Ethiopia’s path remains same three years after death of former strongman Meles
24 DEC 2015 ELIAS MESERET Current Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has chosen to continue Meles’ policies without a flinch, but with a more collective leadership. RIGHTS groups say at least 75...
View ArticleEthiopia: Government running after young bloggers again.
Freedom House In response to Ethiopian prosecutors appealing the dismissal of terrorism charges against five members of the Zone 9 bloggers and authorities issuing them a court summons, Freedom House...
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Inside Eritrea: conscription and poverty drive exodus from secretive African...
The Guardian David Smith in Asmara Residents explain why so many risk death to reach Europe, as the Guardian gains rare access to report from inside the country All Eritrean are conscripted into the...
View ArticleEU calls for peaceful dialogue to end killings in Ethiopia
PR NewsWire The European Union (EU) calls on Ethiopian government and opposition to end peacefully through dialogue the ongoing conflicts in Oromia and Amhara regions of the country, which has caused...
View ArticleNeamin Zeleke announces he will no longer work as managing director of ESAT...
Mr. Neamin Zeleke announced today that he would no more work as managing director of the Ethiopian Satellite Television and Radio (ESAT) effective from January 1, 2016, due to what he said was burdens...
View ArticleBringing down a dictator – OTPOR [Resistance]
Bringing down a dictator – OTPOR [Resistance]
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The 1960 Coup Against Haile Selassie
In December 1960, while the Ethiopian emperor, Haile Selassie, was out of the country, his Imperial Bodyguard took over the capital Addis Ababa and proclaimed his son the new emperor. We speak to Dr...
View ArticleA brief Facts of Oromo Protest
The protest began in November 11. The protest started in Ginchi. The protest was held in 153 different places ofthe Oromia region. 65 people killed in one week. The people took the power of the...
View ArticleEthiopia: Informed By History, Fear of Dispossession Fuels Unrest
By Dawit Endeshaw And Misganaw Getachews Residents were going about their businesses; trucks were speeding by in a hurry to get their loads in or out of Addis Abeba. The only thing appeared to have...
View ArticleEthiopia continues jailing journalists
Getachew Shiferaw, editor-in-chief of Negere Ethiopia is arrested this morning. Negere Ethiopia is Blue party’s newspaper suspended from printing house last year but continued online. The reason for...
View ArticleEU calls for peaceful dialogue to end killings in Ethiopia
The European Union (EU) calls on Ethiopian government and opposition to end peacefully through dialogue the ongoing conflicts in Oromia and Amhara regions of the country, which has caused the death of...
View ArticleEthiopian opposition figures arrested over land protests
Ethiopian police have arrested two senior opposition members on suspicion of inciting weeks of protests against government plans to set up a new economic zone near the capital that would displace...
View ArticleEthiopian opposition urges scrutiny of industrial plan
The international community needs to pressure the Ethiopian government to halt land grabs and respect human rights, an opposition party leader has said after two prominent opposition members were...
View ArticleEthiopia: Police suspects journalist Getachew Shiferaw and four others...
Court grants the police twenty eight days in the case against journalist Getachew Shiferaw and four Blue party members , Detainees to be charged with Ethiopia’s infamous Anti-Terrorism proclamation. A...
View ArticleAre armed and non-violent struggles mutually exclusive? – By Assegid Habtewold
TPLF removed its sheep clothing Many from the opposition camp figured early on the true nature of TPLF. They were skeptic about its willingness to democratize the country. In effect, they refrained...
View ArticleKing of Kings: The Triumph and Tragedy of Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
by Asfa-Wossen Asserate – review The Guardian At last, a dignified biography of one of the 20th century’s most misunderstood figures Haile Selassie, emperor of Ethiopia, in Geneva in 1935. Photograph:...
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Urgent Action! Ethiopia arrests two Journalists and Human Rights activist – AHRE
25 December 2015 Journalist Fekadu Mirkana In the last five days Ethiopia arrests two journalists in relation with the ongoing mass protest in Oromia region. Journalist Fekadu Mirkana, who works for...
View ArticleThe “End of the Story” for the T-TPLF in Ethiopia? – Alemayehu G. Mariam
The obituary and epitaph for the Thugtatorship of the Tigrean Liberation Front (T-TPLF) was written last year by Bereket Simon, the former “communication minister” and longtime sidekick of the late...
View ArticleInterview with Neamin Zeleke , the outgoing Managing Director of ESAT Dec 28...
Interview with Neamin Zeleke , the outgoing Managing Director of ESAT Dec 28 2015
View ArticleEthiopian Dam Crisis: Agreement Reached Between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan
EGYPTIAN STREETS DECEMBER 29, 2015 Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have signed an agreement aimed at curbing Egypt’salarm at the speed of which the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (‘the dam’) is being...
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