BY MARTIN SCHIBBYE * Today, Dawit Isaak imprisoned for 16 years and the debate has raged since he was arrested on the best strategy to get him free. I was in Eritrea last year with a special journalist’s visa to Asmara and was able to notice a greater openness towards journalists and got answers to […]
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By Messenger Africa, Facing the worst drought in half a century, Ethiopia had managed to avert a crisis without significant foreign aid, boasted a December 27th report on state-run news agency ENA. A day later Eshetu Homa Keno, a U.S.-based online activist, posted on Facebook a figure released by the United Nations showing that the […]
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By Foreign Correspondents’ Association of Ethiopia, The Foreign Correspondents’ Association of Ethiopia remains deeply concerned about continuing threats to press freedom in Ethiopia, which include the recent 24-hour detention of three accredited journalists. Three journalists working in the Arsi Negele area of Oromia region in Ethiopia were detained by authorities for over 24 hours on […]
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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 ESAT News, In a desperate attempt to silence an independent Ethiopian TV and radio broadcasting service, the Ethiopian government has reportedly sent a high level delegation to Russia. It was found that the primary mission of the delegation was to demand the Russian government to drop from its satellite the broadcasting of news and […]
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By Al Jazeera, African activists on Tuesday dismissed President Barack Obama’s remarks that Ethiopia has a democratically elected government as an “out of touch” public relations exercise. Obama made the comment on Monday during a news conference with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, whose ruling party won every seat in parliament in May elections.
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ብ ግዱሳት ተጸናጸንቲ እከይ ውዲታት፡ ሰላም ከመይ ቀኒኹም። ኣብ 1ይ ክፋል ጽሑፍና፡ እቲ ኣብ ልዕሊ ሃገር ኤርትራ ዝውርወር ዘሎ ድንዕታን፡ ማዕረ ማዕረ ዝስማዕ ዘሎ ዓውታን፡ ብኸፊል ክንገልጾ ጸኒሕና ኢና። ኣብ`ዚ ናይ 2ይ ክፋል ጽሑፍና፡ ነቲ ኩነታት ብደቂቕን ዝርዝርን ምስ ናይ ኩሉ ጭብጥታቱን ፈቲግና ከነቕርብ ኢና። ሰናይ ንባብ፦
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By TesfaNews, SOURCES from Asmara confirmed that Mr. Yemene Gebremeskel has been promoted to a Minister of Information, effective immediately. Mr. Yemane G/Meskel is a very experienced, capable and arguably one of the most educated government officials who is also very well connected to the social media through @hawelti.
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