Click here for full PDF version Human Rights Defenders Under Siege in Ethiopia Soon to be Implemented, Ethiopia’s Civil Society Law is the Most Restrictive of its Kind in Sub-Saharan Africa; Law Draws Inspiration from Similarly Repressive Laws in Zimbabwe, Russia and Singapore Chicago, Ill. – The Northwestern University School of Law’s Center for International [...]
Tedla Asfaw Ato Shiferaw Jarso, the Minster of Water Resources in Ethiopia, on the Ethiopian Civility Paltlak Room interview today, was answering unrelated question to the day’s topic to satisfy his listeners. He said Seye Abraha and his friends struggle fruit, Article 39 of the TPLF/EPRDF Constitution is here to stay no matter “Seye” and [...]
In the age of the miraculous internet where information could be dug up at the clickof a mouse, people should be really careful about past interviews. Now that Dr. Yakob is falling all over himself defending Lidetu what does he have to say about these statements last year about his new best friend. The following [...]
For most English speakers, computer terms such as “instant messenger,†“download†and “cut and paste†seem quite ordinary. However, for millions of African indigenous language speakers, the absence of technology in their own language simply increases the digital divide. That’s according to Ntutule Tshenye, the Head of Citizenship at Microsoft West, East, and Central Africa [...]
Jailing of political activists promises to be central issue in country’s upcoming parliamentary election campaign Two prominent Ethiopian politicians, both former close associates of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, joined the political party led by the jailed opposition leader Birtukan Mideksa on Thursday. The jailing of political activists promises to be a central issue in the [...]
Critics accuse Meles Zenawi of suppressing his opponents Ethiopia’s former President Negasso Gidada has joined an opposition party, as the country builds up to an election scheduled for next May. Mr Negasso, in power between 1995 and 2001, said he had joined the Unity for Democracy and Justice Party (UDJ) to try to unite Ethiopia. [...]
Editor notice: Shek Mohamed Alamudi signed agreement with TPLF for the exploration of over 20,000kg gold mines. Shek Alamudi is a strong backer of the current Dictatorial regime in Ethiopia. Ethiopia and MIDROC Gold Company, known for its various investments in and outside Ethiopia, signed on Tuesday an agreement for the exploration of over 20,000kg [...]
TWO Huddersfield men are out to save the lives of Ethiopians – from gorging, drinking and smoking themselves to death. In a total U-turn from the haunting images of the 1984 famine which sparked Live Aid, parts of Ethiopia are now becoming affluent and some of its wealthier people are falling victim to Western-style excesses [...]
Alemayehu G. Mariam Transparency International [TI] (the global coalition against corruption) has just released its 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). Once again, Africa has the dubious honor of being Kleptocracy Central, the continental home of the most corrupt governments in the world. Leading the parade of kleptocracies are the regimes in Ethiopia, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Equatorial [...]
Selma Beyene, Ph.D. [email protected] As the rest of the world awaits with great expectations for a successful outcome of the Climate Conference in Copenhagen, Zenawi has been honing a Machiavellian gambit to exploit his hard-earned role as a representative of Africa to advance his vicious political and economic agenda. A dictator who has no respect [...]
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