Internet shutdown could cost Ethiopia’s booming economy millions of dollars
A woman walks on bridge to a station of the city’s light railway, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. Ethiopia’s government on Monday blamed Egypt for supporting outlawed rebels and...
View ArticleEthiopia – A Human Catastrophe is Looming in Ethiopia
Appeal to the UN Secretary – General Mr. Ban Ki – moon The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon The Secretary-General The United Nations New York, NY 10017...
View ArticleEthiopia’s Declaration of State of Emergency on Oromia is an equivalent of...
By Leelloo Sabaa, October 20, 2016 In Ethiopian Empires’ political history, the year 1977-78 is remembered as the year when Mangistu Haile Mariam’s political power was absolutely threatened and his...
View ArticleWhat Is Going On In Ethiopia?
By Charlotte Allan (Huntington Post) — The athlete looked up at the sky when he crossed the finish line, and made an X shape above his head with his wrists. The stadium cheered, a new moment in...
View ArticleEthiopia’s State of Emergency: Authorizing Oppression
By Elizabeth Fraser and Anuradha Mittal The government of Ethiopia has responded to a groundswell of protests, which are calling for democracy and human rights for all, by imposing a six-month long...
View ArticleEthiopia arrests 1,645 “ringleaders and bandits” in crackdown on violence
Ethiopia announced a security earlier this month amid demonstrations over land and political rights By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA, Oct 20 (Reuters) – Ethiopian authorities said on Thursday they had...
View ArticleEthiopia’s global political patronage deepening domestic political crisis
Nemera G. Mamo (OPride) — Ethiopia is embroiled in the worst political crisis in more than two decades. A six-month long state of emergency, which came into effect on October 8, has militarized the...
View ArticleEthiopian Politics Beyond the Vanguard?
Life continues in Sebeta after the declaration of a state of emergency. Photo by Getty Images (Chatham House) — It is possible that after 25 years of power, the ruling coalition will have to...
View ArticleAmidst Growing Crackdown USAID Assistant Administrator for Democracy,...
(Addis Standard) — U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Assistant Administrator for the Bureau of Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, R. David Harden, is visiting Ethiopia...
View ArticleTen countries whose stability can’t be taken for granted
Foreign and Defense Policy, Middle East, AEIdeas Political science is heavy on the political and light on science. As George W. Bush and Al Gore debated prior to the 2000 elections, neither Iraq nor...
View Article“We don’ot care if we get killed”– Protests in Ethiopia continue
By David Gilbert on Oct 21, 2016 FILE – In this Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016 file photo, protesters chant slogans against the government during a march in Bishoftu, in the Oromia region of Ethiopia. German...
View ArticleThe Oromo Leadership Convention and the Future of Ethiopia
By Ezekiel Gebissa (Ademmisoma24) –Questions about Oromo loyalty to Ethiopia persist though they are stale, condescending and meaningless. The sort of questions that Tedla raises have been litigated...
View ArticleEthiopia Travel Warning
The U.S. Department of State warns U.S. citizens to defer all non-essential travel to Ethiopia due to ongoing unrest that has led to hundreds of deaths, thousands of arrests, as well as injuries and...
View ArticleDutch farmer on Ethiopia violence: ‘I was terribly scared’
(AFP) – When protesters torched a nearby Dutch-run farm in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, Marc Driessen watched anxiously as smoke billowed above the horizon, fearing his own business would meet the same...
View ArticleAnti-terror efforts at risk as Ethiopia quells protest at home
Political activists from the Oromo ethnic group in Ethiopia. PHOTO | FILE (Africa Review) — Ethiopia could be headed for large-scale ethnic strife that would have negative repercussions to the region...
View ArticlePerth Ethiopians protest against government crackdown
PHOTO: Ethiopians in Perth want Australia to put pressure on the Ethiopian Government. (ABC News: David Weber) By David Weber Australia (ABC News) — Hundreds of members of Ethiopia’s ethnic...
View ArticleOromo Protest in Washington DC on Oct. 21, 2106 Concluded Successfully
A colorful Oromo rally jointly organized by Oromo Communities Association-North America (OCA-NA) and Oromo Community Association of Washington, DC (OCO) was conducted on Friday, October 21, 2016 here...
View ArticleIn Ethiopia, Posting About the Country’s Crisis on Facebook Could Land You in...
An Ethiopian soldier takes aim. U.S. Navy photo Crackdown on social media follows a bloody campaign by the state by PETER DOERRIE (War is boring) — The Ethiopian government declared a nationwide state...
View ArticleAustralia issues travel advice in Ethiopia, 24 October 2016
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