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Ethiopian state of emergency must end, says journalist freed from jail (Reuters)
Jackson Njehia
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s prime minister Abiy Ahmed should fulfill his pledge to expand political freedoms by lifting a state of emergency, said a journalist released in February after six years...
How Ethiopian Americans changed US policy on their homeland (BY ALEMAYEHU MARIAM-THE HILL)
An old Ethiopian aphorism propounds, “If spiders could gather up their silk in a single twine, they could tie up a lion.” In other words, many weak and powerless people could band together and defeat a mighty adversary.
Marian Wright Edelman, founder...
Why I resigned as Ethiopian Prime Minister – Hailemariam (The New Times)
By Collins Mwai
Former Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has said that he resigned early this year on realization that he could not inspire desired national reforms while still in the position.
He admitted that his country has been...
Remembering The Forgotten Ethiopian Billionaire (New Business Ethiopia)
By Col. Jamal Ahmed – I remember it was about ten years ago. Ethiopians from across the world and from different parts of the country were gathered in Addis Ababa to celebrate their new year. It was not like the other new years the country...