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TSEHAI founder, Elias Wondimu, will this week receive the Grand Officer of the Imperial Order of Emperor Menelik II
Elias Wondimu, founder and director of Tsehai Publishers, will this week receive one of the Ethiopian Crown’s most distinguished awards: the Grand Officer of the Imperial Order of Emperor Menelik II.
The award was founded in 1924 during the...
Ethiopia: Peaceful Protest to Armed Uprising [By Graham Peebles]
by Graham Peebles
What began as a regional protest movement in November 2015, is in danger of becoming a fully-fledged armed uprising in Ethiopia.
Angered and exasperated by the governments intransigence and duplicity, small guerrilla groups...
How long can Ethiopia's state of emergency keep the lid on anger? [theguardian]
William Davison in Guder
In a muted show of defiance near Ethiopia’s capital city, a tall farmer glanced around before furtively crossing his arms below his waist to make the Oromo people’s resistance symbol.
Ethiopia’s government...
Secure our Dad’s release from death row, family urges Foreign Office
Reprieve
A British family has urged a senior Foreign Office minister visiting Ethiopia this week to secure the release of their father from death row.
Foreign Office minister Tobias Ellwood is believed to be attending a summit later this week...
EALING AMNESTY GROUP DEMANDS THE RELEASE OF ESKINDER NEGA [Wondimu Mekonnen: London]
The Ealing Amnesty Group has recently declared that it has adopted Eskinder Nega as a focus for campaigning in 2017. This must be highly appreciated by the freedom and peace-loving citizens of the world. We hope other Groups also adopt other...
Ethiopia: Zone 9 [blog.amnestyusa]
By Adotei Akwei
By Adotei Akwei and Miho Mitobe
At the end of 2016 Amnesty International published a report titled Ethiopia Offline: Evidence of Social Media Blocking and Internet Censorship in Ethiopia. This report documented how social...
Famine in Ogaden deliberately underestimated by the Ethiopian government and UN agencies in Ogaden
ONLF
The failure of two consecutive rains in Ogaden, has killed thousands of livestock and many vulnerable people in Ogaden. Most regions in Ogaden have extreme water shortages, no pasture for livestock and food supplies have drastically dwindled....