Visiting Jailed Journalist Woubshet Taye in Zeway Prison [By BefeQadu Z. Hailu]
Ethiopian journalist Woubshet Taye was arrested in June 2011 and has been held behind bars since then. For doing his job as a journalist, he was sentenced 14 years on anti-state charges. Zone 9 Blogger BefeQadu Z. Hailu, who himself was jailed...
The Bantustanization (Kililistanization) of Ethiopia [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Author’s Note: This is the second installment in a series of ongoing commentaries that I expect to post regularly under the rubric, “Ethnic Apartheid in Ethiopia”.
The twin aims of the series are: 1) to demonstrate beyond a shadow...
Meet the Dibabas: The Fastest Family on the Planet [VOGUE]
By CHLOE MALLE|photographed by RON HAVIV
From left: Sisters Ejegayehu, Genzebe, and Tirunesh Dibaba, all wearing Nike, and their cousin Derartu Tulu, in Adidas. Genzebe is expected to win gold in Rio, while the other three are already...
Mr. Obang’s speech at the Vision Ethiopia Conference on the Future of Ethiopia
ETHIOPIA: A COUNTRY WHERE INDEPENDENT INSTITUTIONS ARE OFFICIAL ENEMIES OF THE STATE
I want to Vision Ethiopia for the vision, determination and organization to plan this Conference on the Future of Ethiopia: Transition, Democracy, and National...
