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The Lies and Disinformation Campaigns of the T-TPLF [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Does the LF in TPLF stand for Lie Factory?
The T-TPLF (Thugtatorship of the Tigrean Peoples Liberation Front) has now launched a slick disinformation campaign to discredit and diminish the historic popular uprisings against it in Ethiopia.
The...
Ethiopia opposition leader demands release of all political prisoners
[JURIST] Ethiopia’s opposition leader and leader of the Oromo ethnic group, Tiruneh Gamta, demanded on Saturday the release of all political prisoners “regardless of any political stand or religion or creed.” The Oromo ethnic...
Gunshots and flames reported at Ethiopian prison for anti-government protestors [IBT]
The prison in the capital Addis Ababa was pictured ablaze.
By Matt Thomas
Gunshots have been reported at a jail, on the outskirts of Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, where anti-government protesters are held.
The Qilinti jail also caught...
AU finally issues statement on Ethiopia protests, calls for restraint [africanews]
Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban
ETHIOPIA
The African Union (AU) has finally spoken on the protests in Ethiopia saying it was following the situation with great concern. The AU also called for restraint on the part of parties involved.
The continental...
Once a Bucknell Professor, Now the Commander of an Ethiopian Rebel Army [NewyorkTimes]
Berhanu Nega was once one of Bucknell University’s most popular professors. An Ethiopian exile with a Ph.D. from the New School for Social Research in Manhattan, he taught one of the economics department’s most sought-after electives, African...
A Conversation with the Ethiopian Political Opposition [Atlanticcouncil]
BY AFRICA CENTER
Dr. Merera Gudina (left) of the Oromo Federalist Congress and Eng. Yilkal Getnet (right) of the Semayawi (Blue) Party speak at the Atlantic Council on August 31, 2016.
On Wednesday, August 31, the Africa Center hosted...
Protesters demand Canada take action against Ethiopian government
Ethiopia, which receives Canadian aid, accused of arbitrary arrests, silencing opposition
The Ethiopian government was the target of harsh words from protesters in Winnipeg on Tuesday.
The activists accuse government forces of limiting...