”Medrek” successful demonstration, blue party (Semayawi) took a part

Medrek Party (Federal Democratic Unity Forum) did a demonstration in Adddis abeba today. Hundreds of thousands of protesters demanded the TPLF Ethiopian regime to...

Ethiopian Guard Sentenced for Immigration Crimes

By SADIE GURMAN Associated Press   A man identified as a brutal Ethiopian prison guard has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for immigration violations. Kefelgn...

Bloggers of the World, Unite!

Today is the 25th day in jail for Zone 9 Bloggers in Ethiopia. They have not been charged; in fact, the government could not...

UNDERSTANDING THE POSITIONS OF THE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE ADDIS ABABA PEACE TALKS

By: Abraham Deng Lueth, USA, MAY/22/2014, SSN; The ongoing peace negotiations in Addis Ababa have seen several difficulties that are caused by the confusions and...

Ethiopia’s independent publishers may face another hurdle

  CPJ: In what appears to be one of a collection of measures to silence the press ahead of 2015 elections, Ethiopian authorities in the...

Africa’s investors looking beyond negative headlines

(Reuters) – Investors in Africa are increasingly able to see beyond negative headlines of violence in nations like South Sudan, Nigeria and Kenya, but...

Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak jailed for embezzlement

BBC News: A court in Egypt has sentenced former President Hosni Mubarak to three years in prison after finding him guilty of embezzling public...