Archive: Page 188
They can jail the journalist but not journalism [By Abebe Gellaw]
On November 7, 2015, journalist Serkalem Fasil posted a Facebook reminder. It was her husband’s birthday. “Four years and two months have passed since we physically separated,” she wrote.
“No matter how long it takes, I will persevere...
Barbarians in the Headquarters of Voice of America ?[Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
The ancient Romans secured their cities with gates and walls against marauding barbarians.
The Romans aimed to keep the “barbarians at the gate” out and fend off any attack.
The modern day barbarians of press freedom secretly breached...
GODANA AND GIRMA THE FAVOURITES FOR MARATHON DES ALPES-MARITIMES [IAAF]
There is little doubt that the Kenyan and Ethiopian dominance will continue at the Marathon des Alpes-Maritimes Nice-Cannes, an IAAF Bronze Label Road Race, on Sunday (8).
They have won each of the seven men’s titles on offer...
Reflections on Prof. Mesfin’s “Adafne”: Saving Ethiopians From Themselves?[Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Prof. Mesfin Woldemariam’s latestAmharic book, “Adafne: Fear and Failure”, is at once a lamentation on the decline and decay of Ethiopian society from the corrosive effects of bad governance, tyrannical rule and moral corruption...
The Zone 9 Bloggers are Free: but Ethiopia Still Thinks Digital Security is Terrorism [EFF]
The last of the Zone 9 Bloggers are finally free from jail, after nearly 18 months of detention for simply speaking out online. All the bloggers were acquitted of terrorism charges by the Ethiopian courts; one blogger, Befeqadu Hailu...
Can the T-TPLF Stop the Famine in Ethiopia? [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
It is a big international secret that Ethiopia today is in the middle of a Biblical famine.
For the second time since 1984-85!
Last week, the Global Post headlined an article posing the question:
Ethiopia is facing its worst drought in 30...
Foreign Minister dictates orders to VOA at night [By Abebe Gellaw]
The stormy relationship between the Voice of America (VOA) and the TPLF-led Ethiopian government has recently taken a strange twist after Foreign Minister Dr. Tedros Adhanom and Ambassador Girma Birru managed to sneak into the headquarters...