Internet shutdown could cost Ethiopia’s booming economy millions of dollars

QZ Ethiopia, the second most populous country in sub-Saharan Africa, has one of the lowest rates of internet and mobile phone connectivity in the world. The current...

One of the world’s most important diplomatic hubs is restricting the movement of diplomats

Quartz Africa Weekly Ethiopia, home to the third largest number of diplomatic missions in the world, only after New York and Geneva—has limited foreign...

Lelisa’s Message

A wave of protest in Ethiopia highlights the country’s history of exploitation and dispossession. by Ezekiel Gebissa This summer, when marathon runner Feyisa Lelisa crossed the...

Ethiopia: What Do We Do Now? (Part I) [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]

THEY know what they want, and do NOW!  The T-TPLF has declared a “state of emergency” and unleashed a reign of terror on Ethiopia. But...

How I’m Made a Dissident, Emotional Man and Usual Suspect [BefeQadu Z. Hailu]

I was 11 years old boy when EPRDF took power. As a kid, I had a confused feeling during the time the then 'Woyane'...

Statement by the allied Oromo liberation forces on the official declaration of a State of Emergency by the TPLF shifta regime in Finfinne/Addis Ababa

The declaration of a State of Emergency by the lawless TPLF regime in Ethiopia is a blatantly egregious act making a bad situation a...

Ethiopia: State of Emergency or T-TPLF S.O.S. (Save Our Souls/Ship) Emergency? [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]

The jig is up for the T-TPLF! Game over! Did the T-TPLF just pull off a publicity stunt by declaring a “state of emergency”? Or was...