Ethiopia’s star singer Teddy Afro makes plea for openness [washingtonpost]
By Elias Meseret | AP May 13 at 9:33 AM
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Teddy Afro, Ethiopia’s superstar singer, is topping the Billboard world albums chart with “Ethiopia,” which less than two weeks after its release has sold nearly 600,000...
Release and drop charges against Dr. Merera Gudina [ScholarsAtRisk]
Protecting scholars and the freedom to think, question and share ideas
May 1, 2017 — Scholars at Risk (SAR) is gravely concerned that Dr. Merera Gudina was arrested and is currently facing multiple charges in apparent retaliation...
Ethiopia’s Eskinder Nega named IPI Press Freedom Hero
International Press Institute (Vienna)
Ethiopian journalist and blogger Eskinder Nega, who has been imprisoned since 2011 after criticising his country’s abuse of anti-terror laws to silence the press, has been named the International Press...
Tampere University did the (human) right thing [Helsinkitimes-Finland]
Columns
On March 29, President Mika Hannula of the Tampere University of Technology issued a statement that announced: “It is the decision of the Academic Board that [Prime Minister of Ethiopia] Hailemariam Desalegn will not be conferred...