Desperate times for Woyane By Selam Beyene (Ph.D.) | July 16, 2012 By all indications, these are desperate times for Zenawi and his corrupt and crumbling regime. An evil dictatorship…
Ethiopia: Not free to speak or write? By Alemayehu G Mariam | July 16, 2012 Prof. Al Mariam Free to Speak To paraphrase an old expression, “There are two things…
African Union vows to keep Mali one country By Franz Wild and William Davison, Bloomberg | July 15, 2012 July 14 (Bloomberg) — African countries will help groups in Mali…
Abebe Gellaw on Al-Jazeera Ethiomedia | July 15, 2012 CHICAGO – In an interview with Al Jazeera, Abebe Gellaw answers questions related to the recent sentencing of journalists, including himself…
Zenawi’s absence at AU Summit raising questions about his health Associated Press | July 15, 2012 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia’s longtime ruler and most powerful figure, Prime Minister Meles…
Ethiopia mosque sit-ins see deaths, arrests: protesters By Aaron Maasho, Reuters | July 15, 2012 ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Protesters against government interference in religious affairs staged the latest of…
The opposition must unite – now! By David Steinman | July 15, 2012 News of Meles’ illness highlights the general unreadiness of the opposition to assume power upon his departure.…
Telecom law is another tool of repression By Yidnek Haile | July 15, 2012 Whose Internet? Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), particularly the Internet, have dramatically revolutionized our world. It has significantly…
Ethiopia, Kenya: World Bank Approves Controversial Loan Decision Ignores Gibe III Dam’s Impact on Indigenous Peoples, Environmental Concerns HRW | July 15, 2012 (Washington, DC, July 13, 2012) – The…
Prospects slim for languishing refugees By Ahlam Mohsen, Yemen Times | July 15, 2012 “We are not being treated like human beings,” says an Oromo-Ethiopian refugee at a prison on…