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The ministry was established in 2008 under Proclamation No.916/2008. The ministry's head is appointed by the Prime Minister and approved by the House of Peoples' Representatives (HoPR).
Ezana stone, written in Geʽez explaining his conquests and accomplishments. Geʽez (/ ˈ ɡ iː ɛ z / [5] or / ɡ iː ˈ ɛ z /; [6] ግዕዝ Gəʽ(ə)z [7] IPA: [ˈɡɨʕ(ɨ)z] ⓘ, and sometimes referred to in scholarly literature as Classical Ethiopic) is an ancient South Semitic language.
Easter in Ethiopia, Eritrea, and its diaspora communities, is a day when people celebrate; there is a joyous atmosphere after the long build-up of suffering which has taken place, to follow Christ's fasting for forty days and forty nights and suffering at the Cross.
25 December – The Ethiopian National Defense Force closes the country's border with Somalia following heavy fighting in rural areas of Harshin, Fafan Zone, between Ethiopia's Somali regional forces and local clan militias after the killing of a local security chief and his bodyguards. Hundreds of people, including children, flee from their homes.
This evolution can be seen most clearly in evidence from inscriptions (mainly graffiti on rocks and caves) in the Tigray Region in northern Ethiopia and in many parts of Eritrea mainly in the former province of Akele Guzay. [5] The oldest known example of the Geʽez script is the Hawulti obelisk in Matara, Eritrea. [6]
Bahr Negus (ባሕር ንጉሥ bahər nəgus, or Bahre Negash, "King of the sea") – Ruler of the territories north of the Mareb River (Mereb Melash), a powerful official in medieval Ethiopia. As a result of the revolts of the Bahr negus Yeshaq, this office lost much of its power. Although men are mentioned as holding this office into the ...
The Agaw or Agew (Ge'ez: አገው, romanized: Agäw, modern Agew) are a Cushitic ethnic group native to the northern highlands of Ethiopia and neighboring Eritrea. [4] They speak the Agaw languages, also known as the Central Cushitic languages, which belong to the Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic language family, [5] and are therefore closely related to peoples speaking other Cushitic ...
He bought it and donated it to the government of Ethiopia. [15] In February 2024, the Dean of Westminster Abbey agreed in principle to return the tabot which is sealed inside an altar in Westminster Abbey to Ethiopia. This is dependent on the consent of the Royal Household as the Monarch has jurisdiction over the Abbey. [16]