You really cannot imagine what it’s like to live under the state of emergency just by reading about it on newspapers. BY SEIF MAGANGO | DAILY NATION My three days in Addis Ababa recently felt like a step back in time. As part of my day job, I keep abreast of developments in Ethiopia, so […]
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Col. Demeke Zewdu, a former rebel and retired military officer, is considered by many as the leader of the Gondar uprising and resistance in the Amhara region of Ethiopia. By ESAT News, The 19th bench of the federal high court in Addis Ababa on Tuesday presided over the case of Colonel Demeke Zewdu and et al, […]
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By ESAT News, Harsh repression of dissent, use of the anti-terrorism law to imprison journalists and bloggers, opposition leaders, and civil society activists as well as rigged elections where the ruling EPRDF declared 100% victory are all signs that the regime in Ethiopia could not be a viable U.S. partner, according to Dr. Mark Lagon, […]
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By Prof. Al Mariam, This is exactly what apartheid white minority use of “anti-terrorism law” to terrorize black South Africans. The first indisputable fact is the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) is itself a certified terrorist organization officially listed in the Global Terrorism Database. So there is no question whatsoever that the TPLF is a […]
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By U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relation, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced a resolution with 11 other Senators today condemning the lethal violence used by the government of Ethiopia against protestors, journalists, and others in civil society for exercising their rights under Ethiopia’s constitution. The resolution […]
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By Eshete Bekele | for Deutsche Welle (DW), The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has awarded its International Press Freedom Award to six Ethiopian bloggers who served more than a year in Ethiopia’s notorious prisons. Until the Zone 9 bloggers suddenly appeared on the Addis Ababa web scene under the motto “We Blog Because We […]
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By Marie Harf (Acting Spokesperson), U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesperson Washington, D.C. April 24, 2015 APRIL 25 marks one year since Ethiopia arrested six Zone 9 bloggers and three other journalists. These nine individuals—Befekadu Hailu, Zelalem Kibret, Atnaf Berhane, Natnael Feleke, Mahlet Fantahun, Abel Wabella, Asmamaw Hailegiorgis, Edom Kassaye, and Tesfalem Waldeyes—joined […]
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By Mohammed Ademo (for AlJazeera), DURING a press briefing in Addis Ababa on April 16, US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman praised Ethiopia as a democracy, suggesting it had made great strides toward an open and inclusive electoral process. With Ethiopia preparing to hold parliamentary elections on May 24, the timing […]
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