Archive: Page 175
How Ethiopia’s New Internet Crime Bill Could Stop Online Dissent [Okayafrica]
An Ethiopian internet cafe. Creative commons image via UNICEF
When things get a little too hot for the powers that be, a sure fire way to cool them down is a good old-fashioned social media blackout. Just ask Congo-Brazzaville, where back...
Bekele Gerba: Ethiopia’s Mahtama?[Awol Kassim Allo]
He speaks of equality, freedom, and justice. He wants democracy to realize these ideals. He not only preaches peace but practices it by scrupulously sticking to the principles of non-violent struggles. He has the integrity, courage, and...
My Brother, Eskinder (“Invictus”) Nega: You Are Not Alone and We Love You! [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
We remember our brother Eskinder Nega
There is nothing more the T-TPLF (Thugtatorship of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front) would like to see than the memory of the great Eskinder Nega erased and obliterated from public memory and consciousness....
MISGANAW AND MUTGAA PREVAIL AT LODZ MARATHON [IAAF]
Abraraw Misganaw of Ethiopia and Racheal Mutgaa of Kenya were the winners of the DOZ Lodz Marathon, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, on Sunday (17).
In a race affected by the high humidity that hit this central Polish city, Misganaw reached the...
Death toll tops 200 in cross-border Ethiopia raid [yahoo]
Karim Lebhour
Addis Ababa (AFP) – More than 200 people were killed and over 100 children abducted by armed men from South Sudan in a cross-border raid into Ethiopia, the country’s leader said.
Ethiopian officials blame Murle...
USAID Hunger Games in Ethiopia [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Hunger or famine games in Ethiopia?
USAID says there is no famine in Ethiopia, only hunger (a/k/a “severe malnutrition”, “food insecurity”, “food scarcity”, “food insufficiency”, “food deprivation”, “severe food shortages”,...
