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Imprisoned Ethiopian Journalist Win the 2013 UNESCO-World Press Freedom Prize

April 26, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Betre Yacob Imprisoned Ethiopian journalist Reeyot Alemu has won the 2013 UNESCO-Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. She is given the prize in recognition of her “exceptional courage, resistance and commitment” to freedom of expression. According to UNESCO’s news … read more »

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Ethiopia: Anti Amhara crime perpetrators should face justice

April 18, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

One may ask why rulers commit genocide, crimes against humanity, and ethnic cleansing on the very people they rule. Although nothing would justify, heinous rulers always provide bizarre and incomprehensible justifications. The tyrants in Ethiopia, for example, say Amharas were … read more »

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Ethiopia’s Quest for Deeper Water

April 4, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Giordano Cossu GOGTI, Ethiopia—The dry season is at its peak in the Somali Region of Ethiopia, and due to scarcer rains, a new food and water emergency looms. With the 2011 famine in memory, the Ethiopian government, the people, … read more »

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UN Secretary-General appoints Tegegnework Gettu of Ethiopia as new Under-Secretary-General of DGACM

March 29, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Source: UN News Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Tegegnework Gettu of Ethiopia as the new Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management (DGACM), it was announced today. With about 1,200 staff at United Nations Headquarters in New York and 2,200 … read more »

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“Super spy Debretsion Gebremicael is my father’s worst nightmare.” Johanna Hailemariam confeses

March 19, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

(By Getahune Bekele, South Africa) First she was enraptured by the magnificence of the official residence of the Prime Minister of Ethiopia. But now she curses the day they moved in there. She started by Watching her father, Prime Minister … read more »

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Oromo Studies Association’s (OSA’s) Appeal Letter to the President of Addis Ababa University

March 15, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

OromoStudies.org March 13, 2013 Open Letter to: Dr. Admasu Tsegaye President, Addis Ababa University P.O.Box 1176 Email: commoffice@aau.edu.et Tel: 251 111 239705 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Dear President Admasu: On behalf of the Oromo Studies Association (OSA), a scholarly organization that … read more »

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Ethiopia: Academic Institutions Are Meant to Teach; Not to Serve As Political Tools

March 6, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) strongly condemns the academic dismissals and suspensions of ten students of Addis Ababa University from their studies on February 21, 2013 upon their return to the University to resume their … read more »

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Ethiopia: Changes without Improvements

February 18, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

HRLHA is a non-political organization (with the UN Economic and Social Council – (ECOSOC) Consultative Status) which attempts to challenge abuses of human rights of the people of various nations and nationalities in the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia: Changes without … read more »

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Ethiopia: PM Haile Mariam Desalegn: Where’s the Political Reform?

February 3, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Ewnetu Sime Mr. Haile Mariam Desalegn, the new PM, marks 100 plus days in office and brought frustration to all pro-democracy campaigners starting from his first exclusive interview with Peter Heinlein the Voice of America – VOA news correspondent. … read more »

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20th ORDINARY SESSION OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE AFRICAN UNION LIVE

January 27, 2013 by IndepthAfrica
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Profile: The Newly-elected African Union Chairman Ethiopia’s Hailemariam Desalegn

January 27, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegnwas was elected as the new rotating chairperson of the African Union (AU) at the opening ceremony of the 20th AU Summit held here on Sunday. Desalegnwas has become Prime Minister of Ethiopia after the former … read more »

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Ethiopia: Henok Semaegzer – A reporter or a spin doctor?

January 17, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Ewnetu Tessema There is probably no reporter in VOA Amharic service’s history, save Mimi Sibhatu, whose dubious and deliberately manipulative reporting skills have raised eyebrows and controversies as much as those of Henok Semaegzer Fente. Some of Ethiopia’s well-known … read more »

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Ethiopia: A time to heal, a time to reconcile

January 14, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Alemayehu G Mariam   Last week The Reporter reported :   An ethnic-based conflict between Addis Ababa University (AAU) students following derogatory graffiti posted on toilet-walls and library walls has left half a dozen students with severe injuries while … read more »

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The role of higher education and Ethiopia

January 10, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Yilma Bekele My beautiful and brilliant niece graduated from college a few days ago. We are all proud and happy with her accomplishment. It gave the whole family an opportunity to get together. Believe me the festival was preserved … read more »

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Ethiopia 2013: Year of the Cheetah Generation By Alemayehu G. Mariam

January 7, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

“The Cheetah Generation refers to the new and angry generation of young African graduates and professionals, who look at African issues and problems from a totally different and unique perspective. They are dynamic, intellectually agile, and pragmatic. They may be … read more »

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Ethiopians in the Middle East

January 5, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Teklu Abate (PhD) Introduction Twenty years ago, my cousin returned from the Middle East totally incapacitated, physically as well as psychologically. I recall that people were talking about her doomsday, that she threw herself down from her employer’s many-storey … read more »

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Ethiopia: Over 20 injured during ethnic clashes between Addis Ababa University students

January 3, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Protest sparked at the College of Natural Sciences, Arat Kilo Campus of the Addis Ababa University. According to our sources in Addis Ababa, The main cause of the protest is due to an ethnic derogatory poster against Oromo-ethnic students placed … read more »

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Ethiopia: Academic Sexuality

December 27, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

y Getachew T. Alemu, Addis Fortune (Addis Ababa) column My memories of university life contain lots of adventures. They encompass both good and bad experiences. I would say, however, that it was the most apolitical phase of my life. I was … read more »

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High Hopes for Ethiopia’s Rising Classical Music Stars

December 25, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Borja Santos Porras, RNW Addis Ababa — One evening last month, the sounds of classical Spain could be heard in an unlikely place: the Ethiopian National Theatre in Addis Ababa. Onstage were the talented students of the Yared School, … read more »

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Ethiopia moving to address doctor shortage; critics say corners being cut

December 21, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

PRI’s The World Dame Endalew is in his final year at St. Paul’s Medical College in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (Photo by Anders Kelto.) Ethiopia has struggled with a shortage of qualified doctors for years. In an effort to resolve that, … read more »

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Ethiopia: The out of reach growth

December 19, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Getachew Qannoo My father lives in a small town located in Illubabor, Ethiopia where he works as an elementary school teacher. I check in routinely and this last time he responded in his usual manner, “Waaqayoo ha ulfaatu”(May God … read more »

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Convening in Addis Ababa of a Colloquium on Border Governance

December 3, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

The Commission of the African Union (AU) and the Addis Ababa University, through the Institute for Peace and Security Studies – IPSS, concluded, today, 1 December 2012, in Addis Ababa, a colloquium on “Border Governance for African integration. The colloquium, … read more »

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Alert! Agent of the Human Rights Abusers seek Accreditation

October 14, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

by Wondimu Mekonnen Prof. Mesfin Woldemariam On 10th October 1991, few months after the TPLF/EPRDF led rebel (terror[i]) group took over the power in Addis Ababa, Prof. Mesfin Woldemariam, a retired Professor of Addis Ababa University saw how the new … read more »

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Ethiopian Politicians on Trial for Terrorism

January 9, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Two politicians who had been rising stars in Ethiopia’s ethnic Oromo opposition movement have pleaded “not guilty” to terrorism charges in Addis Ababa on Monday. Bekele Gerba and Olbana Lelisa appeared in federal court to hear charges accusing them of … read more »

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Is Ethiopian Airlines Anti-Oromo?

August 3, 2011 by benim

My name is Dirribi Demissie Bokku. I am president of Mecha -Tulama Association. In this capacity I was imprisoned for three years because we protested against the removal of Oromia’s capital from Finfinne. Prior to my imprisonment I was employed … read more »

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Organization Pushing for Local Adoptions in Ethiopia

July 20, 2011 by benim

It has repeatedly been said that one of the greatest problems that Ethiopia is facing as a nation is the Orphan Crisis. According to one statistics, of the estimated 143 million orphans worldwide 5.5 million live in Ethiopia. KIDMIA foundation … read more »

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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak to visit Ethiopia

June 27, 2011 by benim

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak will visit Ethiopia on July 8 according to media reports from South Korea. This will be the first visit to Ethiopia by South Korean President in nearly 30 years. President Lee will meet with Ethiopian … read more »

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Airline: flights disrupted by E. Africa ash cloud

June 14, 2011 by benim

An Ethiopian Airlines spokesman said an East African volcanic ash cloud disrupted several flights on Tuesday, and an Ethiopian scientific official said the cloud has reached as far as southern Egypt and Sudan. Ethiopian Airlines spokesman Getachew Tesfa said flights … read more »

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