Message to: Oromo Leadership Convention Organizers and Participants [Gara...
Message to: Oromo Leadership Convention Organizers and Participants
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by Alem Mamo “Tedros Adhanom is a member of an ethnocentric clique that promotes hate intercommunal violence and the domination of one group over others.” Tedros Adhanom. Creative Commons image by...
View ArticleDarkness at Noon in AmeriKKKa? [Alemayehu G. mariam]
Hail to the Grief (Chief) to Come!? Donald Trump is now President-elect of the United States. He was elected by the same rigged system he so vociferously complained about: “I’m afraid the election is...
View ArticleVideo: Oromo Leadership Convention Press Release in Atlanta
Oromo Leadership Convention Press Release in Atlanta
View ArticleNew Movement in Ogaden: Somali Region Justice and Democracy Movement (SRJDM)
New Movement in Ogaden: Somali Region Justice and Democracy Movement (SRJDM) Reports of serious human rights violations are continuously coming from Ogaden, a large region in eastern Ethiopia. A new...
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Riyot – Interview with Ato Kidane Alemayehu
View ArticleEthiopia: Government to sell 75 per cent stake to Turkish Bedisa Group
Ethiopian government is set to cede 75 per cent shareholding of Beles Sugar Project located in Amhara region, to Turkish company Bedisa Group for $ one billion. The Chairperson of Bedisa Group, Binai...
View ArticleThe Atlanta Leadership Convention: A blessing in disguise?
Information is slowly trickling out of the much hyped about Atlanta Leadership Convention, despite organizers’ plea not to record video and audio and the tight security to enforce the rule. We...
View ArticleBreaking News – Ethiopia court jailed journalist Getachew Worku for one year
Addis Standard Addis Abeba Nov 15, 2016 – The federal first instant court Arada branch has today jailed journalist Getachew Worku, editor-in-chief of the Amharic weekly independent Newspaper,...
View ArticleThe changing face of Ethiopia. [By yilma Bekele]
The US elections are over and I have not met anyone happy with the outcome. All the dirty linen was was washed in public and the winner was the one with the most stain. The opinion polls malfunctioned...
View ArticleInternet freedom in Ethiopia is the fourth worst in the world
WRITTEN BY Lily Kuo/ Quartz Africa Ethiopia’s internet is among the least free in the world. According to a new index released by the nonprofit Freedom House, Ethiopia ranked ahead of only Iran, Syria,...
View ArticleBBC World Service announces biggest expansion ‘since the 1940s’
The BBC World Service will launch 11 new language services as part of its biggest expansion “since the 1940s”, the corporation has announced. The expansion is a result of the funding boost announced by...
View ArticleDonald Trump and Africa [Witney Schneidman]
From the Brookings Institution Witney Schneidman For Africa, at stake in this election of Donald Trump is the strong bipartisan consensus in Congress that has been the cornerstone of U.S. policy...
View ArticleEthiopian newspaper editor, bloggers caught in worsening crackdown – CPJ
Nairobi, November 17, 2016–Ethiopia should immediately release all journalists detained amid an intensifying crackdown on the media, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. In recent weeks,...
View ArticleVideo – Biased strangers take a DNA test – the results show why we shouldn’t...
Humanity has in many ways come quite far, but it’s also clear that it still has a long way to go. Prejudice is one such area where we have much room for improvement. It continues to create problems...
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