Urgent Alert: Cholera and Draught devastating the Somalis in Ogaden.

ONLF Press Release Urgent Alert: Cholera and Draught devastating the Somalis in Ogaden The Deyr rains have failed in Ogaden and food stocks are dwindling very...

Internet freedom in Ethiopia is the fourth worst in the world

Quartz Africa Ethiopia’s internet is among the least free in the world. According to a new index released by the nonprofit Freedom House, Ethiopia ranked...

Darkness at Noon in AmeriKKKa? [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]

Hail to the Grief (Chief) to Come!? Donald Trump is now President-elect of the United States. He was elected by the same rigged system he so...

Ethiopian Security Re-Arrest Rights Activist, Zone9 Blogger Befeqadu Hailu

Security member of the command post established to oversee Ethiopia's six-month State of Emergency have this morning re-arrested human rights activist and blogger Befeqadu...

#FreeThem: Unjustly jailed Eskinder Nega, Ethiopia [HRW]

Eskinder Nega has been imprisoned eight times for his writings over the years. His experience encapsulates the situation facing many of Ethiopia’s independent journalists, who must...

Why I am Voting for Hillary Clinton on November 8 and...

For the past year, I have railed against Donald Trump in numerous blogs. But I have not said exactly why I am supporting and voting...

Open Letter to the Government of Ethiopia [HRW]

Dr Workneh Gebeyehu Minister of Foreign Affairs P.O. Box 393 Addis Ababa Ethiopia Re: Human Rights Watch Reporting on Ethiopia Dear Minister, Human Rights Watch notes the October 22, 2016 blog...

Ethiopian rebel commander criticizes U.S. support for regime [globaljournalist]

“We’re not going to sit down and die.” Bryce Arthur Ethiopian rebel leader Berhanu Nega has tried democratic politics before. Now the former Bucknell University...