The Dam-Nation of Ethiopia by the T-TPLF [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]

Last week, before the ink had dried on the “new agreement” on the so-called Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Egyptian President General Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi toldEgyptians during...

Message from Bekele Nega, OFC’s General Secretary who was placed under house arrest… [Jawar...

Dear All, This morning, on my way to work, 4 men in civilian clothes greeted me by my name; identified themselves as ‘police’ and asked...

Ethiopia arrests second journalist in a week, summons Zone 9 bloggers [cpj]

Nairobi, December 27, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in Ethiopia to release the editor-in-chief of Negere Ethiopia online newspaper, Getachew Shiferaw,...

The “End of the Story” for the T-TPLF in Ethiopia? [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]

The obituary and epitaph for the Thugtatorship of the Tigrean Liberation Front (T-TPLF) was written last year by Bereket Simon, the former “communication minister”...

Ethiopia arrests two Journalists and Human Rights activist [AHRE]

In the last five days Ethiopia arrests two journalists in relation with the ongoing mass protest in Oromia region. Journalist Fekadu Mirkana, who works...

Ethiopian opposition figures arrested over land protests [Reuters]

Ethiopian police have arrested two senior opposition members on suspicion of inciting weeks of protests against government plans to set up a new economic...