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The Crisis of Leadership and Legitimacy within Ethiopia’s TPLF Minority Regime
BY NETSANET BULTO
Ever since the death of the late TPLF chairman and Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi, the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has lacked a similarly dominant personality able to maintain consensus, either thru charisma,...
Unity v diversity: Ethiopia’s ethnic federalism is being tested (The Economist)
Violence between ethnic groups has put the country on edge
FOR centuries the city of Harar, on the eastern fringes of the Ethiopian highlands, was a sanctuary, its people protected by a great wall that surrounded the entire city. But in the...
Reflecting on ‘The Amhara Psychology’ (Hewan Z simeon)
Recently, a piece was posted online written by Befeqadu, a blogger, an activist, interested in and usually posting findings, thoughts and ‘feelings’ on issues that strike the average cyber-Ethiopians’ attention. I have a few things to...
Boris Johnson urged to intervene to save Briton on death row in Ethiopia [theguardian]
Heads of Law Society and Bar Council ask foreign secretary to seek release of Andargachew Tsege, who was kidnapped in 2014
Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent
Boris Johnson has been urged by the heads of both branches of the legal profession...
How US Surveillance Helps Repressive Regimes—the Ethiopia Case
By Felix Horne
Recent stories from Edward Snowden’s disclosures show how the US government’s involvement with Ethiopia presents a case study in enabling repressive regimes to carry out surveillance on their own citizens. In the case of...
UN Declares Detention of Opposition Politician Andualem Aragie Arbitrary; Calls for Release
Freedom now
Washington D.C.: In response to a petition filed by Freedom Now, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention issued an opinion finding the detention of opposition politician Andualem Aragie by the Government of Ethiopia...
My Letter to President Trump Requesting Targeted Sanctions Against the TPLF Regime in Ethiopia [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
October 2, 2017
Donald Trump
President of the United States
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Re: REQUEST FOR SANCTIONS AGAINST PERSONS AND ENTITIES INVOLVED IN THE IRRECHA MASSACRES ON OCTOBER 2, 2016 AND OTHER...