Tag Archives: Berhanu Nega

Ethiopian Abebe Gellaw: The journalist who silenced the tyrant

January 9, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Hilina Taye There is no doubt that 2012 was one of the most memorable years in our history. We witnessed high dramas, an unforgettable protest, a tyrant’s global hide-and-seek game, the elite’s wailing and cries, a mass hysteria, a … read more »

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Ethiopia: wild celebrations as news of the formation of a crack guerrilla group reach South Africa!

December 23, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

(By Getahune Bekele, Johannesburg) “Tekebresh yenorshiw babatochachin dem,” Enat Ethiopia yedeferesh yewdem,”the patriotic song madefamous bythe incomparable Ethiopian singer Shambel Belayneh was oneveryone’s lips on Saturday morning 21 December 2012, when the Horn Times visited the bustling GP street in … read more »

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Tyrant Dictators are problems and not part of the solution

February 24, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Wondimu Mekonnen, London Ethiopians living in London came out in unison to protest against The Prime Misery of Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi, upon his arrival to sit among delegates coming from over 40 countries to take part in Somalia[1] Conference. Although … read more »

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Deutsche Welle (Ethiopia): A Disgrace to Press Freedom?

February 20, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Alemayehu G. Mariam In a memorandum sent to Deutsche Welle’s (DW) [Germany's international broadcaster] “correspondents outside Ethiopia” in late 2010, Ludger Schadomsky, editor-in-chief of DW’s Amharic program, blasted “ethiomedia and similar sites by extension” as a “disgrace” to press freedom. … read more »

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Schadomsky’s censorship as a tacit approval of tyranny

January 19, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

In my previous article – Forced Indoctrination – I made the following remark in relation to Mr. Schadomsky, editor-in-chief of Deutsche Welle Amharic Radio Program: “It is unbelievable that some individuals even in the voice of America and the Deutsche … read more »

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Ethiopia: Negasso and EPRDF: The Inside Story

August 2, 2011 by benim

Book publishing had its golden age in the ’60s and ’70s. So did theate 1 Month Break Up Your Girlfriend Is Still Holding You Back r. The singular genius of Tsegaye Gebre-Medhin, whose magnificent adaptations of Shakespearean plays are arguably the … read more »

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Ethiopia: VOA is Not Voice of Zenawi

August 1, 2011 by benim

VOA is the Voice of America. It is emphatically not the VOZ (Voice of Zenawi) or anyone else. Thus spoke VOA Acting Director Steve Redisch responding to the firestorm of controversy surrounding revelations of a blacklist of critics drawn up … read more »

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Wikileaks: Controversy over Ethiopian Seye and Berhanu

December 10, 2010 by benim

The excision of entire passages from a leaked US embassy cable on Seye Abraha, a former Defense Minister turned opposition politician, and Berhanu Nega, a former mayor-elect turned leader of a clandestine opposition based in the US, has stirred bewilderment … read more »

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