Africa
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Editorial: A new Ethiopia must have no business keeping old, repressive institutions!
As you walk by the area, nothing looks out of ordinary. It is a bustling part of Piassa overcrowded with…
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Tells from “Chambers of torture”: Living the present
Abel Wabela On April 25 2014, the day Abel Wabela was taken to his cell at Ma’ekelawi, he was overcome…
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Tales from “Chambers of torture”: Remembering the past
Abera Tolla It was January 1978, the height of Derg’s Red Terror campaign. At 21, I was a last year…
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News: Ethiopia Federal Court adjourned Bekele Gerba et.al for verdict
Mahlet Fasil Judges at the Federal High Court 19th Criminal Bench here in the capital have today adjourned the hearing…
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An Oromo dilemma: The national question and democratic transition
Ezekiel Gebissa, Special to Addis Standard In his ground breaking study, An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy,…
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News: Rights group say more than 400 killed in Ethiopia’s #OromoProtests
Ethiopian security forces have killed more than 400 protesters and others, and arrested tens of thousands more during widespread protests…
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Opinion: Welcome to the Ethiopian Wide Web
Tess Conner Last week, the government in Ethiopia approved, much to the outcry of the rights activists, a new Computer…
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News: Rights Commission declares measures against protesters in Oromia “proportional”, admits excessive force used against Qimant people
Kalkidan Yibeltal The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission, (EHRC), a government body which was investigating killings, maiming, arrests and forced disappearances…
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Commentary – #OromoProtests: The “Oromo street” and Africa’s counter-protest state
Etana Habte, Special to Addis Standard Part I Throughout Africa, increasing numbers of people are fundamentally altering the power structure…
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