Ethiopia Refuses to Cooperate With World-Bank-Funding Probe (2)
Ethiopia’s government said it won’t cooperate with a probe into whether the World Bank violated its own policies by funding a program in which thousands of people were allegedly relocated to make way for agriculture investors. Ethnic Anuak people in Ethiopia’s southwestern Gambella region and rights groups including Human Rights Watch last year accused the […]
Read More →Full List of TPLF Companies Under EFFORT Companies with investment capital of < 20,000,000 Million Ethiopian Birr
Full List of TPLF Companies Under EFFORT Companies with investment capital of < 20,000,000 Million Ethiopian Birr Company Name Year Est.(EC) Capital HQ Board Chairman -Selam Transport 1995 10,000000 Birr Mekele Arkebe Ekubay -Segel Construction 1995 10,000,000 Birr Mekele Araya Zerihun -Mega Net Corp 1995 10,000,000 Birr Mekele Alemseged Gebreamlak -Hitech Park Axion Association 1995 10,000,000 Birr […]
Read More →Miscommunications; EPRDF’s usual way to escape crises
Not that previously unfamiliar to the readers; having a dialog about a topic and end up debating totally different issue or speaking twice on a topic and end up having two different closing arguments…it can happen in every day of our life. But, not easy-thing to skip when public officials do it. Such miscommunication can […]
Read More →Ethiopia blocks OnIslam.net, Al-Jazeera in latest media crackdown
In the latest attack on media, the Ethiopia government has blocked the international website OnIslam.net over its coverage of recent protest in the country, the website said on Tuesday. “The Ethiopian government has blocked access to OnIslam.net and other media websites over their coverage of Muslim protests against government interference in their religious affairs,†the […]
Read More →Ethiopia: Has Meles Gone AWOL?
By ALEMAYEHU G.MARIAM (Prof.)  What happens when a “prime minister†goes AWOL? That is, absent without constitutional leave of absence.  Dictator Meles Zenawi has disappeared from public view for several weeks now. He was last seen in public on June 19 at the G20 Summit in Mexico. His disappearing act has provided more grist for […]
Read More →United Nations dumbfounded by danger of reporters in Ethiopia
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(UN News Center) — The tip United Nations tellurian rights central currently pronounced she is “seriously alarmed†by a stream meridian of danger opposite reporters and tellurian rights defenders in Ethiopia due to an overly extended interpretation of laws concerning terrorism and polite multitude in a country.“The new sentencing of 20 Ethiopians, including distinguished blogger […]
Read More →“I am Ethiopian, as truly and wonderfully as that is, and no one has the right to define, reduce, or otherwise dismiss my identityâ€; Dr. Eleni Zaude Gabre-Madhin
Much has recently been made of my ethnic identity although this is a matter of no relevance whatsoever to a reasoned discourse on the existence of the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange. However, when the unnecessary gets in the way of the important, however unpleasant it may be, it must be faced. I am Ethiopian, as truly […]
Read More →Ethiopian weekly blocked for reporting on Meles’ health
Nairobi, July 23, 2012–Ethiopian authorities blocked the publication of a prominent independent newspaper over the weekend in connection with its stories on the health of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, according to local journalists.
Read More →Ethiopian blogger Eskinder Nega jailed for 18 years
BBC Â Eskinder Nega was arrested after publishing a column questioning the arrests of some journalists Continue reading the main story Related Stories Ethiopia profile Donor darling: What Ethiopian poll can teach Africa ‘Why I took up arms against Ethiopia’ A prominent Ethiopian journalist and blogger has been sentenced to 18 years in jail for […]
Read More →Supporting stability, abetting repression
By TOBIAS HAGMANN (New York Times) BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA — Next time I travel to Ethiopia, I may be arrested as a terrorist. Why? Because I have published articles about Ethiopian politics. I wrote a policy report on Ethiopia’s difficulties with federalism. I gave a talk in which I questioned Ethiopia’s May 2010 elections, in which […]
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