Ethiopia’s Invisible Crisis [Felix Horne Researcher, Horn of Africa]
“Badessa” was a third-year engineering student in western Ethiopia in April 2014 when he and most of his classmates joined a protest over the potential displacement of ethnic Oromo farmers like his family because of the government’s plan...
In Ethiopia, famine stalks the land once again [GRAHAM PEEBLES]
OpenDemocracy
The answer to famine is not increased levels of food aid, but strategic planning to enable communities to survive the impact of extreme weather, made more acute by climate change.
Women and children carrying jerrycans filled...
Briton detained in Ethiopia must be freed urgently, says charity
by Press Association
A British man locked up in Ethiopia must be released imminently, a charity has urged, as a psychiatrist’s report showed a serious deterioration in his mental health.
Andargachew “Andy” Tsege has been detained in the...
Ethiopia cancels Addis Ababa master plan after Oromo protests [BBC]
Ethiopia’s government has abandoned plans to expand the boundaries of the capital, Addis Ababa, which have caused months of deadly protests.
Demonstrations by people from the Oromo ethnic group have been sparked by fears that Oromo farmers...
Ethiopia silences its critics with a deadly crackdown on dissent [washingtonpost]
By Editorial Board
IN THE latest chapter of Ethiopia’s escalating authoritarianism, young people, journalists and musicians have been the targets of the ruling regime’s quest to silence political dissent. For several weeks, students from...