Ethiopian Thugmocracy [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
What do you get when you cross a thugocracy with democracy?
A thugmocracy.
When thugs are “elected” to political office, they become thugmocrats. Naturally, “elected” thugmocrats run thugmocracies.
If democracy is a government of...
UN investigates Briton on death row in Ethiopia [theguardian]
Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent
Special rapporteur on torture asks UK and Ethiopian governments about detention of Andargachew Tsige amid claims of ill-treatment
Yemi Hailemariam outside the Foreign Commonwealth Office to demand...
Activist’s Suicide Shows Opposition Plight Before Ethiopia Vote [Bloomberg]
By William Davison
A month before Ethiopia’s elections, opposition activist Getahun Abraham walked into a compound of government offices in the southern town of Gimbichu, doused his body in gasoline and set himself alight. It took more than...
Ethiopia's newest party takes on ruling juggernaut [Reuters]
BY AARON MAASHO
The leader of Ethiopia’s newest opposition party hopes discontent among urban youth will win him support in a weekend election that could otherwise be a clean sweep for the ruling party in Africa’s most populous...
Ethiopia: Opposition claims harassment ahead of elections [AP]
By ELIAS MESERET
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopian opposition groups are accusing the government of harassing their members and carrying out illegal detentions ahead of the May 24 elections.
Yonathan Tesfaye, spokesman for the Blue Party,...