Newly Freed Ethiopian Journalist Vows to Continue Work [Marthe van der...

VOA Reeyot Alemu, an Ethiopian journalist who was unexpectedly released from prison last week after being convicted on terrorism charges, vows to continue her work...

Swedish PM in hospital after Ethiopia visit [The Local.se]

Sweden Prime Minister Stefan Löfven returning home after his short spell in hospital. Photo: Christine Olsson/TT Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Löfven was rushed to hospital...

Rights groups press Obama to meet activists on trip to Kenya...

The groups voiced concerns about "grave and worsening human rights challenges" in the two countries.  MORE than 50 African and global human rights groups on...

Hacking Team boss: we sold to Ethiopia but ‘we’re the good...

Samuel Gibbs Attack that revealed data exposing deals with dictatorships was on a ‘governmental level’ and ‘planned for months’, says David Vincenzetti in first statement  Hacking...

Ethiopian journalist on fear of returning to prison [Andrew Harding –...

It's never an easy decision: Should I interview someone who wants to talk in public, but who knows that a word out of line...

What it took for Ethiopia to lose access to hacking tools...

By Andrea Peterson (The Washington Post) Now we know what it takes to get your hacking tools taken away if you're a repressive government. It's not...

Thus Spoke Ethiopia’s Reeyot! [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]

Reeyot Invictus! Thus spoke Reeyot Alemu to the Voice of America- Amharic Service on July 9, 2015, a few hours after she was literally thrown...

YETUT LIJ: A film by Haile Gerima – Video

Independent filmmaker Haile Gerima, the writer/director/producer behind TEZA, ADWA, SANKOFA & BUSH MAMA, discusses his new film, YETUT LIJ ("Child of the Breast"), and...

EXCLUSIVE: SA troops ‘held hostage’ in Sudan over al-Bashir

By: Erika Gibson, Netwerk24 Johannesburg - The Sudanese government of president Omar al-Bashir literally held a gun to South Africa’s head to secure his safe return...