete interviews, especially strong on soccer / football, sports tourism. [KF] http://www.ethiosports.com/

Ethnologue - Ethiopia: From the publication, Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 13th ed. (Dallas, Tx.: Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1996), edited by Barbara F. Grimes. For each African country provides no. of speakers, dialects, linguistic affiliation, a language map, etc. [KF} http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=Ethiopia

Ethnomed. Ethnic medicine information from Harborview Medical Center: "The EthnoMed site contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and other related issues pertinent to the health care of recent immigrants to Seattle or the US, many of whom are refugees fleeing war-torn parts of the world." Covers Amharic, Eritrean, Ethiopian, Oromo, Somali, Tigrean. Includes Cultural Profiles, articles such as a report on Somali diet. From the the University of Washington, Health Sciences Library and the Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. [KF] http://www.ethnomed.org/

Fest Ethiopia Travel & Tour: "a specialized travel and tour service provider based in Ethiopia offering air ticket sales, online hotel reservations, travel & tours...." Will also sell crafts. Has information on tourist attractions. Based in Ethiopia with liaison offices in the U.S., Australia, and France. http://www.festethiopia.com/

Fiameta Ethiopia: Amharic news, discussion forum, audio / video / clips from Ethiopian TV (requires Real Player, soundcard, speakers). Based in Arlington, VA. http://www.fiameta.net

Fistula Foundation and Hospital (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia): The hospital, founded in 1974, has become "a major teaching institution for surgeons all over Ethiopia and the developing world." Includes a link to a New York Times articles by Nicholas D. Kristof, May 16, 2003 "Alone and Ashamed" on the work of Dr. Catherine Hamlin, an Australian gynecologist, who has spent 44 years in Addis Ababa helping 24,000 women. A review of Catherine Hamlin's book about Ethiopia is on the Ethiopia/Eritrea RPCVs site.

The Foundation was founded by Richard Haas and his daughter Shaleece. The Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital was founded by Drs. Reginald and Catherine Hamlin. [KF] http://www.fistulafoundation.org/

Food and Agriculture Organization - Ethiopia: Has an administrative map of Ethiopia, population density map, a map of crop zones, a graph of cereal production a crop calendar, types of food consumption, food imports %, food aid and imports (%), current and previous agriculture situation, satellite images for cold cloud duration and the vegetation index, meteorological profile, desert locust situation for Africa, etc. http://www.fao.org/GIEWS/english/basedocs/eth/ethtoc1e.htm

Foreign relations of the United States, 1964-1968. Volume 24, Africa. Editors, Nina Davis Howland, David S. Patterson.Washington, D.C. : Office of the Historian, U.S. Dept. of State, 1999.: Full text primary documents (letters, telegrams, memoranda, etc.) regarding U.S. relations with Africa. Covers the entire continent including the Horn of Africa. (Dept. of State Publication 10627). [KF] http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/history/vol_xxiv/index.html

Forum for Social Studies: "(FSS) is an independent, non-profit institution engaged in policy-oriented research on the development challenges facing Ethiopia." Publications list. Host of the Fourth Congress of the Association of African Historians, Addis Ababa, 22-25 May 2007. Based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. http://www.fssethiopia.org.et/

France. Ministere des affaires etrangeres. Les carnet d'archeologie: In French. Includes Les stèles du Sidamo en Ethiopie and Le site archéologique de Gism el-Arba in the Sudan. http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/actions-france_830/archeologie_1058/les-carnets-archeologie_5064/afrique-arabie_5068/index.html

Friends of Ethiopia: Blog about Ethiopia. Links to current news on Ethiopia. Maintained by a New York resident. http://friendsofethiopia.blogspot.com/

Gambella News: News, articles, views on Gambella, Ethiopia. Gambella National Regional State is situated in the south-western part of Ethiopia bordering the Sudan. Its history, facts, poetry, reports on human rights issues and conflicts. Offers a free Amharic Geez Font. [KF] http://www.gambellanews.com/

Global Issues That Affect Everyone: "looks into global issues....and aims to show how most issues are inter-related." Links to related articles, reports. The Conflict in Africa section compares the response to conflicts in Africa to the response on Kosovo, examines corporate interests in Nigeria and oil, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia and Eritrea, AIDS in Africa. Other topics: Aid is a lever to impose Structural Adjustment policies on the Third World, Myths about Aid, use of children in the military, globalization, corporations, environmental issues, population, and other issues. Maintained by Anup Shah who is based in England. [KF] http://www.globalissues.org/

Gondarlink - Guide to Ethiopia: History, culture, religion, facts, wildlife, geography, traveler's guide, photographs. "first full school link between an English and an Ethiopian secondary school." About the relationship between Dr. Challoner's Grammar School in Amersham, England and Fasiledes Comprehensive Secondary School in Gondar, Ethiopia. You must have Java enabled to read the contents. Some files such as the Newsletter are in Adobe PDF. Photographs from Gondar, an account of life in Gondar and in Ethiopia. Chris Grant is the Director. [KF] http://www.gondarlink.org.uk/

Graham [Billy] Center Archives, Wheaton College, IL: Collections on African Christianity from mainly North American Protestant missionaries and some African churches and organizations. Most records are 20th century. Use the Search page to locate descriptions of papers of former missionaries and teachers in Ethiopia. http://www.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/archhp1.html

Greater Horn Information Exchange: Excellent site with information from FAO, UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, U.S. Geological Survey, etc., as well as USAID. Includes human rights reports. Covers Ethiopia. Has maps, for ex. street map of Addis Ababa, administrative boundaries of Ethiopia. KF
http://www.info.usaid.gov/HORN/

Harar Explorer: Has a history section with "The City State of Harar, 1800-1850" by A. Y. Garad, National Library & Archives Dept., Addis Ababa. "An inquiry into some aspect of the economy of Harar and the records of the household economy of the Amirs of Harar, 1825-1875, by Yusuf Ahmed, "Harari Nomenclature and Tribal Grouping" - no author indicated, a bibliography "Research Materials" with no dates, publishers, and page numbers; http://www.harar.com/

Hararnet: News about Harar, history, tourist attractions, the Harari state flag, photographs, forums, etc. Based in Canada. [KF] http://www.harraris.com

Heinrich Boll Foumdation. Regional Office for the East & Horn of Africa - [Ethiopia]: Its main programs are on Gender, the Environment and Conflict and Dialogue. Its partners are in the Horn of Africa, Kenya, Uganda. Based in Nairobi, Kenya. [KF] http://www.hbfha.com/

Full text reports include -

Somalia’ s Transition: The Role of Senior Professionals and Scholars (16 p. in PDF)

NEPAD A New Path? 2002. (359 pages in PDF) - covers historical background, democratic governance, economic governance, environment consequences, role of women, regional integration. Authors include Adebayo Adedeji, Archie Mafeje, Thandika Mkandawire, Yash Tandon, Horace Campbell, Peter Anyang' Nyong'o and others.

The Potential Contribution of Renewables in Ethiopia's Energy sector. 2004 (44 p. in PDF) - Geothermal and Cogeneration Technologies.

Sustainable Development, Governance, Globalisation: African Perspective. 2002 (188 p. in PDF) - women's issues, human settlements, Uganda, the Horn, Great Lakes, environment, peace & conflict. Authors include Kwesi Kwaa Prah, Archie Mafeje, Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka, Bereket Selassie and others.

Gender Gaps in Our Constitutions: Women's concerns in selected African Countries. 2002 (119 p. in PDF) - women in Kenya, Ethiopia, Somaliland, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda, Zimbabwe.

Hejhopp.com - Pictures and Travel Journals from Southern and East Africa: The author's travel journal and photographs of Uganda (54 images), Rwanda (48 images), Tanzania, Kenya, Malawi, Zambia (67 images), Zimbabwe, South Africa, Swaziland, Mozambique, Lesotho, Namibia, Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia (120 images), recorded between November 2, 2004 and April 29, 2005. Photographs have description, location, date. The Site owner is Peder af Geijerstam who lives in Stockholm, Sweden. [KF] http://www.hejhopp.com

Hill Monastic Manuscript Library (Saint John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota): The Manuscript Library has filmed many of the manuscripts in Ethiopia for the Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library, Addis Ababa. A list of catalogs of the microfilmed manuscripts is available. http://www.Csbsju.edu/hmml/

Horn of Africa Notes, NNS, NGO Networking Service: The NNS Newsletter, from Addis Ababa, is online (August 1994-May 1995 issues) at the web site of the International Political Economy Network (Boulder, Colo.). The site also has an NNS paper on structural adjustment and trade in the Horn (nns.esap.position.paper).
http://csf.colorado.edu/ipe/africa.html

Human Rights Watch - Ethiopia Reports: Full text reports. HRW is based in New York city. http://www.hrw.org/en/africa/ethiopia

Human Rights Watch - Ethiopia: Repression Rising Ahead of May Elections: Links to the full text of the HRW report, One Hundred Ways of Putting Pressure” Violations of Freedom of Expression and Association in Ethiopia (March 24, 2010). http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/03/24/ethiopia-repression-rising-ahead-may-elections

Human Rights Watch - “Eritrea & Ethiopia. The Horn of Africa War: Mass Expulsions and the Nationality Issue, (June 1998 - April 2002)”: 64 p. Pub. Jan. 2003, Full text report. "Citizens and residents expelled by both Ethiopia and Eritrea during their 1998-2000 border war should be offered repatriation and the restoration of citizenship, Human Rights Watch said..." The report "recounts the plight of almost one hundred thousand citizens and residents of both countries who were uprooted and deprived of their residence and nationality without a semblance of due process. It documents cases of mistreatment typical of the mass expulsions, including prolonged detention, lack of food, water, and medical care, beatings, and other physical abuse." http://hrw.org/press/2003/01/ethioerit013003.htm

Human Rights Watch “Lessons in Repression: Violations of Academic Freedom in Ethiopia”: Pub. Jan. 24, 2003. 52 p. "The Ethiopian government is muzzling educators and students with a policy of harsh repression that includes extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests, and widespread denials of freedom of opinion and association..." Has the Press Release and related documents. http://hrw.org/reports/2003/ethiopia0103/

Imperial Ethiopia: Official site of the Imperial Family of Ethiopia. "the Imperial Crown Council, composed of the Imperial Family's princes, trusted advisors and leading clerics, is a very real link to Ethiopia's past and present." History (family dynasty from 1268, Adwa), language, the aristocracy and titles used, religion, Haile Selassie, photographs, etc. http://www.imperialethiopia.org/

Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD): Formerly the Intergovernmental Authority on Drought and Development (IGADD) which was created in 1986 by Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda to co-ordinate development in the Horn of Africa. The State of Eritrea became the seventh member of IGADD in September 1993 after its independence. Has press releases. Based in Djibouti. http://igad.int/

International Boundaries Reseach Unit, University of Durham: Founded 1989 at the Univ. of Durham (UK). Has a keyword searchable News Database which retrieves articles from the BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, West Africa, Keesings, and other sources. Also has a keyword search of messages posted to their email discussion list, Int-Boundaries. [KF]
News Database: http://www-ibru.dur.ac.uk/database/data.html
Int-Boundaries Discussion Archive: http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists-f-j/int-boundaries/search.html
http://www-ibru.dur.ac.uk

International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, 15th, Hamburg University, 2003: Papers were published in Proceedings of the XVth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies Hamburg July 20-25, 2003. Herausgegeben von Uhlig, Siegbert. Mitherausgeber: Bulakh, Maria / Nosnitsin, Denis / Rave, Thomas. Cloth, XIX, 1110 Seiten - 24 × 17 cm ISBN: 3-447-04799-2 Published by Harrassowitz Verlag. 2http://www1.uni-hamburg.de/ICES2003/

International Conference of Ethopian Studies, 14th, Addis Ababa, 2000: http://www.ies-ethiopia.org/conference.htm

International Conference on the Establishment of the Human Rights Commission and Office of Ombudsman in Ethiopia, May 18-22, 1998, Addis Ababa: Includes speeches by the President of Ethiopia, a representative from China, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, press releases, papers, etc. http://www.tidalwave.net/~hrconf/
http://www.amnesty.org/news/1998/12501498.htm

International Constitutional Law: Has the full text of Constitutions for Angola, Congo-Brazzaville, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Mauritania, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Zambia. Based at the Institut für öffentliches Recht, Bern, Switzerland. http://www.oefre.unibe.ch/law/icl/

International Journal of Ethiopian Studies (Los Angeles, California): Published by Tsehai Publishers. "an interdisciplinary, refereed journal dedicated to scholarly research relevant to or informed by the Ethiopian experience. IJES publishes two issues a year of original work in English and/or Amharic...." Based at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California. http://www.tsehaipublishers.com/store/catalog/index.php?cPath=23&osCsid=00f6dccffe0ea1dd004ba06e83bcb1b3

International Labour Organization - EAMATData Ethiopia: Labour Market Information Database for Ethiopia. Developed by the ILO and the Ethiopian Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (MOLSA). The database includes 22 labour market statistics on national and provincial level. Includes labour force, employment, unemployment, informal employment, education, child labour, and economic activities of people with disabilities. http://www.oit.or.cr/eamatdata/

International Rescue Committee (New York, N.Y.): An NGO which "helps people fleeing racial, religious and ethnic persecution, as well as those uprooted by war and violence." Describes their work in Ethiopia and elsewhere. http://www.intrescom.org/

International Resource Group on Disarmament and Security in the Horn of Africa (IRG): "an effort to engage civil society groups and individuals in exploring alternative approaches to security policy." Has full text reports on the Horn of Africa military profiles (includes Ethiopia), Kenya, Somalia, Somaliland, Sudan, Uganda. From Project Ploughshares, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, Waterloo, Canada. [KF] http://www.ploughshares.ca/content/BUILD%20PEACE/IRG.html

Internet African History Sourcebook - Paul Halsall: Has full-text sources for African history arranged by topics. Includes a section on Ethiopia & Christianity. Maintained by Paul Halsall, Fordham University. [KF] http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/africa/africasbook.html

Internet Library of Early Journals: A project by the Universities of Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester and Oxford to digitise substantial runs of 18th and 19th century journals. Includes Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, The Annual Register, and other titles. Blackwood's (March 1844) contains passages from The Highlands of Ethiopia, by Major W. Cornwallis Harris. http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/ilej/

Internet Service Providers (Ethiopia) - Mike Jensen: Information on internet service, telecom infrastructure and policies, telecom costs, etc. Jensen's main site has a database searchable by country, organization, city/town of African internet service providers,internet connectivity maps, inks to related web sites. http://www2.sn.apc.org/africa/countdet.CFM?countries__ISO_Code=ET

Inventaire des bibliotheques et des catalogues de manuscrits ethiopiens: In French. Published Paris, 2004. Par Anais Wion, Marie-Laure Derat, et Claire Bosc-Tiesse. http://www.ext.upmc.fr/urfist/menestrel/medethiopie.htm

Israel Association for Ethiopian Jews: "an Ethiopian-led advocacy and service organization representing Israel's Ethiopian immigrant community. Our goal is to assist in the full and rapid absorption and integration of Ethiopian Jews into mainstream Israeli society." Facts about the community, Ethiopian Jewish culture, history, education & employment initiatives. Based in Jerusalem, Israel. [KF] http://www.iaej.co.il/

Jimma Institute of Health Sciences (Jimma, Ethiopia): A training institution in health sciences, business and technology. http://www.telecom.net.et/~junv.edu/

Journey Through Ethiopia - Jos Spaansen: Spaansen writes on his visits to "The Southern Rift Valley", "Lake Tana and Gonder", "Lalibela", "Harar", "Afar" and "Afar of Gewane" with accompanying photographs. He includes a history of Ethiopia. Spaansen asks that those using his photographs, etc. please acknowledge the source and provide a link to his site. http://home.wanadoo.nl/spaansen

JTA Online - Global News Service of the Jewish People: "Jewish Telegraphic Agency is an international news service." Use the Search to locate news articles on Ethiopian Jews. "Headquartered in New York, JTA is a not-for-profit corporation." http://jta.virtualjerusalem.com/

Kaplan, Marion - Photographs: Kaplan writes - "Born in London, I lived as photojournalist and writer in Africa for twenty years." Includes photos of arab dhows, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, political figures (Bokassa, Haile Selassie, Jomo Kenyatta, Idi Amin), wild animals, etc. http://www.marionkaplan.com/

Kente Publications: Based in El Cerrito, California. Janice L. Dennie-Reed "has written a line of historical and contemporary romance novels based on the history of Ethiopia, and its origin in the Solomonic line of kings,..." Site has excerpts from the book "Ethiopia: Land of Enchantment" by Harry R. Atkins, as part of a castles in Africa page. http://www.geocities.com/janicedennie/

Lafayette Negative Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum: Photographs of Ras Makönnen and his retinue, part of "...a collection of approximately 3,500 negatives dating from the 1880's to the 1930's" from a Dublin, Ireland photography studio founded in 1880. Ras Makönnen was an Ethiopian General & Governor of Harar and father of Emperor Haile Sellasie I. Has an account of "The Visit to England in 1902 of Ras Mäkonnen of Ethiopia" for the Coronation of King Edward VII. Detailed descriptions of photos. http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/1158_lafayette/eth_visit.php

League of Nations Photo Archive: The League of Nations Archives’ photograph collections. "The originals of the photos are held with the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) Library, League of Nations Archives Sub-Unit and are its property." Includes photographs such as: Abyssina (Ethiopia). Delegation from Ethiopia on the admission to the League of Nations, September 28, 1923 From left to right, Robert Linant de Bellefonds, Dedjazinatch Nadeon, Ato Fassika.Geneva, 1923. and and photograph of Haile Selassie (See the Photos of Personalities, section 15).; Includes a digital copy of The Illustrated Album of the League of Nations, the League of Nations a Pictorial Survey, and The Aims, Methods and Activity of the League of Nations (1935), 225 pages, in Adobe pdf. Has a chronology of the League of Nations from 1920 to 1946, bibliography, research guide, related sites. Produced by the League of Nations Archives, Geneva, Switzerland and the Center for the Study of Global Change, Bloomington, Indiana. [KF] http://www.indiana.edu/~league/

Library of Congress Country/Area Studies Handbooks: The full-text of the Army Area Handbooks long used as basic reference sources. Information on the history, society, economy, politics, national security. Includes Ethiopia. One can search across all countries or any combination of countries and browse the table of contents for a specific country. [KF]
Ethiopia: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/ettoc.html
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html#toc/

Library of Congress - World Treasures: Beginnings: Beginnings is "an exploration of how world cultures have dealt with the creation of the universe and explained the heavens and the earth." On the Creating page three/fourths down the page is a fabric, depicting from the Kebra Negast, an account of the Queen of Sheba and her encounter with King Solomon of Israel. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/world/

MEASURE DHS + - Demographic and Health Surveys: "assists developing countries worldwide in the collection and use of data to monitor and evaluate population, health, and nutrition programs." Ethiopia statistics, datasets covering AIDS Behavior, AIDS Knowledge, Anthropometry, Female Genital Cutting, Global Positioning System Data, Maternal Mortality, Men's Survey, Micronutrients. Full text of the Ethiopia 2000 Report (covers household population, fertility, infant and child mortality, adult mortality, infant feeding, child and maternal nutrition, HIV / AIDS etc.), reports on Maternal Health Care Services in Ethiopia, 2002; Nutritional Status of Mothers and Children in Ethiopia, 2002; Youth Reproductive Health in Ethiopia, 2002. [KF] http://www.measuredhs.com/countries/country.cfm?ctry_id=65

Memory and History, Cape Town, Aug. 9-11, 2000: Memory and History : Remembering, Forgetting and Forgiving in the life of the Nation and the Community, An International Conference. Has papers online (some are in French). Topics include African Modes of Self-Writing, a memory exhibit for the Lubumbashi Museum, les Luba, Rwanda, Burundi, urban women in Lubumbashi, etc. Writers wishing to cite the content of papers in their own work need to request permission from the paper authors. [KF] http://www.fl.ulaval.ca/celat/histoire.memoire/histoire/confcapethm.htm

Meskot - An Ethiopian Online Literary Journal: In Amharic and English. Poetry, short stories, essays. http://www.meskot.com

Metras, Michael - Ethiopia, Travels of a Youth: Account of travels through Eritrea and northern Ethiopia. " Each chapter of this book is a snapshot of a valley, a road, a city, a place. Some chapters (like "Cycling Python Valley" and "Leaving Ethiopia by Sea") recount single experiences. Others (like "Asmara to Nefasit" and "Matara") are composites of several experiences." The cd-rom (for purchase version) has over 400 photos, 11 videos, 11 music clips. http://worksandwords.com/etravels/cover.htm

Mizan Law Review (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia): Full text of all issues available to Subscribers to Hein Online. [Stanford users please go to Hein Online in the databases page.] Part of Vol. 4, No. 1, 2010 is at http://ajol.info/index.php/mlr

Mountain Voices: A rich resource. "interviews with over 300 people who live in mountain and highland regions round the world. Their testimonies offer a personal perspective on change and development." To access the interviews, one needs to register and fill out a questionnaire. Interviews from Lesotho, Kenya, Ethiopia, gathered by the Oral Testimony Programme of the Panos Institute. Topics discussed include agriculture, community, conflict, culture, development, economics, education, employment, environment, family life, festivals, food security, forestry, gender, health, history, identity, industry, crime, land, migration, politics, spiritual beliefs, tourism, etc. [KF] http://www.mountainvoices.org/

Mulatu Astatke - Ethio Jazz Music: "Mulatu Astatke is an innovative multi-talented musician, composer, arranger and the founder of Ethio Jazz. Ethio Jazz is jazz and fusion with the Ethiopian five-tone scales." Has audio files. "Mulatu has contributed prominently to the soundtrack of the film Broken Flowers." http://www.ethiojazz.com/

National Archives and Library of Ethiopia: http://www.nale.gov.et/

National Electoral Board of Ethiopia: Conducts and supervises "all elections in Federal and State constituencies in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia." Has the full text of the Constitution and of laws relating to elections and political parties. Describes the election process, has numbers of voters registered by gender and region. [KF] http://www.electionsethiopia.org

Nazret: In Amharic and English. Links to news sites, radio sites in Amharic, Afaan Oromo and Tigrigna. Chronology of Ethiopian history 1935-1956, facts about Ethiopia, audio clips of Emperor Haile Selassie speeches, discussion forum, Ethiopian web directory and information. Site based in College Park, Maryland. [KF] http://www.nazret.com/

NES-Global, Network of Ethiopian Scholars: Has a directory of Ethiopian NGOs. Has commentary such as The Significance of Ethiopia’s History of National Resistance for African Unity and Dignity and links to reports by Ethiopian scholars such as A Case Study of Aid Effectiveness in Ethiopia: Analysis of the Health Sector Aid Architecture and Report of the Consultation on AIDS and Traditional Medicine. Has a list of Ethiopian journals. http://www.nesglobal.org/

New York Public Library - African Diaspora in the Indian Ocean World: From the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, NYPL. "...original essays...by the historian Omar H. Ali... dozens of images of paintings and photographs..., maps, and segments of documentaries." East Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Perisan Gulf, South Asia, East Asia. Video from From Africa to India: Sidi Music in the Indian Ocean Diaspora. Bibliography (books, articles, films). http://exhibitions.nypl.org/africansindianocean/

Nomadnet: Contains the Somali Archive, Hornet (information from the PADIS Fidonet network in Ethiopia), issues of Somalia News Update, information on the Falasha of Ethiopia, some articles on economic development, a Somali music clip, etc. Maintained by Michael Maren. http://www.netnomad.com/

Northwestern University. Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies. Winterton Collection: The Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zanzibar) and Ethiopia photographs comprises c. 7,600 photographs taken primarily in East Africa between about 1860 and 1960. http://www.library.northwestern.edu/africana/winterton/index.html

Les Nouvelles.org / Les Nouvelles d'Addis: In French. News on Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa. Has its origin in a print magazine, Les Nouvelles d'Addis. Based in Saint-Rémy-de-la-vanne, France. [KF] http://membres.tripod.fr/lesNouvelles/index.html or http://www.lesnouvelles.org/

Ogaden National Liberation Front: Organization opposed to the Ethiopian government. "a grassroots social and political movement founded in 1984 by the Somali people of Ogaden" "dedicated to resotring the rights of Somalis in Ogaden to self-determination" Communiques, position papers, statements. http://www.onlf.org/

Ogaden Online: "News, Events, Issues Special Reports and Conversation having to do with Ogaden in particular and the Horn of Africa in General " http://www.ogaden.com/

Oldest Known Fossils of Modern Humans Found in Ethiopia: Articles on the June 2003 announcement.
From the BBC. “Three fossilised skulls unearthed in Ethiopia are said by scientists to be among the most important discoveries ever made in the search for the origin of humans. The crania of two adults and a child, all dated to be around 160,000 years old, were pulled out of sediments near a village called Herto in the Afar region in the east of the country. They are described as the oldest known fossils of modern humans, or Homo sapiens.” http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2978800.stm
From Nature magazine.
From PBS
From CNN.; From the Guardian (London)
Dr. Timothy White's web site on the Institute for Science, Engineering and Public Policy web site in Oregon.

Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa, OSSREA (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia): International NGO and research network, with 15 member countries, to promote research in the social sciences in Africa. Offers workshops, grants (such as on social science themes and gender issues), conferences. Publishes the Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review, the OSSREA News Letter. [KF] http://www.ossrea.net/

Oromia Online: "Oromia Online is a subsidiary of Oromia Information Network (OIN) established by Oromo academics and professionals from around the world to provide balanced and reliable information on the social, political and economic aspects of Oromia and the Horn of Africa." Includes a fact sheet on Oromia, news from various sources, information from the Sidama Liberation Front, articles (such as Oromia, Birthplace of Coffee), links to other Oromo sites. One can join a discussion list, Oromia-net. http://www.oromia.org or http://www.oromiaonline.com/

Oromia Support Group: Information on the Oromo people, current information and background on OSG activities, OSG press releases, magazine and newspaper articles, publications, how to join the Oromia-Network (Onet) discussion forum, the tables of contents of The Sidama Concern, newsletter for the Sidama, etc. [KF] http://www.oromo.org/

Oromiyaa Liberation Council / Gumii Bilisummaa Oromiyaa: In English and Oromo. "...to enhance the liberation of Oromiyaa and the establishment of a free and democratic state of Oromiyaa...." "...one of the largest ethnonations in Africa with a population estimated at about 30 million people in the mid-1990s." Council's objectives, resolutions, history, articles, news, on the Oromo people's homeland, culture, language, religion, living conditions, education, cultural heritage, sports, entertainment and recreation, and major holidays. Explains the Oromo "GADAA" system of self-government, the "QAALUU" and "SIIQQEE" institutions. Based in Washington, D.C [CA KF] http://www.gumii.org/

Oromo Liberation Front: "The Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) is a political organization established in 1973 by Oromo nationalists to lead the national liberation struggle of the Oromo people against the Abyssinian colonial rule." Has press releases, a history, policy statements, etc. Web site based in Washington, D. C. http://www.oromoliberationfront.org/

Oromo People's Congress, OPC: Political party. "Established as the Oromo National Congress (ONC) in April 1996." http://www.oromopeoplescongress.org/

Oromosoft: Sells an Oromo word processor, Oromiffa. It includes a thesaurus which provides synonyms using Qubee transcription. Create and edit documents in Oromo. They can also provide custom programming. Based in Clarkston, Oregon. http://www.oromosoft.com/

The Paideia Project On-line: Proceedings of the 20th World Congress of Philosophy, Boston, Massachusetts, 1998. Includes full text papers on Philosophy in Africa (The Meditations of Zara Yaquob, by Teodoros Kiros). http://www.bu.edu/wcp/

Pankhurst, Richard - Ethiopian History, Culture, Society: Articles by Dr. Pankhurst originally published in the newspaper, Addis Tribune. Topics include 18th-19th century history, World Wars I and II, medical history, Ethiopian crosses, art, manuscripts, Lalibala, the Aksum Obelisk, Ethiopian dynastic marriages, etc. http://www.abyssiniacybergateway.net/ethiopia/history/pankhurst.html

Pathfinder International (Watertown, Massachusetts): A non-profit founded in the 1920s. "supports family planning and reproductive health initiatives in 37 countries in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Asia and the Near East." Full text articles on Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, with photographs, statistics. http://www.pathfind.org

Permanent Court of Arbitration (The Hague): The Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission of the PCA is determining the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea. The President of the Arbitration Commission for the Ethiopia-Eritrea border is Sir Elihu Lauterpacht. Has full text reports. The Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission is to decide all claims for loss, damage or injury by one Government against the other, and by nationals of one party against the Government of the other party or entities owned or controlled by the other party that are related to the border conflict. The PCA was established in 1899. thttp://www.pca-cpa.org/RPC/

PHE [Population Health, Environment] Ethiopia Consortium: Promotes the integration of population health and environment for sustainable development. Full text publications are online. Examples - Kenya Population, Health and Environment Network 2011, Integrating Public Works and Cash Transfers in Ethiopia, links to the Ethiopia Demographic and Health Surve0y. Has links to many Ethiopian web sites. Based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. http://www.phe-ethiopia.org/

Planet Finance - Ethiopia: In English, French, Spanish. Non profit institution promoting microfinance. Links to country rings for Benin and Ethiopia (Sidama Develoment Corp.) and other African countries (click on Afrique). Based in Paris, France. [KF] http://www.planetfinance.org/index.htm

Princeton University. Library. Rare Books Department: Sells reproductions of an 18-19th c. Ethiopian graphic of St. George and the Dragon. http://libserv3.Princeton.EDU/rbsc2/portfolio/gen/index.html

Réseau de Partenaires des Médias Africains / African Media Partners Network (Paris): The Network, based in Paris, is composed of donor agencies. Has the latest news on the media (newspapers / radio) in Africa, a directory of African journalist associations, directory of press centres, full text media status reports (the media sector in the country, including the media landscape and its stakeholders, the legal framework, the role of donors and the sector's support needs) for Burundi, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Niger, Togo. For each country, has a "List of newspapers, completed with indicators on the importance of their audience (frequency, average circulation, number of staff...) and addresses," a list of radio broadcasters, and two maps.

Donors include governments, foundations and international bodies. Has a directory of African newspapers and a directory of media organizations by country. [KF] http://www.gret.org/mediapartner/index.htm

al-Queb, la Corne de l'Afrique: In French. Has photographs of Ethiopia by Olivier Cuenot. http://ocuenot.free.fr/oueb/index.html

SALIGAD: "project dealing with small arms issues in the Horn of Africa"; "promotes dialogue and non-violent conflict resolution. Projects are implemented by the Bonn International Center for Conversion - BICC and the International Resource Group on Disarmament and Security in the Horn of Africa (IRG). Does field work in Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan. Has report of a 2000 Workshop on Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons in Garissa District (Kenya), a report of a workshop on the Control and Managment of Arms on Inter-communal, Domestic and Business Violence (Kenya). Has text of intergovernment declarations on small arms (Nairobi, Bamako), a link to a 42 p. report, Curbing the Demand for Small Arms - Lessons in East Africa and the Horn of Africa and a directory of peace related organizations in the Horn. http://www.saligad.org

Sasakawa Africa Association: In English and Japanese. Works, with the Carter Center, to raise the productivity of African farmers. Programs in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda. Has full text of its Newsletter. Shows the beginnning only of its video, Ethiopia, My Hope...My Future... The 'Green Revolution' in Ethiopia (1998). Based in Tokyo, Japan. [KF] http://www.saa-tokyo.org/

Selassie, Haile - Biography: History paper by Mike Cutri at the University of San Diego (not connected to the Univ. of Calif. (San Diego). http://history.acusd.edu/gen/text/selassie.html

Sellassie Family Web: Has a account of Haile Sellassie's life by site maintainer Anatoly Antohin with many photographs of Emperor Haile Sellassie and his family. Includes photographs from the Corbis Collection (owned by Bill Gates). Site maintained by Anatoly George Antohin, who teaches theatre anl film classes at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. http://sellassie.ourfamily.com/

Shama Books: Publishes books about Ethiopia by writers such as Richard Pankhurst, Paul Henze. Has a brief history of Ethiopia. E-mail: Shamabooks@telecom.net.et http://www.shamabooks.com/

Sidama Concern: "The Sidama people are one of the Cushitic speaking people living in the North Eastern Africa [southern Ethiopia]. The population is over four million." Has the table of contents and selected full text articles online - examples "On Oromo Nationalism". Also links to current news articles. One can join the SidamaNet mailing list. http://www.sidamaconcern.com

Silverman, Raymond A. - Ethiopia: Traditions of Creativity. 1998: Autobiographies of artists, photographs of their art work (jewelry, baskety, paintings, pottery, sorghum models, woodwork, textiles), bibliographies; The site, by Prof. Silverman, is based on an art exhibit for the 12th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, 1994. Has links to Ethiopian art, food, literature, language, and other sites. http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~etoc/index2.html

Silverman, Raymond A. - Zerihun Yetmgeta: Ethiopian Artist: Biography of Zerihun Yetmgeta, artist's exhibit history, bibliography, an essay by Esseye Medhin, examples of the artist's work from 1965 to the present. Site completed 1 Jaunary 1999. Maintained by Dr. Raymond A. Silverman, Art Dept., Michigan State Univ. http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~zerihun/index2.html

Smithsonian Institution. National Museum of African Art. Ethiopian Icons: Faith and Science: This "exhibition focuses on the icon, an art form associated with the Ethiopian Orthodox church." "Church patrons commissioned artist-priests to create icons in the form of single panels, diptychs and triptychs to donate to the church." Includes images of crosses and details on conservation methods. Identifies and documents the materials used to paint Ethiopian icons. http://www.nmafa.si.edu/exhibits/icons/index.html

soc.culture.ethiopia.misc and soc.culture.ethiopia.moderated: Usenet discussion groups, formed September 1996. [KF]

South Omo Research Center and Museum: The Center originated out of the Addis Ababa University social anthropology programme. Full text accounts and reports by Jean Lydall and Ivo Strecker. Maps (Geographic map of South Omo Ethnographic map of South Omo). Work on wall paintings by women, the effects of interethnic marriage. Based in Jinka, Ethiopia. [KF] http://www.Southethiopiaresearch.org/

Full text Working Papers -
1. Life in Gunne Social Relationships in a Village in Bashada, South Ethiopia
2. Convergence and Divergence: The Diversity of Material Culture in South Omo.
3. The Pride and Social Worthiness of Women in South Omo Ethiopia.
3. Kürbisgefässe im Leben der Banna (vorläufig ohne Abbildungen).
4. Maale Material Objects in Their Social and Ritual Context.

Southern Ethiopia: Facts about Southern Ethiopia, discussion forums, information on the Hadiyya Development Network, links to related sites. Web site based in Virginia, U.S. http://www.sethiopia.org/

Stanford Ethiopian Students Union: "The objective of SESU is to collect and disseminate information about Ethiopian history, culture, and politics in order to increase awareness about Ethiopia in the Stanford community and the Bay Area." http://www.stanford.edu/group/SSUE/

Student Struggle for Ethiopian Jewry: Goals include raising funds to provide assistance to the Jews left in Ethiopia and to "Urge the State of Israel to allow these 26,000 Jews to make aliyah so that they may be reunited with their families in the Jewish homeland." Has brief articles such as "Are the Falash Mura Jewish? A View From Tradition," a historical background and chronology, a report from Refugees International, etc. Based in New York City. [KF] http://209.116.58.59/

Swiss Peace. FAST Early Warning System - Ethiopia: Has risk assessment, conflict analysis reports for 2003. Reports are c. 7-8 pages in Adobe pdf. Swiss Peace is a peace research institute founded in 1988. "FAST aims at enhancing the political decision makers' ability to identify critical developments in a timely manner [to] ......prevent or limit destructive effects of violent conflict..." Based in Bern, Switzerland. http://www.swisspeace.org/fast/afrika_ethiopia.htm

Tadias (New York City): "Ethiopian-American Lifestyle and Business Magazine." Online magazine (formerly also in print). Includes articles such as "Coming to America" by Prof. Donald Levine on immigration in the U.S., the Ethiopian community in Los Angeles, profiles of prominent Ethiopians such as artist Afewerk Tekle and Marcus Samuelsson, co-owner / executive chef of Aquavit, the premier Scandinavian restaurant in New York city. Founded 2003 in San Jose, California. Now Published by Tadias, Inc., New York city. [KF] http://www.tadias.com

Tales of Wonder - Richard Darsie: Has some African folktales. "Tales 1-4 are taken from The Magic Drum: Tales from Central Africa, by W. F. P. Burton. London: Methuen & Co., 1961. Tales 5-9 are taken from The Fire on the Mountain and Other Stories from Ethiopia and Eritrea, by Harold Courlander and Wolf Leslau,....New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1950." http://www.darsie.net/talesofwonder/

Tedmak - Teddy Makonnen: Official website of Teddy Makonnen. Audio clips from his latest album. Teodros "Teddy" Makonnen, composer, arranger, producer, and performer (jazz instrumental) for over twenty years is a "contributor in the development of the Ethiopian "new age" music revolution." Met and performed with Bob Marley in 1979. Based in Alexandria Virginia. [KF]

Tigrean International Solidarity for Justice and Democracy: TISJD goals are to promote "Peace, Democracy, Justice and Respect for Civil and Human Rights in Ethiopia." "To defend individuals who are victims of government repression, harassment, and torture because of their political views, religious beliefs, and Ethnic background." Many articles, commentary, press releases, news of rallies and demonstrations, radio programs. Based in Washington D.C. http://www.tisjd.net/ethio_american.htm

The Top 100 People in Ethiopia (1997): Edited by Indigo staff journalist Isabelle Verdier. Site to promote their reference book (U.S. $360); the complete biographies are only available thru payment. Indigo Publications offers some free information - the cabinet 1991-1995, 1991 Peace & Democracy Conference participants, information on each regional state, members of the House of Peoples' Representatives and the House of the Federation. information on the political parties, directory of Ethiopian diplomatic missions, list of officials of the Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce, Forum 84, and the Inter Africa Group. [KF] http://www.indigo-net.com/dossiers/eth.htm

Tsegaye, Gabre-Medhin - Ethiopian Poet Laureate: Article - Poet Laureate Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin of Ethiopia. A Short Walk Through His Literary Park
By Professor Negussay Ayele. http://www.ethiopians.com/tsegaye/

Interview - Ethiopia's Poet Laureate Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin
[Sep-Oct 1998 Ethiopian Review] By Wendy Belcher. http://ethiopianreview.homestead.com/Interview_TsegayeGMSep98.html

UNAIDS Ethiopia: "UNAIDS is the United Nations system's concerted effort to strengthen the national response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic." Has the full text of their Newsletter. http://www.telecom.net.et/unresco/AIDS_WEB/index.htm

UNESCO. Africa Revisited: In English and French. About the "richness, the diversity, and the fragility" of Africa's cultural heritage. Includes one page on Ethiopian Christianity. Lists World Heritage sites in Africa. Part of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre. [KF] http://www.unesco.org/whc/exhibits/afr_rev/toc.htm

United Ethiopian Democratic Forces, UEFD: In English. Coalition of several opposition parties. http://www.uedf.com/

United Nations Development Program - Ethiopia: Has full text reports online such as Ethiopia United Nations Development Assistance Framework 2012 to 2015, Ethiopia: 2010 MDG Progress Report, Democratic Institutions Programme Annual Reports. Lists Sources of Funding and amounts. Based in Addis Ababa. http://www.et.undp.org/

United Nations Development Program. Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia (Addis Ababa): A wealth of information: country profile, situation reports, reports for each region, thematic reports (food security, health, refugees/returnees). The situation reports (1996-1997) include coverage of Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, and Uganda. Will have databases for download. Has maps and an Archive of 1994-1996 reports including Somalia Reports and a Horn of Africa Review. Hosted at the UPenn African Web site. [KF] http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/eue_web/eue_mnu.htm


United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea and UNMEE: Facts & figures, U.N. press conferences, the mandate, background, relevant U.N. documents. The UNMEE site includes videos. http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/unmee/body_unmee.htm and http://www.unmeeonline.org/

U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Chiefs of State & Cabinet Members - Ethiopia: Provides a list of the President, Prime Minister, Cabinet members, the Governor of the Central Bank, the country's Ambassador to the U.S., and its U.N. Representative. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/world-leaders-e/ethiopia.html

U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. World Factbook - Ethiopia: Information on geography, people, government, economy, transportation, communication, defense, etc. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/et.html

U.S. Department of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - Ethiopia: 2011 Report, 2010 Report, 2009 Report, 2008 Report, 2007 Report, 2006 Report, 2005 Report, 2004 Report, 2003 Report, 2002 Report, 2001 Report, 2000 Report, 1999 Report, 1998 Report, 1997 Report, 1996 Report, 1993-1995 Reports. http://www.state.gov/g/drl/hr/

United States. Embassy. Ethiopia: Visa information, Ambassador's biography, speeches, account of 100 years of Ethiopia - U.S. diplomatic relations, cultural exchanges, Ethiopian and American holidays, etc. http://www.telecom.net.et/~usemb-et/index.htm

United States. Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance - Ethiopia: Facts sheets, updates, on Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa. http://www.usaid.gov/

University of Oregon. Museum of Natural History. The Ethiopian Collection Catalogue: Advertising for the book, published by the University of Oregon Museum of Natural History, includes a 5-frame "slide show" of illustrations from the book about the Ethiopian collection at the University of Oregon. [KF] http://natural-history.uoregon.edu/Pages/store.html

Univ. of Pennsylvania Ethiopia Page and Search Engine: Maps, an embassy directory, travel, language information, etc. for each African country. Site created by Julie Sisskind, now maintained by Ali Dinar. The extensive UPenn African Studies site has a search facility. http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Country_Specific/Ethiopia.html

University of Washington Libraries - Cities and Buildings Database: Many photographs of buildings from Ethiopia (churches, traditional wall paintings, Lalibela, photos by Juli McGruder). [KF] http://content.lib.washington.edu/buildingsweb/index.html

Volcanoes in Africa: Has photos of volcanoes in Ethiopia. Each entry has references to articles. One can search issues of the Bulletin of Volcanology by keyword. Located on the Volcano World site which is designed to distribute remote sensing data to non-technical users. [KF]
African volcanoes: http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/africa/africa.html
Volcano World: http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vw.html

Walta Information Centre: News, editorials in Amharic and English. Video and audio of Ethiopian TV news (ETV). Directory of Ethiopian web sites. African Union press commuiniques, Video/audio of an Oromo wedding, on preparing doro wet. "Walta Information Center is a private news and information service...It focuses mainly on major political, social and economic issues." Has a section, "Introducing The Regional States and Administrations of Ethiopia." Based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. http://www.waltainfo.com/

Warsaw University. Department of African Languages and Cultures.: Includes the staff directory, academic program, history of African Studies at Warsaw University, information on their journal, Studies, and an article by Prof. Joanna Mantel-Niecko, "The Clash of Cultures in Ethiopia". Department specialties include Amharic and Giiz, Hausa and Swahili Studies. [KF] http://www.orient.uw.edu.pl/~afrykanistyka/home.html

Wazéma System - Wazéma Système: Ethiopian computer writing system for Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista. Also has "Amharic and G'z textbooks and dictionary on-line." "Wazéma System is a personal computer writing system for Amharic, the Ethiopian national language, and all other Ethiopian languages." Older page at http://members.aol.com/w4z5m4/wazema.html Maintained by Welé Negga. Based in London. http://gzamargna.net/

World Bank - Capacity Building in Africa: March 2005 Report assesses World Bank support for public sector capacity building in Africa over the past 10 years based on country studies of Benin, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique. http://www.worldbank.org/oed/africa_capacity_building/

World Health Organization. Traditional Medicine Strategy: "up to 80% of people in the south use it as part of primary health care. The situation has given rise to concerns among health practitioners and consumers on the issue of safety, above all, but also on questions of policy, regulation, evidence, biodiversity and preservation and protection of traditional knowledge." WHo released 'a global plan..... The strategy provides a framework for policy to assist countries to regulate traditional or complementary/alternative medicine (TM/CAM) to make its use safer, more accessible to their populations and sustainable."

Has full text reports such as -
Report of the Consultation on AIDS and Traditional Medicine: Prospects for Involving Traditional Health Practitioners (Francistown, Botswana, 23-27 July 1990), WHO/TRM/GPA/90.1, WHO Geneva, 1990 (full text in Adobe PDF with profiles on Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Zimbabwe). [KF] http://www.who.int/medicines/organization/trm/orgtrmmain.shtml

[Wosene] Kosrof, Wosene Worke: Ethiopian painter based in Berkeley, California. Biography. Bibliography. Exhibitions. http://www.wosene.com/

Spirits in Stone (Glen Ellen, California) - Some of the paintings shown may be purchased. http://spiritsinstone.com/wosene/

Words: from Spoken to Seen - The Art of Wosene Worke Kosrof. Curated by Dr. Bárbaro Martínez-Ruiz and Dr. Allyson Purpurya. Location: Mexican Heritage Plaza, San Jose, California. Exhibition Dates: April 21 - June 30 2006. http://www.mhcviva.org/events/detail/2006-04-21-wosene.html

Wube, Ezra - Ethiopian Artist: Wube's paintings reflect Ethiopia's traditions. The Ethiopian Story Collection Project will collect folklore throughout Ethiopia (see the video clip) and present selected stories in multimedia shorts. [KF] http://www.ezraart.net/

Zerihun Yetmgeta: Ethiopian painter. Biography, photographs of his paintings, bibliography of articles / books, essay (Zerihun Yetmgeta: An Ethiopian Modernist by Esseye Medhin.) Site by Raymond A. Silverman. http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~zerihun/

Zone 9: In Amharic. An informal group of Ethiopian bloggers who write on contemporary issues. http://zone9ethio.blogspot.com/

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