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The Polistitution of “John” Debretsion Gebremichael [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Sex, lies, corruption and hacked emails
It has been said that prostitution is the world’s oldest profession.
The second oldest profession in the world is said to be politics.
There are hookers and there are politicians hooked on hookers.
What...
Dissent in Addis: Ethiopia’s regime flirts with letting dissidents speak without locking them up
Is this the start of reforms or just a pause in repression?
The Economist
LIFE in Maekelawi, a prison in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, had a predictable rhythm. Three times a day, Atnaf Berhane and Befekadu Hailu were hauled from the...
Ethiopian opposition leader calls for dialogue
eNCA
BURAYU – Ethiopia’s government needs to hold negotiations with the country’s most-popular opposition parties or risk the return of destabilising protests, veteran dissident Merera Gudina said in an interview, days after...
Ethiopian regime to get EU migrants' names (euobserver)
Ethiopia is negotiating a deal with the European Union to deport nationals without the proper paperwork back to the east African country.
The discussions include dispatching agents from Ethiopia’s intelligence and security agency to EU...
African U.N. envoys suggest Trump meet leaders in Ethiopia after 'shithole' remark (Reuters)
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – African U.N. envoys suggested on Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump meet with African leaders in Ethiopia this month after he was reported to have described some immigrants from Africa and Haiti as coming...
Merera Gudina, Ethiopia opposition leader, freed (BBC)
Jailed Ethiopian opposition leader Merera Gudina has been freed after more than a year in detention.
The leader of the Oromo Federalist Congress was released on Wednesday morning and allowed to go home, where he was welcomed by thousands of...
Why are tensions rising in the Red Sea region? (AL JAZEERA)
Tensions in the Red Sea region have been brewing for months but came to the fore when Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Sudan last month.
The visit, hailed as historic, was the first by a Turkish head of state since 1956 when Sudangained...