Letter from Ethiopia Western Embassies, Neway Debebe and the Last Days of Election 2010 By Eskinder Nega | May 22, 2010 Medrek leaders (L-R)Bulcha Demeksa, Beyene Petros, Merera Gudina and…
Ethiopia’s ruling party poised to win election By Anita Powell, Associated Press Writer | May 21, 2010 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Voters have been intimidated and opposition candidates harassed ahead…
Repression is alleged before vote in Ethiopia By Jeffrey Gettleman, The New York Times | May 21, 2010 NAIROBI, Kenya — Diplomats, human rights groups and witnesses say the Ethiopian…
Addis Neger’s addis neger By Hindessa Abdul. | May 21, 2010 Six months after the folding of one of the most popular private newspapers in Ethiopia, Addis Neger, has surfaced…
Ethiopia bus bomb wounds 13, three days before poll By Tesfa-Alem Tekle | May 20, 2010 MEKELE, Ethiopia (Reuters) – A bomb exploded on a bus in Ethiopia near the…
Five more years The Economist | May 20, 2010 Meles Zenawi The results are not in doubt, only the prospects of millions of impoverished and hungry people ADDIS ABABA –…
Where did the people go? By | May 19, 2010 Mr. Dawit Kebede and Woubeshet Taye [the executive editor and editor-in-chief of the Amharic weekly Awramba Times, respectively] say that…
ESAT is a game changer By Yilma Bekele | May 19, 2010 When you think things look bad and hope is fading something happens to boost the morale and compels…
The perpetual search for political charm By Terefe Mersha | May 19, 2010 From time to time, I meet people from different countries who have visited or worked in Ethiopia.…
Ethiopia rebels say capture base, kill 94 soldiers By Barry Malone | May 19, 2010 ADDIS ABABA, May 18 (Reuters) – An Ethiopian rebel group said on Tuesday it had…