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Gagging the media in Ethiopia [By Graham Peebles]

Suffocating dissent Nobody trusts politicians, but some governments are more despicable than others. The brutal gang ruling Ethiopia is especially nasty. They claim to govern in a democratic pluralistic manner, they say they observe human rights...

Exposed: “Honorable” Speaker Abadula Gemeda has fake degrees [By Abebe Gellaw]

Addis Voice can reveal that the 4th term speaker of the House of People’s Representatives has bought and used two fake degrees from a bogus university selling non-accredited diplomas online. ”Honorable” Abadula Gemeda, who is the chief...

Andy Tsege case: Ethiopia refuses to allow access to imprisoned British citizen [The Independent]

JONATHAN OWEN  Ethiopia has refused to allow a delegation of parliamentarians to visit a British dissident facing the death penalty in the African country. Andy Tsege, who is the secretary-general of a banned Ethiopian opposition movement,...

Ethiopia’s “Odious Debt” to the Odious World Bank [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]

Ethiopia as “sovereign deadbeat” state due to debts incurred by the T-TPLF In my last commentary, The World Bank and Ethiopia’s “Growth and Transformation”, I cryptically observed in passing, “… The USD$600 million is money the...

Ethiopia’s stifled press [Washington post]

By Editorial Board WHILE ENJOYING its status as an international development darling, Ethiopia has been chipping away at its citizens’ freedom of expression. The country now holds the shameful distinction of having the second-most journalists...

ETHIOPIA : DICTATORSHIP WRESTLED BEFORE DEATH,OPPOSITION PARTY HOPES TO WIN IN THE NEXT ELECTION [diplomat.so]

BY TAJUDIN Addis Ababa ( DIPLOMAT.SO) – According to some Ethiopian and Eritrean websites , A Week ago, the opposition party Unity for Justice and Democracy (UDJ)- widely known by its Ethiopian name ‘Andenet‘ – was brimming with confidence...

Family’s agony over Upper Holloway dad’s death sentence [Islingtongazette]

 Jon Dean Community rallies round man trapped in Ethiopia  The family of a man trapped in Ehtiopia facing a possible death setnce are desperately trying to get him home as his 60th birthday appraoches. Andargachew ‘Andy’ Tsege, from Upper...

U.S Policy: Newly released documentary about the ethnic apartheid regime of the TPLF/EPRDF [Video]