Ethiopia
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News: A mother of one, three months pregnant woman shot dead by a member of the military in east Hararghe, Oromia
Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, April 09/2018 – A military officer has shot dead Ayantu Mohammed Sa’idoo, a 20 year…
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Detention Memoir: Eleven detainees, eleven days. What really happened
From left, journalist Zelalem Workagegnehu, blogger and rights activist Mahlet Fatahun and blogger/journalist/rights activist Befeqadu Hailu as pictured next…
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News: Despite promises of release on individual bail, rearrested journalists, bloggers and opposition politicians remain in police custody
Etenesh Abera Addis Abeba, April 04/2018 – Despite signing on papers offering promises of individual bail on Monday, eleven individuals…
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Analysis: Dr. Abiy Ahmed becomes a prime minister the legacy EPRDF fought against to the bitter end. What went behind closed doors and how could that shape his premiership?
In his acceptance speech, Ethiopia’s newly appointed Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed spoke everything Ethiopians in and outside the…
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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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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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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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