Politics
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News: Fed. Attorney General admits Eritrean troops executed civilians in Axum; says 53 Ethiopian soldiers on trial for rape & killing of civilians in Tigray; four convicted
Federal Attorney General, Gedion Timothewos (PhD). By Bileh Jelan @BilehJelan Addis Abeba, May, 22/2021 – In an astonishing departure from…
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News Analysis: Tigray Interim admin. deputy speaks of ‘deliberate’ attempts to prevent farming; says every part of the region affected by war
Abebe Gebrehiwot, the Deputy head of the Tigray Interim Administration. Picture: Tigray TV By Medihane Ekubamichael @Medihane Addis Ababa, May…
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News: Journalists rearrested in Tigray; army claims they were preparing to broadcast “false propaganda”
Fitsume Berhane (left), Tamirat Yemane (right) Picture: Facebook By Medihane Ekuabamichael @Medihane Addis Abeba, April 17, 2021 – Journalists Fitsum…
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News: Ethiopia Rights Commission urges restraint in gender-based hate speech, violence against women participating in electoral process
#ChooseToChallenge #IWD2021 logo. Credit: Document Foundation Addis Abeba, March 08/2021 – Marking International Women’s Day, themed this year “Choose to…
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News: Security forces shot dead Tigray TV journalist, his friend in Mekelle; officials decline to comment
Dawit Kebede Araya. Picture: Obtained from sources in Mekelle By Medihane Ekubamichael @Medihane Addis Abeba, January 21/2020 – Dawit Kebede Araya,…
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News: Military, police disperse crowds in Bahir Dar after authorities disallowed opposition rally
There were heavy presence of the regional police & special forces as well as members of the federal security forces…
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News: Small Protest Met with Deadly Force in Roobee, Bale Zone, Oromia Regional State
Addis Standard was able to confirm the death of Awal Abdurro (circled in red), the injury of unidentified youth and…
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News: Weeks after army’s violent crackdown in Wolaita, Prosperity Party removes zonal chief administrator, others
Ousted Wolaita Zone chief administrator Dagato Kumbe. Photo: Wolaita Zone/FB By Medihane Ekubamichael Addis Abeba, August 02/2020 – Two weeks…
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Opinion: Does Ethiopia really need democracy? Then it should draw resources from indigenous virtues
“Ethiopia is, once again, in a crossroads. There is a real possibility of heading to the usual authoritarian trajectory. “…
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Book Review: ‘Laying the Past to Rest’ -The EPRDF and the Challenges of Ethiopian State Building
Author: Mulugeta Gebrehiwot Berhe (PhD) Publisher: Hurst & Company, London, 2019 376 pages, $ USD 70, and ISBN No. 9781787382916…
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