Ethiopian journalist Ferew Abebe, editor-in-chief of the weekly publication Sendek, said he was summoned Wednesday to the Federal Police Crime Investigation Department office. He was interrogated about an article he wrote and published seven months ago and was accused of defaming the former first lady, Azeb Mesfin.…
The legal measures undertaken by the Ethiopian regime last week has once again brought about the issue of corruption to the spot light. According to the statement released by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission of Ethiopia, high ranking government officials and prominent business personalities have been arrested for their alleged…
Global Financial Integrity last year said Addis Ababa lost $11.7 billion in outflows of illegal funds in the past decade. Transparency International ranked Ethiopia 113 out of 176 nations worldwide... That ranking puts Ethiopia above most nations in the Horn of Africa and east Africa regions, although Rwanda is ranked…
Ethiopia held a non-competitive local and city council election on 14 and 21 April 2013, in which only the authoritarian ruling party, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), and its affiliated parties contested. The election is said to have fallen short of international standards, and seriously condemned by thirty-three opposition…
(Reporters Without Borders) Swedish chapter granted its Press Freedom Award 2013 to Mesfin Negash, Ethiopian exiled journalist and to the duo Swedish journalists Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson.…
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