The Intellectual Poverty and Moral Bankruptcy of Ethiopia Famine Deniers [Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam]
There is “no famine in Ethiopia… Ethiopians aren’t starving to death… People aren’t dying… Animals are dying of thirst…” Alex de Waal
Last week, in an op-ed piece in the New York Times (International Edition), Alex de...
Remembering Asrat Woldeyes: A Man Who Fought for the Unity of Ethiopia
As political prisoner, party leader and eminent surgeon, he fought for the unity of Ethiopia
By Brian Barder Professor Asrat Woldeyes, who has died aged 70, was successively Ethiopia’s most distinguished surgeon, physician and university...
Robert Mugabe and Pink Noses [Eskinder Nega, Gulag Kaiti Prison]
Congo-Kinshasa, Congo-Brazzaville, Burundi, Uganda, Rwanda, Benin. Ask Robert Mugabe, Africa’s longest reigning president, about these countries and doubt not he would beam with pride. This is a partial litany of African countries, whose presidents...
Ethiopian journalist: 'I was jailed and tortured' [DW]
He is one of Ethiopia’s most critical journalists. Muluken Tesfaw is in Europe and too scared to return. He doesn’t want to share his location, but talked to DW about press freedom declining dramatically in his country.
According to...
The “Law” as State Terrorism in Apartheid Ethiopia [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Author’s Note: This is the third installment [1] in a series of ongoing commentaries that I expect to post regularly under the rubric, “Apartheid in Ethiopia”.
The twin aims of the series “Apartheid in Ethiopia” are:
1) to demonstrate...
Ethiopia must release opposition politician held for Facebook posts [AMNESTY]
PRESS RELEASE
MAY 6, 2016
The Ethiopian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release a prominent opposition politician facing a possible death sentence on trumped-up terrorism charges over comments he posted on Facebook, said...