Ethiopians adjust to life in Africa’s most ambitious social housing project
By Tom Gardner An area confiscated from Oromo farmers. A general view shows the Yeka Abado condominium on the outskirts of Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, October 19, 2016. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri ADDIS...
View ArticleEthiopian Government Woos Tourists Amid State of Emergency and US Travel Ban
(Zegabi) — Ethiopian authorities have said that tourists are excluded from the country’s state of emergency which require foreign diplomats to seek permission before taking long trips away from Addis...
View ArticleEthiopia state of emergency ‘could further inflame issues’ at the heart of...
Analyst tells IBTimes UK grievances in Oromia ‘an old problem’ state of emergency might not be able to solve. By Ludovica Iaccino (IBTimes) — Earlier this month, Ethiopia declared a nationwide state...
View ArticleEthiopian Magazine Stops Publication Amid State of Emergency
By AP ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (New York Times) — Ethiopia’s best-selling magazine says it is terminating its print edition because the state of emergency the government imposed this month is making...
View ArticleEthiopian Magazine Forced out of Print by State of Emergency
BY CONOR GAFFEY (NewsWeek) — One of Ethiopia’s few independent magazines has suspended its print edition after the government imposed a restrictive state of emergency in the country. The...
View ArticleCairo-Addis Ababa dispute over Oromo could derail dam talks
Protestors run from tear gas launched by security personnel during the Irecha, the thanks giving festival of the Oromo people in Bishoftu town of Oromia region, Ethiopia, October 2, 2016....
View ArticleKenyan police boss, five officers arrested in Ethiopia
Ethiopian authorities have arrested a Kenyan police boss and five of his juniors in Ethiopia territory Ethiopian police officers captured Illret Police Station OCS Christopher Nalianya and his...
View ArticleEthiopia vows to protect European companies after farms attacked
Foreign food businesses attacked during recent protests by the Oromo ethnic group in Ethiopia face a tough choice to stay or leave and lose their investment The destroyed interior of a workshop...
View ArticleKenya Gains From Ethiopia’s ‘Tech Refugees’ As Addis Ababa’s Continues...
Oromo protests both at home and abroad having been mounting in recent years. (Rogue Chiefs) — IN early October the Ethiopian government started carrying out extended internet shutdowns, as it declared...
View ArticlePolice boss, five officers arrested and detained in Ethiopia
Ethiopian police from the Bubua police station arrested Illret Police Station OCS Chief Inspector Christopher Nalianya and five other officers from Marsabit on October 23, police say. The station...
View ArticleEthiopian refugee gang raped during destruction of Calais Jungle
French police look on during the evacuation of the Calais Jungle AFP UK (Evening Standard) — A young woman was gang raped during the destruction of the Calais Jungle, French prosecutors said today....
View ArticleThe Role of Indigenous Knowledge in Rangeland Management in Yabello Woreda,...
Dika Godana G*, Department of soil resource and watershed management, Gambella University, Ethiopia Source: Arts and Social Sciences Journal also in PDF Introduction Background and justification...
View ArticleUrgent call on a trade off – Accurate transaction desirable by elites of...
Falmataa Sabaa (PhD) Nowadays, it is not uncommon to hear a call for unity for struggle especially between Oromo and Amhara nations. United force sounds well not only to overthrow the TPLF led tyranny...
View ArticleReimagining Global Social Movements in the Perspective of Egalitarian Democracy
By Asafa Jalata, PhD Abstract The analysis starts by offering a critique of the existing social movement literature and by suggesting the integration of critical theories of knowledge with theories...
View ArticleAn American Ally…Where Listening to Voice of America Was Just Banned?
By Kimberly Curtis (UN Dispatch) — Nearly a year of protests against land reform issues and heavy-handed government policies is starting to take its toll on Ethiopia, who earlier this month announced...
View ArticleAs Ethiopia heads toward crisis, Congress must act
By Annie Boyajian, contributor Washington, DC (The Hill) –When Congress adjourned in September, it had failed to vote on resolutions on Ethiopia (S.Res. 432/H.Res. 861). When it returns, it should...
View ArticleRights Activists in Ethiopia Report Obstacles at Every Turn
A man attends a prayer session at Biftu Bole Lutheran Church during a prayer and candle ceremony for protesters who died in the town of Bishoftu two weeks ago during Irreecha, the thanksgiving...
View ArticleEthiopia’s Regime Faces Precarious Times As Diaspora Plans for the Future
Ethiopia’s Simien National Park. Free to use image from Pixabay (Global Voices) — In November 2015, residents of a small town called Ginchi launched protests against a proposal by Ethiopia’s...
View ArticleCan Poverty Lead To Mental Illness?
(NPR) — After a mother killed her four young children and then herself last month in rural China, onlookers quickly pointed to life circumstances. The family lived in extreme poverty, and bloggers...
View ArticleEthiopia: TPLF/EPRDF Crimes Against Humanity in Oromia Escalate After the...
HRLHA’s Appeal to the International Community October 30, 2016 Crimes against humanity in the Oromo nation have escalated after the State of Emergency was declared on October 8, 2016 by the TPLF. The...
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