Tsega Belachew (Left), Constable Yehualamebrat Woldemariam (Right) (Photo:Social Media) By Natnael Fite @NatieFit Addis Abeba - An abduction of Tsega Belachew, a young accountant who works at the Dashen Bank in Hawassa city, in the Sidama regional state, by one of the bodyguards of the city’s mayor
An Afar woman (Photo: Visit Afar/Facebook) By Helen Bezuneh Addis Abeba - In 2009, Chuna Okok, a 22 year old university student from Gambella, won the title of Miss Ethiopia, a yearly beauty pageant in Addis Abeba. Standing aside the fairly light skinned and long-haired first and
Illustration of a woman on her mobile phone (Mathias Samuel/Addis Standard) By Dawie Tola Introduction The challenges women and girls have been facing and, in some cases, continue to face within the patrilocal society of Ethiopia are well known. Issues such as abduction, early marriage, dowry, wife inheritance,
