{"id":171,"date":"2026-03-03T07:27:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T07:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lemikuracultureandarts.gov.et\/?p=171"},"modified":"2026-03-03T09:31:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T09:31:36","slug":"adwa-victory-vividly-shows-ethiopia-as-beacon-of-freedom-defense-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemikuracultureandarts.gov.et\/?p=171","title":{"rendered":"Adwa Victory Vividly Shows Ethiopia as Beacon of Freedom: Defense Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/lemikuracultureandarts.gov.et\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Adwa-1024x503.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lemikuracultureandarts.gov.et\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Adwa-1024x503.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lemikuracultureandarts.gov.et\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Adwa-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lemikuracultureandarts.gov.et\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Adwa-768x377.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lemikuracultureandarts.gov.et\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Adwa.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Addis Ababa, February 24, 2026 (ENA) \u2013Adwa Victory will be celebrated with the spirit of Pan-Africanism, demonstrating Ethiopia&#8217;s role as a beacon of freedom for black people worldwide, Defense Minister Aisha Mohammed said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 130th Adwa Victory Day will be celebrated under the theme &#8220;Glorious Past, Radiant Horizon&#8221; on March 2, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Briefing the media on the anniversary today, the Minister stated that preparations have been finalized to celebrate the historic victory day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Victory of Adwa was not merely a military triumph of a specific era, but a symbol of the invincible Ethiopian identity and a beacon of freedom for black people, she noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the minister, the 130th anniversary will be marked by demonstrating its historic role for the independence of Africans and the whole black people who were under colonial powers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Addis Ababa, February 24, 2026 (ENA) \u2013Adwa Victory will be celebrated with the spirit of Pan-Africanism, demonstrating Ethiopia&#8217;s role as a beacon of freedom for black people worldwide, Defense Minister Aisha Mohammed said. The 130th Adwa Victory Day will be celebrated under the theme &#8220;Glorious Past, Radiant Horizon&#8221; on March 2, 2026. Briefing the media [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemikuracultureandarts.gov.et\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemikuracultureandarts.gov.et\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemikuracultureandarts.gov.et\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemikuracultureandarts.gov.et\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemikuracultureandarts.gov.et\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=171"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lemikuracultureandarts.gov.et\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":173,"href":"https:\/\/lemikuracultureandarts.gov.et\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171\/revisions\/173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemikuracultureandarts.gov.et\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemikuracultureandarts.gov.et\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemikuracultureandarts.gov.et\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemikuracultureandarts.gov.et\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}