Month: March 2018
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News: Journalist Temesgen Desalegn admitted to hospital, others kept in “inhuman condition”
Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, March 30/2018 – Journalist Temesgen Desalegn, who has been rearrested last sunday along with ten…
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Editorial: Ethiopia in the Crosshairs of the Military: Unmasking the narrative of counter revolution
From the Editorial Addis Abeba, March 29/2018 – Following the fall of the Soviet Union and the totalitarian political…
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Africa
Breaking: Dr. Abiy Ahmed elected new chairman of EPRDF with Demeke Mekonnen as deputy
Addis Standard staffs Addis Abeba, March 27/2018 – The just concluded meeting by the Council of Ethiopia’s ruling party, EPRDF,…
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News: Many detained by the army as crackdown intensifies in various cities across Ethiopia, among them recently released politicians and journalists
Liyat Fekade Addis Abeba, March 26/2018 – In what appears to be a fresh round of crackdown by the army…
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Commentary: No Power Can Suppress People Power: The Hubris of Power against the Challenge of Barefoot Democrats in Ethiopia
Photo: Oromo festival goers chant protest slogans during the deadly Irreecha festival in Oct. 2016. Ezekiel Gebissa, Special to…
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Africa
News: Ethiopia command post claims Ethiopians who fled army’s killing “returning home”; threatens NGOs, media against “spreading false information”
Etenesh Abera Addis Abeba, March 21/2018 – In a statement released this afternoon, the secretariat of the command post…
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Analysis: Storm on Ethiopia’s Doorsteps: Tackling convulsions in the greater Middle East and Northeast Africa
The latest crisis in Ethiopia following the killing of civilians by army members in Moyale has so far displaced above…
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News: Global Coalition for Lake Tana Restoration raises US$140,000 to help save Lake Tana from invasive water hyacinth
Etenesh Abera Addis Abeba, March 19/2018 – The Global Coalition for Lake Tana Restoration, a nonprofit organization established by Ethiopian…
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Africa
News: EPRDF Executive Committee meeting nearing completion; its Council to meet mid next week
Addis Abeba, March 15/2018 – In the first official statement five days after it began its Executive Committee meeting,…
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News: Ethiopia security detain communication and PR head of Oromia justice bureau, move signals growing crackdown against the region
Etenesh Abera Addis Abeba March 15/2018 – It has been confirmed that members of the command post overseeing the…
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