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The Next Decade with EPRDF Be Like…? (BefeQadu Z. Hailu)
The recent clash between Oromo and Somali citizens of Ethiopia across the longest regional border in the South-Eastern part of the country is only different from previous ethnic clashes in a few things. The first is that it has been reported...
HRW details abuses by Ethiopia security forces at festival
[JURIST] Human Rights Watch [advocacy website] released a report [text] on Monday detailing the violence carried out by the Ethiopian security forces during the Irreecha festival, the annual harvest celebration observed by the country’s...
Ethiopia must step up political reforms, U.S. 'disturbed' over ethnic clashe (Africanews)
The United States says Ethiopia must open up its political space if its is to cement its place in the future as a “strong, prosperous and democratic nation.”
This was contained in a press statement released by the U.S. Embassy in Addis...
Ethiopia: Ten Days of Accountability and Reckoning for the T-TPLF! [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
The ten days of T-TPLF kumbaya propaganda charm offensive in Ethiopia
I have heard of the “12 Days of Christmas”. Even sang it. “On the first day of Christmas/ my true love sent to me:/ A Partridge in a Pear Tree/…/”
Who has ever heard...
The world loves Ethiopian pop star Teddy Afro. His own government doesn’t. (The WashingtonPost)
By Paul Schemm
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Monday marked the first day of the new Ethiopian year, but it hasn’t been much of a holiday for Teddy Afro, the country’s biggest pop star.
First, the government informed him that his New Year’s...
South Sudan’s Ongoing Civil War Tests Ethiopia’s Foreign Policy (WPR)
The Editors Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017
For years, Ethiopia has been actively engaged in the civil war in neighboring South Sudan, providing troops and diplomatic support to help stabilize the ravaged country. But Ethiopia’s relations with...
How Much Do You Know About (mis)use of Ethiopia’s Anti-terrorism Proclamation? (BefeQadu Z. Hailu)
Many often fail to imagine the subjective consequences of public actions. Here I want you to imagine personal crises with the numbers I will follow.
As a living victim of (mis)use of the Anti-terrorism Proclamation (ATP) in Ethiopia,...