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Addis Ababa University
Addis Ababa University (; AAU) is a national university located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is the oldest university in Ethiopia. AAU has thirteen campuses. Twelve of these are situated in Addis Ababa, and one is located in Bishoftu, about away. AAU has several associated research institutions including the Institute of Ethiopian Studies. The Ministry of Education (Ethiopia), Ministry of Education admits qualified students to AAU based on their score on the Ethiopian General Secondary Education Certificate Examination, Ethiopian University Entrance Examination (EUEE). History The origins of AAU was a two-year college on 20 March 1950 by the Jesuit Lucien Matte, at the appeal of ''His Majesty Emperor'' Haile Selassie, Haile Selassie I. It began operations the following year. Over the following two years an affiliation with the University of London, and University of Oxford was developed. Africans from various parts of the continent would receive free scholarships through program ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1 Thessalonians 5
The First Epistle to the Thessalonians is a Pauline epistle of the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The epistle is attributed to Paul the Apostle, and is addressed to the church in Thessaloniki , Thessalonica, in modern-day Greece. It is likely among the first of Pauline epistles , Paul's letters, probably written by the end of AD 52,Raymond E. Brown, ''An Introduction to the New Testament'', Anchor Bible, 1997. pp. 456–66. in the reign of Claudius although some scholars believe the Epistle to the Galatians may have been written by AD 48. The original language is Koine Greek. Background and audience Thessaloniki, Thessalonica is a city on the Thermaic Gulf, which at the time of Paul was within the Roman Empire. Paul visited Thessalonica and preached to the local population, winning converts who became a Christian community. There is debate as to whether or not Paul's converts were originally Jewish. The Acts of the Apostles describes Paul preaching in a Jewish synagogue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucien Matte And Emperor Of Ethiopia
Lucien is a male given name. It is the French form of Luciano or Latin ''Lucianus'', patronymic of Lucius. People Given name * Lucien, 3rd Prince Murat (1803–1878), French politician and Prince of Pontecorvo *Lucien, Lord of Monaco (1487–1523) * Lucien of Beauvais, Christian saint *Lucien, a band member of Delta-S * Lucien Bégouin (1908-1998), French politician *Lucien Bonaparte (1775–1840), brother of Napoleon *Lucien Bouchard (born 1938), French-Canadian politician *Lucien Bourjeily, Lebanese writer and director *Lucien Carr (1925–2005), member of the original New York City circle of the Beat Generation * Lucien Dahdah (1929–2003), Lebanese politician *Lucien Macull Dominic de Silva (1893-1962), Sri Lankan Sinhala member of the Privy Council * Lucien Ginsburg (1928–1991), birth name of Serge Gainsbourg *Lucien Greaves (born 1975), social activist and the spokesman and co-founder of The Satanic Temple *Lucien Jack (born 1988), the real name of British singer J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mengistu Haile Mariam
Mengistu Haile Mariam (, pronunciation: ; born 21 May 1937) is an Ethiopian former politician, revolutionary, and military officer who served as the head of state of Ethiopia from 1977 to 1991. He was General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Ethiopia from 1984 to 1991, chairman of the Derg—the Marxist–Leninist military junta that ruled Ethiopia—from 1977 to 1987, and president of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (PDRE) from 1987 to 1991. The Derg seized power in the Ethiopian Revolution following the overthrow of Emperor Haile Selassie in 1974, marking the end of the Solomonic dynasty which had ruled Ethiopia since the 13th century. Mengistu purged his rivals within the Derg and made himself dictator of Ethiopia, attempting to modernize the feudal economy of Ethiopia through Marxist–Leninist-inspired policies such as nationalization and land redistribution. His bloody consolidation of power in 1977–1978 is known as the Ethiopian Red Terror—a br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tigray People's Liberation Front
The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF; ), also known as the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, is a left-wing Ethnic nationalism, ethnic nationalist, paramilitary group, and the former ruling party of Ethiopia. It was classified as a terrorist organization by the Government of Ethiopia, Ethiopian government during the Tigray war, Tigray War until its removal from the list in 2023. In older and less formal texts and speech it is known as Woyane () or Weyané (). The TPLF was founded on February 18, 1975, in Dedebit (town), Dedebit, Tigray Province, Tigray. Within 16 years, it grew from about a dozen men to become the most powerful armed liberation movement in Ethiopia. Unlike the Eritrean People's Liberation Front, Eritrean or Western Somali Liberation Front, Somali liberation fronts at the time, the TPLF did not seek independence from the Ethiopian state; instead, it aimed to overthrow the central government and implement its own version of the Ethiopian Revolution, Ethio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meles Zenawi
Meles Zenawi Asres ( Tigringa and ; ), born Legesse Zenawi Asres (8 May 1955 – 20 August 2012) was an Ethiopian politician and former rebel militant commander who served as president of Ethiopia from 1991 to 1995 and as prime minister from 1995 until his death in 2012. Born in Adwa to an Ethiopian father and an Eritrean mother, Meles became actively involved in politics after changing his original first name from Legesse to Meles, adopted following the execution of fellow university student Meles Takele by the Derg government in 1975. In that year, he left Haile Selassie I University to join the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and fight against the Derg (the Mengistu Haile Mariam-led military dictatorship in Ethiopia). In 1989, he became the chairman of the TPLF, and the head of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) after its formation in 1988. After leading the EPRDF to victory in the Ethiopian Civil War, he served as president of the Transit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eritrean Liberation Front
The Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF; ; ; ), colloquially known as Jebha, was the main Eritrean War of Independence, independence movement in Eritrea Province, Eritrea which sought Eritrea's independence from Ethiopia during the 1960s and the early 1970s. After the Ethiopian Empire violated a 1952 UN resolution that guaranteed Eritrea the right to an autonomous government, the ELF was established in 1960 in order to waged an armed struggle for independence. Under Emperor Haile Selassie, the Ethiopian government banned Eritrean political parties, Freedom of the press, free press and Freedom of assembly, right to assembly. During 1961, the ELF began the Eritrean War of Independence. Idris Muhammad Adam and other Eritrean intellectuals founded the ELF as a primary Pan-Arabism, Pan Arab movement in Cairo, but the first act of armed resistance was led by Hamid Idris Awate. Over the course of the 1960s, the ELF was able to obtain support from Arab countries such as Egypt and Sudan. Howe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kassala
Kassala (, ) is the capital of the state of Kassala (state), Kassala in eastern Sudan. In 2003 its population was recorded to be 530,950. Built on the banks of the Mareb River, Gash River, it is a market city and is famous for its fruit gardens. Many of its inhabitants are from the Hadendoa, Hadendawa sub-tribe of the Beja people, Beja ethnic group. The city was formerly a railroad hub, however, as of 2006 there was no operational railway station in Kassala and much of the track leading to and from the city has been salvaged or fallen into disrepair. Kassala's location along the main Khartoum-Port Sudan highway makes it an important trade center. History In 1834, the Egyptian Army established Kassala as a garrison town following its conquest of Sudan in 1821. When the Mahdist Sudan, Mahdist state was established, the Egyptian garrison in Kassala found itself besieged by Mahdist forces. Under the terms of the 1884 Hewett Treaty, Abyssinian forces led by Ras Alula attempted to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaias Afwerki
Isaias Afwerki (, ; born 2 February 1946) is an Eritrean politician and leader who has been the List of heads of state of Eritrea, president of Eritrea since 1993 and the chairman of the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) since 1994. Isaias joined the pro-independence Eritrean Liberation Front in 1966 and quickly rose through the ranks to become its leader in 1970, before defecting to form the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF). Having consolidated power within this group, he led pro-independence forces to victory on 24 May 1991, ending the 30-year-old Eritrean War of Independence, war for independence from Ethiopia, before being elected president of the newly-founded country of Eritrea two years later. Western scholars and historians have long considered Isaias to be a dictator, with Eritrea's Constitution of Eritrea, constitution remaining unenforced, electoral institutions effectively being nonexistent as well as a policy of Conscription in Eritrea, mass c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yared
Saint Yared ( Ge'ez: ቅዱስ ያሬድ; 25 April 505 – 20 May 571) was an Aksumite composer in the 6th century. Often credited with being the forerunner of traditional music of Ethiopia, he developed the music of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and Eritrean Orthodox Church. In a broader context, he helped establish liturgical music in the Coptic Orthodox Church and Syriac Orthodox Church, as well as create the Ethiopian musical notation system. Additionally, he composed '' Zema,'' or the chant tradition of Ethiopia, particularly the chants of the Ethiopian-Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Churches, which are still performed today. St. Yared was from Axum; according to traditional legend, his earlier education dwindled after his father's death, and his mother subsequently sent him to parish priest Abba Gedeon. Upon embarking on exile to his uncle's birthplace in Murade Qal, St. Yared remorsed from his failure in education after he saw the exemplification of a caterpillar's effort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Health
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". Analyzing the determinants of health of a population and the threats it faces is the basis for public health. The ''public'' can be as small as a handful of people or as large as a village or an entire city; in the case of a pandemic it may encompass several continents. The concept of ''health'' takes into account physical, psychological, and Well-being, social well-being, among other factors.What is the WHO definition of health? from the Preamble to the Constitution of WHO as adopted by the Internationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aklilu Lemma
Aklilu Lemma (; 18 September 19355 April 1997) was an Ethiopian pathologist. In 1989, he was awarded the Right Livelihood Award "for discovering and campaigning relentlessly for an affordable preventative against bilharzia." He made his most important scientific discovery very early in his career in 1964 when he discovered a natural environmental control agent for schistosomiasis, also known as snail fever or bilharzia. He found that berries from the endod plant, which are commonly used to make soap and shampoos in many parts of Africa, are a potent, inexpensive and safe molluscicide, to prevent the spread of the parasitic worm via infected aquatic snails. This discovery made the plant an object of scientific research in many parts of the world. Education Lemma was educated at Addis Ababa University College, Northwestern University, University of Wisconsin Madison and at Johns Hopkins University in the U.S. where he obtained his D.Sc. in 1964. His dissertation was on sandfly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skunder Boghossian
Alexander "Skunder" Boghossian (July 22, 1937 – May 4, 2003) was an Ethiopian painter and art teacher. He spent much of his life living and working in the United States. He was one of the first, and by far the most acclaimed, contemporary Black artists from the African continent to gain international attention. Early life Boghossian was born on July 22, 1937, in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia, a year and a half after the Second Italo-Abyssinian War. His mother, Weizero Tsedale Wolde Tekle, was Ethiopian. His father, Kosrof Gorgorios Boghossian, was a colonel in the Kebur Zabagna (Imperial Bodyguard) and of Armenian descent. Boghossian also has a sister, Aster Boghossian, and a half brother, Mulugeta Kassa. Boghossian's father was active in the resistance against the Italian occupation and was imprisoned for seven years when Boghossian was one year old. His mother had set up a new life apart her children and although both he and his sister Aster (Esther) visited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
