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A Tale of Tall Tales and “Ethiopia’s Diplomat-in-Chief” [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
What does a malaria researcher know about the art and science of diplomacy? Or for that matter the difference between telling the truth and telling lies? Or condoning or condemning lies? These are not trick questions. Tedros Adhanom is the “foreign...
Celebrating Adwa Victory as the Significant African Victory [Professor Mammo Muchie]
Inspiration
”Although it had been conquered dozens of times, Ethiopia was the birthplace of African nationalism.” Nelson Mandela, in his Long Walk to Freedom, p.402
“Ethiopia has always held a special place in my own imagination and the...
Ethiopia's lions at risk of dying out [ABC Environment]
Black-maned lions were once the symbol of Ethiopia, today there are fears they could become extinct.
ETHIOPIA’S BLACK-MANED LIONS once represented a former emperor, “Lion of Judah” Haile Selassie, and were immortalised in a...
Ethiopia suspected of spying on independent TV network ESAT [CPJ]
New York, March 10, 2015–The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by research that indicates the Ethiopian government used spyware to monitor journalists at U.S.-based Ethiopian Satellite Television (ESAT) in what appears to be...
Ten websites demand Tedros Adhnom to retract fabrication
– Editors voted to label him “top Pinocchio” for blatant lies
Press Release
Washington DC– Editors of ten leading Ethiopian websites have joined forces to demanded Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom to retract his outlandish, outrageous...
Ethiopia's Blue Party Tries To Reacquaint Nation With Dissent [npr]
BY GREGORY WARNER
Feven Tashome is a study in blue. The 21-year-old’s toenails are painted a rich cobalt, her scarf is baby blue and her leather handbag is ultramarine. To ordinary passersby in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, it’s...
Spyware vendor may have helped Ethiopia target journalists – even after it was aware of abuses, [washingtonpost]
By Andrea Peterson
The Ethiopian government appears again to be using Internet spying tools to attempt to eavesdrop on journalists based in suburban Washington, said security researchers who call such high-tech intrusions a serious threat...