Ethiopia 2016 in Review: The Year of Perseverance! [Professor Alemayehu G....
Author’s Note: In July 2016, I completed my tenth year of uninterrupted Monday Commentaries (and sometimes up to 4 commentaries) a week. Some have...
Ethnic tensions in Gondar reflect the toxic nature of Ethiopian politics...
William Davison in Gondar
From uneven development to authoritarian government, the morass of issues facing the city of Gondar offer a snapshot of Ethiopia’s wider...
Bloggers Befeqadu Hailu & Seyoum Teshome, activists Blen Mesfin, Eyasped Tesfaye...
Befeqadu Hailu, a member of the Zone9 blogging collective , who was detained by the Ethiopian Command Post for an alleged interview he gave...
President Trump: Out of Africa? [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Author’s Note: In what I expect will be periodic commentaries on U.S. policy in Africa, I aim to offer unorthodox, paradigm changing, thought-provoking and...
Human rights groups to Ethiopia: Where is jailed journalist?
Washingtonpost
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Human rights groups are asking Ethiopia’s government to immediately disclose the whereabouts of a popular local journalist who has been...
Ethiopia: detained journalist missing, denied access to family and medical care
Ethiopian authorities should immediately disclose the location of Temesgen Desalegn, who was jailed on spurious charges two years ago, and give him access to...
What Do “WE” Want and Do Now (that “WE” Have the...
Posted in Al Mariam's Commentaries By almariam On December 11, 2016
Author’s Note: This is the sixth installment in a series I have called “What...
Ethiopia arrests top Oromo opposition politician after Europe Parliament speech [washingtonpost]
By Paul Schemm
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — A top opposition politician from Ethiopia’s restive Oromo ethnic group was arrested after he spoke out against the...
