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Ethiopian regime denied family visit to imprisoned prominent journalist
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Family and friends of Eskinder Nega, a prominent Ethiopian journalist and one of the many prisoners of conscience in the country’s dungeons, have not been allowed to visit him since last week.
Eskinder was sentenced to 18 years in prison...
Celebrating Absurdity to Ethiopians: The Day of Lose of a Country [Prof. Dejenie A. Lakew]
What is Gibot 20 has to do with Ethiopia and Ethiopians? Why a person who lost limbs, body parts and suffering from all sorts of ailments, celebrate the day he/she contracted all these life threatening causes, unless the person either is forced...
Does Ethiopia Need a Constitution? [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
The question is NOT if Ethiopia needs a new constitution.
The question is, “Does Ethiopia need a constitution?”, since it currently does not have one.
The so-called “1995 Ethiopian Constitution” is a constitution of the T-TPLF, by...
The Intellectual Poverty and Moral Bankruptcy of Ethiopia Famine Deniers [Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam]
There is “no famine in Ethiopia… Ethiopians aren’t starving to death… People aren’t dying… Animals are dying of thirst…” Alex de Waal
Last week, in an op-ed piece in the New York Times (International Edition), Alex de...
Remembering Asrat Woldeyes: A Man Who Fought for the Unity of Ethiopia
As political prisoner, party leader and eminent surgeon, he fought for the unity of Ethiopia
By Brian Barder Professor Asrat Woldeyes, who has died aged 70, was successively Ethiopia’s most distinguished surgeon, physician and university...
Robert Mugabe and Pink Noses [Eskinder Nega, Gulag Kaiti Prison]
Congo-Kinshasa, Congo-Brazzaville, Burundi, Uganda, Rwanda, Benin. Ask Robert Mugabe, Africa’s longest reigning president, about these countries and doubt not he would beam with pride. This is a partial litany of African countries, whose presidents...