A Rejoinder to Seyoum Mesfin’s Call to Arms to the People of Tigray [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Author’s Note: I am postponing Part IV of my regularly scheduled commentary on truth and reconciliation in Ethiopia to respond to Seyoum Mesfin’s call...
U.S. gave 28 day ultimatum to Ethiopia regime to allow UN rapporteurs (ESAT)
by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (February 2, 2017) The United States on Wednesday gave a 28 day ultimatum to the Ethiopian regime to announce its consent...
Ethiopia: Cutting a Deal With the Wounded Beast (Part III) Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Author’s Note: This is the third installment in a three-part series on prospects for “mediation”, “reconciliation” and “negotiation” with the ruling Thugtatorship of the Tigrean...
Ethiopia pardons over 2,000 jailed for role in Oromiya unrest
The-Star Authorities in Ethiopia's restive Oromiya province have pardoned over 2,000 prisoners jailed for involvement in unrest that gripped the country in 2015-2016, officials said on...
Why release of two journalists in Ethiopia does not signal end to press crackdown (CPJ)
On January 10, radio journalists Darsema Sori and Khalid Mohammed were released from prison after serving lengthy sentences related to their work at the Ethiopian faith-based station Radio...
The Polistitution of “John” Debretsion Gebremichael [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Sex, lies, corruption and hacked emails It has been said that prostitution is the world’s oldest profession. The second oldest profession in the world is said...
Dissent in Addis: Ethiopia’s regime flirts with letting dissidents speak without locking them up
Is this the start of reforms or just a pause in repression? The Economist LIFE in Maekelawi, a prison in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia,...
