New drought strikes millions in Ethiopia, still reeling from El Nino
Reuters
By Katy Migiro
NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Millions of Ethiopians face a hunger crisis for a second consecutive year after drought hit sub-Saharan Africa’s second most populous nation, the United Nations said on...
Ethiopia: Year of Brutality, Restrictions (HRW)
Restore Rights, Address Grievances
(Nairobi) – Ethiopia plunged into a human rights crisis in 2016, increasing restrictions on basic rights during a state of emergency and continuing a bloody crackdown against largely peaceful protesters,...
Dare to Dream With Me About the New Ethiopia in 2017 [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
“Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,… [and] see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.”
Author’s Note: I get to celebrate New Year twice every year. The first on September 11, the Ethiopian New Year. The second on January...
Memoirs of my detention at Awash 7: tales of indoctrination, of laughter and the unknown [BefeQadu Z. Hailu]
Addisstandard
Wakoma Tafa was planning to get married on Sunday, Oct.10, 2016. But just three days before his wedding he was arbitrarily detained around Alem Gena, 25k west of Addis Abeba, a city within the special zone of the Oromia Regional...
Bloggers Befeqadu Hailu & Seyoum Teshome, activists Blen Mesfin, Eyasped Tesfaye released after Command Post detention
Befeqadu Hailu, a member of the Zone9 blogging collective , who was detained by the Ethiopian Command Post for an alleged interview he gave for the VoA Amharic, has been released today.
He was held at a military camp farther South of Addis...