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The 1960 Coup Against Haile Selassie
In December 1960, while the Ethiopian emperor, Haile Selassie, was out of the country, his Imperial Bodyguard took over the capital Addis Ababa and proclaimed his son the new emperor. We speak to Dr...
View ArticleA brief Facts of Oromo Protest
The protest began in November 11. The protest started in Ginchi. The protest was held in 153 different places ofthe Oromia region. 65 people killed in one week. The people took the power of the...
View ArticleEthiopia: Informed By History, Fear of Dispossession Fuels Unrest
By Dawit Endeshaw And Misganaw Getachews Residents were going about their businesses; trucks were speeding by in a hurry to get their loads in or out of Addis Abeba. The only thing appeared to have...
View ArticleBloomberg journalist William Davison, mercenary ‘journalist’, Says Oromo...
The Bloomberg reporter based in Ethiopia is accused of his latest report on the ongoing Oromo protest. The following is what the right group claims. William Davison is now openly acting as propagandist...
View ArticleEthiopia continues jailing journalists
Getachew Shiferaw, editor-in-chief of Negere Ethiopia is arrested this morning. Negere Ethiopia is Blue party’s newspaper suspended from printing house last year but continued online. The reason for...
View ArticleEU calls for peaceful dialogue to end killings in Ethiopia
The European Union (EU) calls on Ethiopian government and opposition to end peacefully through dialogue the ongoing conflicts in Oromia and Amhara regions of the country, which has caused the death of...
View ArticleEthiopian opposition figures arrested over land protests
Ethiopian police have arrested two senior opposition members on suspicion of inciting weeks of protests against government plans to set up a new economic zone near the capital that would displace...
View ArticleEthiopian opposition urges scrutiny of industrial plan
The international community needs to pressure the Ethiopian government to halt land grabs and respect human rights, an opposition party leader has said after two prominent opposition members were...
View ArticleEthiopia: Police suspects journalist Getachew Shiferaw and four others...
Court grants the police twenty eight days in the case against journalist Getachew Shiferaw and four Blue party members , Detainees to be charged with Ethiopia’s infamous Anti-Terrorism proclamation. A...
View ArticleAre armed and non-violent struggles mutually exclusive? – By Assegid Habtewold
TPLF removed its sheep clothing Many from the opposition camp figured early on the true nature of TPLF. They were skeptic about its willingness to democratize the country. In effect, they refrained...
View ArticleKing of Kings: The Triumph and Tragedy of Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
by Asfa-Wossen Asserate – review The Guardian At last, a dignified biography of one of the 20th century’s most misunderstood figures Haile Selassie, emperor of Ethiopia, in Geneva in 1935. Photograph:...
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Urgent Action! Ethiopia arrests two Journalists and Human Rights activist – AHRE
25 December 2015 Journalist Fekadu Mirkana In the last five days Ethiopia arrests two journalists in relation with the ongoing mass protest in Oromia region. Journalist Fekadu Mirkana, who works for...
View ArticleThe “End of the Story” for the T-TPLF in Ethiopia? – Alemayehu G. Mariam
The obituary and epitaph for the Thugtatorship of the Tigrean Liberation Front (T-TPLF) was written last year by Bereket Simon, the former “communication minister” and longtime sidekick of the late...
View ArticleInterview with Neamin Zeleke , the outgoing Managing Director of ESAT Dec 28...
Interview with Neamin Zeleke , the outgoing Managing Director of ESAT Dec 28 2015
View ArticleEthiopian Dam Crisis: Agreement Reached Between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan
EGYPTIAN STREETS DECEMBER 29, 2015 Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have signed an agreement aimed at curbing Egypt’salarm at the speed of which the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (‘the dam’) is being...
View ArticleEthiopia: TPLF’s tribalism policy is unfolding in front of our eyes. Showing...
By Ewnetu Sime The Tigray People Liberation Front’s (TPLF) master plan that was designed without people participation has faced strong opposition in Oromia region. For past several weeks, the vast...
View ArticleOn Eritrea, Lesson for Ethiopia from Russia-Ukraine relations
By Haile Tessema It’s not new for a country that has achieved its independence to have a hostile relation with the country it separated from. A good and most recent example of this is Ukraine, which...
View ArticleStatement by National Security Council Spokesperson Ned Price on the Arrest...
Having welcomed developments in Ethiopia earlier this year–including the release of several detained bloggers–that suggested increased protections for the fundamental right of free expression, we are...
View ArticleVideo -ESAT Tamagn Guest With Alebachewu Dessalegn Part 1 of 3 Dec 2015
ESAT Tamagn Guest With Alebachewu Dessalegn Part 1 of 3 Dec 2015 ESAT Tamagn Guest With Alebachewu Dessalegn Part 2 of 3 Dec 2015
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