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What it took for Ethiopia to lose access to hacking tools it used against journalists in the U.S.
By Andrea Peterson (The Washington Post)
Now we know what it takes to get your hacking tools taken away if you’re a repressive government.
It’s not enough to get caught spying on U.S.-based journalists — or even to have the story...
Thus Spoke Ethiopia’s Reeyot! [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Reeyot Invictus!
Thus spoke Reeyot Alemu to the Voice of America- Amharic Service on July 9, 2015, a few hours after she was literally thrown out of the infamous Meles Zenawi Prison in Kality, (Ethiopia’s “Robben Island”) on the outskirts...
YETUT LIJ: A film by Haile Gerima - Video
Independent filmmaker Haile Gerima, the writer/director/producer behind TEZA, ADWA, SANKOFA & BUSH MAMA, discusses his new film, YETUT LIJ (“Child of the Breast”), and the campaign that he’s launching on Indiegogo to raise...
EXCLUSIVE: SA troops 'held hostage' in Sudan over al-Bashir
By: Erika Gibson, Netwerk24
Johannesburg – The Sudanese government of president Omar al-Bashir literally held a gun to South Africa’s head to secure his safe return to Khartoum.
Netwerk24 can reveal that about 1 400 South African soldiers...
Asian investors, regional allies and European admirers: why the world overlooks Ethiopia's rigged elections [BY MARTIN PLAUT ]
Addis Ababa is too important a place to sideline over a small matter like democracy
On 24 May, Ethiopia went to the polls – a fact that might have escaped your attention. Hardly surprising since there was next to no coverage in the British...
Sudan’s Al-Bashir Has Left South Africa, Sudanese Minister Says
by Ahmed Feteha
Bloomberg
Sudanese President Umar al-Bashir has left South Africa and is returning to his nation’s capital, Information Minister Ahmed Bilal Osman said.
“The president finished his business in South Africa and is coming back...
