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Ethiopia: Embracing Development and Security Means Embracing Free Expression [Birtukan Mideksa]
Last week, Washington D.C. hosted the US-Africa Leaders Summit, where over 50 African heads of state discussed important issues ranging from public health to trade and development. I was honored to participate in a parallel civil society conference...
A Not-So-Grand Tour Of Ethiopia's Top Hospital [By: Amy Walters]
When you sign up for a reporting fellowship to learn about the health of newborns in Ethiopia, you expect things to be a little different from what you’re used to in the U.S. To be perfectly honest, a little worse. But Ethiopia actually surprised...
Ethiopia's "Terrorist" Journalists and Bloggers
Huffington Post
NAIROBI, Kenya – A cursory glance at the headlines shows that Ethiopia has one of Africa’s fastest growing economies. But the noise generated by the hyperbolic international media is drowning out the critical voices.
Political...
A Note From Prison
“Dear Hyena no need for excuses, just eat me” – Ethiopian Proverb
By BefeQadu Hailu
“So what do you think is your crime?” I was asked by one of my interrogators while I was telling him about what I did as a blogger,...
A Call for Action on Andargachew Tsige
August 11, 2014
A CALL FOR ACTION BY THE GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR RIGHTS OF ETHIOPIANS
On Monday August 11 it will be 50 days since Andargatchew Tsege was illegally kidnapped in Yemen and handed to the repressive regime in Ethiopia. We therefore...
Debunking the Myth of Development and Investment in Africa (Prof. Alemayehu G.Mariam)
The myth of American investments in Africa: “Investing in the Next Generation”
It was a hyperbole fest (“hypefest”) at the U.S.-Africa Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C. last week. It was all about the “fastest-growing continent...
The Economist: Ethiopia and its press The noose tightens
Bloggers and journalists who criticise the government are under the cosh
Aug 9th 2014 | ADDIS ABABA | From the print edition
A RANKING that countries do not aspire to ascend is the one compiled by the Committee to Protect Journalists, a...