With new prime minister, Ethiopia takes a step back from the...

The old saw is “a stitch in time saves nine”. On April 2, Ethiopia installedAbiy Ahmed as its new prime minister. The question is whether...

Ethiopia Backslides: the Continuing Harassment of Eskinder Nega (EFF)

BY DANNY O'BRIEN On March 25, bloggers, journalists and activists gathered at a private party in Addis Ababa—the capital of Ethiopia—to celebrate the new freedom of...

Appeal to Ethiopian activists (Mustafa Omer)

The following is a partial list of people illegaly detained by Abdi Iley for years (one of them, Guleed Asoowe, completed 8 years in...

Ethiopia releases 11 journalists, politicians once again (Washington Post)

By Elias Meseret | AP ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Eleven journalists, politicians and bloggers in Ethiopia who were detained last month for allegedly displaying an outlawed flag...

Can Abiy Ahmed Save Ethiopia? Foreign Policy (blog)

The announcement of a new prime minister has led to widespread celebrations, but reforming the country without alienating the army will not be easy. BY NIZAR...

Nothing less than Transformative Regime Change! (Birhanemeskel Abebe – DR.)

The blood of thousands are spilled. Tens of thousands of people are detained. Millions are displaced. Over 50,000 people are made refuges in one...

Ethiopia: QUE SERA, SERA! [By Wondimu Mekonnen]

Whatever will be, will be! Ethiopia has a new Prime Minister. Actually we never had Prime Ministers so far, for the last almost 27...

Ethiopia dissidents hopeful but wary over new PM (AFP)

Addis Ababa (AFP) - They've been harassed, arrested and prosecuted, but Ethiopia's dissidents say they feel quietly hopeful after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed extended...

Ethiopia’s new PM, in key speech, reaches out to opposition and...

by Chris Stein Addis Ababa (AFP) - Ethiopia's new prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, apologised to people harmed in recent political unrest and reached out both...