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Abiy Ahmed Is Not a Populist - Foreign Policy
The Ethiopian prime minister’s opponents fear that he’s an African Erdogan. His rhetoric and policies suggest he’s more of a liberal democrat.
arlier this year, when Abiy Ahmed was seeking the leadership of Ethiopia’s ruling party, the...
Tackling Hate Speech in Ethiopia - Human Rights Watch
Criminalizing Speech Won’t Solve Problem
Felix Horne
Senior Researcher
Hate and dangerous speech is a serious and growing problem in Ethiopia, both online and offline. It has contributed to the growing ethnic tensions and conflicts...
Ethiopia’s New Leaders Are Clearing House - Bloomberg
By Nizar Manek
Ex-officials probed as premier promises crackdown on ‘cancer’
Premier spearheading redistribution of power in African nation
Ethiopia’s new leaders are clearing house as the nation’s political transformation gathers...
Powerful Ethiopian party accuses government of ethnic crackdown - Reuters
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters)
– A powerful party in Ethiopia’s government accused authorities of arresting members of its ethnic group in a politically-driven crackdown – an unprecedented public charge exposing deep rifts at the heart...
Facebook shuts 20 pages claiming to be Ethiopian broadcaster - WCTV
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — A major Ethiopian broadcaster says Facebook has shut 20 pages that falsely used its name.
Fana Broadcasting Corporate’s announcement comes as Ethiopians complain that fake news reports in recent months have...
African leaders applaud Ethiopia PM for reforms - Daily Pioneer
Africa’s leaders applauded Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for making substantial reforms in his country as they met to consider improvements to the continent-wide body at a summit that started on Saturday.
“Ethiopia is undergoing...