Midekssa left Ethiopia in 2011, after two imprisonments that consumed 41 months of her life. She stayed first in Washington, D.C., and then at Stanford University. Today — grateful, happy, and energized — she has an office (with a window) at the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute, where she is…
The death in August 2012 of Ethiopia’s powerful prime minister, Meles Zenawi, led to new leadership but seems unlikely to result in tangible human rights reforms. Ethiopian authorities continue to severely restrict freedom of expression, association, and assembly. Thirty journalists and opposition members have been convicted under the country’s vague…
"I really feel sorry for all of them. Really feel sorry for all of them," she said, her voice cracking. But she is resolute about not believing that her sons, Dzhokhar, 19, and Tamerlan, 26 were involved.…
For several decades, Ethiopians have been yearning for democracy, equality and the prevalence of the rule of law. Citizens from every walk of life, groups and parties are confronting the brutal and dictatorial Ethiopian regime to change its political discourse towards the implementation of a democratic system that honors and…
Ethiopians say, a name is given by an angel (ስምን መልአክ ያወጣዋል). The meaning of Tariku Abera, loosely translated is, “His life history shines”. Indeed, he is the shining star of Ethiopian Orthodox church. Tariku’s teachings seem to electrify the audience as he delivers. Tariku preaches Christ with passion and…
The steep decline in web traffic began on August 2 last year, the same day that Al Jazeera Mubasher aired a forum with guests denouncing the government's "interference" with Muslim religious affairs, and three days after Al Jazeera English published an article detailing deadly ethnic clashes between two of the…
Nongovernmental organizations are tightly controlled in Ethiopia, and many of them have been forced to leave the country in recent years when they don’t comply with government stipulations. The government has, however, come up with some initiatives, both independently and in collaboration with the organizations.…
The recent call and push for federal system of government in the Republic of South Sudan by Equatoria governors, politicians, intellectuals as well as the assertion of right of self-determination for the eventual independent Republic of Equatoria (ROE) or Democratic Republic of Lado Enclave (DROLE) has been based in part,…
Thanks to ESAT Journalists’ efforts from London, I watched the discussion with both those who had been involved in the process of the “amendment of the by-law of the Church’s administrative and managerial affairs” on the one hand, and the three ‘clergymen’ ( priest Abate ,deacon Mengesha and Leyou) who…
"Doctors are attending to him, ensuring that he has the best possible expert medical treatment and comfort," the statement from Zuma's office said. …
