FreeZone9Bloggers Tweetathon held for imprisoned Ethiopian bloggers
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International blogging, translation and advocacy group Global Voices has hosted an African Tweetathon, calling for the release of nine journalists and bloggers currently detained in Ethiopia.
Nine Ethiopian men and women...
PM Hailemariam threatened to arrest both Machar and him if they didn't sign the peace agreement.
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir delivers a speech upon returning in Juba on May 11, 2014, a day after signing a peace deal with rebels in Addis Ababa. PHOTO/AFP
By MABIOR MACH
Juba
South Sudan President Salva Kiir has claimed that he...
Journalist and activist Abebe Gellaw, letter to President Barack Obama
Open letter to President Barack Obama
Friday, May 9, 2014 @ 04:05 PM ed
Addis Voice– Journalist and activist Abebe Gellaw, who demanded the U.S President Barack Obama to support freedom in Ethiopia during a DNC event Thursday at Fairmont...
United Nations condemns new Ethiopia journalist arrests
(Globalpost/GlobalPost)
UN human rights chief Navi Pillay on Friday condemned the arrest of nine bloggers and journalists in Ethiopia, warning that the country increasingly was muzzling freedom of expression under the guise of fighting terrorism.
“I...
Mr. Secretary, where's the young journalist from Addis? [ By Efrem Madebo ]
Mr. Secretary, last year when you went to Ethiopia, for the 50th anniversary of the OAU/AU, many Ethiopians including myself expected that your stay in Addis Ababa (other than the jubilee celebration) will include important issues such as human...
Is Obama on the Right Side of (Ethiopian) History? [Prof Alemayehu]
The sophistry of history
President Obama likes to pontificate about being on the “right side of history” and rhetorically clobber those who are on the “wrong side of history”. Debating Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election and...