How a Minnesota paper became one of the world’s leading sources...
By Ibrahim Hirsi
Nearly a decade ago, when Henok Alemayehu Degfu spent his first two paychecks on a laptop, some of his relatives thought he...
ABADULA GEMEDA RESIGNS AS SPEAKER OF THE FEDERAL PARLIAMENT (AddisStandard)
Addis Abeba October 07/2017 – Two credible sources told AS that Abadula Gemeda, speaker of the Ethiopian House of Peoples’ Representatives has resigned from his...
The Crisis of Leadership and Legitimacy within Ethiopia’s TPLF Minority Regime
BY NETSANET BULTO
Ever since the death of the late TPLF chairman and Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi, the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has lacked...
Unity v diversity: Ethiopia’s ethnic federalism is being tested (The Economist)
Violence between ethnic groups has put the country on edge
FOR centuries the city of Harar, on the eastern fringes of the Ethiopian highlands, was...
Reflecting on ‘The Amhara Psychology’ (Hewan Z simeon)
Recently, a piece was posted online written by Befeqadu, a blogger, an activist, interested in and usually posting findings, thoughts and ‘feelings’ on issues...
Boris Johnson urged to intervene to save Briton on death row...
Heads of Law Society and Bar Council ask foreign secretary to seek release of Andargachew Tsege, who was kidnapped in 2014
Owen Bowcott Legal affairs...
How US Surveillance Helps Repressive Regimes—the Ethiopia Case
By Felix Horne
Recent stories from Edward Snowden’s disclosures show how the US government’s involvement with Ethiopia presents a case study in enabling repressive regimes to carry...
UN Declares Detention of Opposition Politician Andualem Aragie Arbitrary; Calls for...
Freedom now
Washington D.C.: In response to a petition filed by Freedom Now, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention issued an opinion finding...
