Ethiopia’s Bekele slams exclusion from Rio [ENCA]

File: Ethiopian running legend Kenenisa Bekele says he has recovered fully from injury. Photo: EPA / RAINER JENSEN ADDIS ABABA – In a shocking announcement,...

Ethiopian regime denied family visit to imprisoned prominent journalist

ESAT  Family and friends of Eskinder Nega, a prominent Ethiopian journalist and one of the many prisoners of conscience in the country’s dungeons, have not...

Celebrating Absurdity to Ethiopians: The Day of Lose of a Country...

What is Gibot 20 has to do with Ethiopia and Ethiopians? Why a person who lost limbs, body parts and suffering from all sorts...

Does Ethiopia Need a Constitution? [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]

The question is NOT if Ethiopia needs a new constitution. The question is, “Does Ethiopia need a constitution?”,  since it currently does not have one. The...

The Intellectual Poverty and Moral Bankruptcy of Ethiopia Famine Deniers [Prof....

There is  “no famine in Ethiopia… Ethiopians aren’t starving to death… People aren’t dying… Animals are dying of thirst…” Alex de Waal Last week, in an...

Remembering Asrat Woldeyes: A Man Who Fought for the Unity of...

As political prisoner, party leader and eminent surgeon, he fought for the unity of Ethiopia By Brian Barder Professor Asrat Woldeyes, who has died aged 70,...

Robert Mugabe and Pink Noses [Eskinder Nega, Gulag Kaiti Prison]

Congo-Kinshasa, Congo-Brazzaville, Burundi, Uganda, Rwanda, Benin. Ask Robert Mugabe, Africa’s longest reigning president, about these countries and doubt not he would beam with pride....

Ethiopian journalist: ‘I was jailed and tortured’ [DW]

He is one of Ethiopia’s most critical journalists. Muluken Tesfaw is in Europe and too scared to return. He doesn’t want to share his...