Media Jun 5, 2018 Ethiopian Parliament Votes to End State of Emergency (VOA)–Ethiopian lawmakers voted Tuesday to lift a state of emergency imposed three months ago across the country to curb widespread anti-government protests. The ending of the emergency rule two months…
Media Apr 16, 2018 Ethiopia ends web blackout, raising hopes of reforms under new PM (Reuters) – Internet users in Ethiopia said on Monday the government appeared to have ended a three-month online blackout, raising hopes of a relaxation of restrictions after the arrival of…
Publication Mar 13, 2018 ‘Freedom!’: the movement that brought Ethiopia to a standstill (The Guardian) – Today, Desalegn is a banker. But once he was a Qeerroo: a young, energetic and unmarried man from Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, the Oromo, bound by what…
Publication Feb 21, 2018 Ethiopia’s Great Rift (Foreign Policy) – On the day that Bekele Gerba, a prominent Ethiopian opposition leader, was released from prison, thousands of people took to the streets in celebration. It was a…
News Jan 12, 2018 Ethiopia Is Falling Apart (Foreign Policy) – For a brief moment last week, Ethiopia seemed poised to shed its reputation as Africa’s Stasi state. At a press conference on Jan. 3, Ethiopian Prime Minister…
News Jan 11, 2018 Ethiopia top opposition figure gets prison time for contempt (ABC News) – One of Ethiopia’s most prominent opposition politicians has been sentenced to six months in prison for contempt of court along with three others after they sang a protest song during proceedings.
News Jan 3, 2018 Ethiopia announces release of political prisoners (The Washington Post) – Ethiopia’s prime minister shocked the country Wednesday by announcing the release of all political prisoners and the closure of a notorious detention center to promote political dialogue.
News Dec 12, 2017 Evidence that Ethiopia is spying on journalists THROUGHOUT 2016 AND 2017, individuals in Canada, United States, Germany, Norway, United Kingdom, and numerous other countries began to receive suspicious emails. It wasn’t just common spam. These people were chosen.
News Nov 6, 2021 ‘We Are Everywhere’: How Ethiopia Became a Land of Prying Eyes (The New York Times) – When he is away from his fields, Takele Alene, a farmer in northern Ethiopia, spends a lot of his time prying into the personal and political affairs of his neighbors.
