Sudan Tribune ADDIS ABABA – The First independent Ethiopian satellite service (ESAT) said its transmissions in Ethiopia are intercepted for the third time since last May when the service was launched for the first time. The Amsterdam-based Ethiopian Satellite Television (ESAT) in a press release published on its website, on 26 July has held the [...]
How well is democracy working in four of the US government’s partner/client/proxy states in East Africa? Ethiopia, Uganda, Burundi, and Rwanda are all presently in election cycles. Are US military partnerships enabling these countries to become more representative and democratic? ETHIOPIA Ethiopia held elections in May. When human rights Watch criticized the results of Ethiopia’s [...]
Addis Voice is pleased to announce the re-launch of its website after taking time off to complete its upgrading project. The new cutting-edge site integrates a number of new and upgraded multimedia features. With increasing demand for service upgrade in the face of repeated technical and server problems with our previous host, we are certain [...]
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has said it is no longer involved in the Gibe III hydroelectric project in Ethiopia after the bank decided not to give it any funding. Green groups say it would cause serious environmental damage. The bank insisted its decision was not based on the findings of the preliminary technical, environmental [...]
By Yohannes Woldemariam The emergence of Al-Shabab in Somalia is not an accident. It stems from many decades of mismanagement, dictatorship, regional and international abuse. Superficially, one expects Somalia to be a unified entity because all Somalis speak a common language and are not plagued by ethnic differences as in many parts of the post-colonial [...]
The crushing electoral defeat of the Ethiopian opposition does not actually help the ruling party and encourages its slide into authoritarianism Source: Open Democracy By René Lefort René Lefort has covered sub-saharan Africa since the 1970s. ‘I really feel totally betrayed by the system,’ confessed Beyene Petros, one of the most respected leaders of the [...]
Note: This is the first installment in a series of commentaries I intend to offer on U.S. foreign policy (or lack thereof as some would argue) in Ethiopia. In this piece, I explore the human rights rhetoric in U.S. foreign policy and argue that lofty talk without action has emboldened Ethiopia’s dictators to ply their [...]
The Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) National Council has successfully completed its 4th regular session held from July 2nd up to July 10th 2010. During its session, the council has heard and endorsed the reports of the Executive Committee and the Discipline and Control Committee, deliberated on, among others, a wide range of issues: Organizational matters, [...]
By Geletaw Zeleke Fundamentally, social fusion emerged as a subsequent natural interaction process. Attempting to deter such a process is tantamount to blocking a stream of water with a sieve. It is becoming crystal clear that such a process has been going on in all parts of the world, owing to their natural prosperity; people [...]
The Irish Times Madam, – The Ethiopian Ambassador Zerihun Retta (July 8th)takes issue with Jody Clarke and the UDJ Ethiopian opposition party Hailu Araaya. He accuses the UDJ of “fabrications and outright liesâ€. The ambassador states, the “authenticity of the election result. . . . have not been doubted even by the EU and AU [...]
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