Perhaps no massive hack of a private company has been met with such glee on Twitter as the one that occurred early Monday morning. A notoriously unethical Internet security firm called “Hacking Team” itself became the target of a hacker, resulting in an outpouring of LOLz from those who enjoy a healthy dose of schadenfreude,
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The history of this country is one of eternal recurrence. The ‘national question” re-emerges where it has always been, with varying degrees of visibility: at the heart of Ethiopian political life. The so called “dominante party” steamroller has flattened everything in its way. The opposition held one seat in the outgoing parliament. It will not
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CNN We know dictatorships spy on innocent people. And now we know where they buy their tools — from a tiny Italian company in Milan. It’s called Hacking Team. And the world knows about it, because Hacking Team has been hacked. On Sunday, a massive load of stolen documents were uploaded to the Internet. It
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CNN We know dictatorships spy on innocent people. And now we know where they buy their tools — from a tiny Italian company in Milan. It’s called Hacking Team. And the world knows about it, because Hacking Team has been hacked. On Sunday, a massive load of stolen documents were uploaded to the Internet. It
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Ethiopian authorities must stop harassing two men and two women linked to the opposition Semayawi (Blue) Party, and immediately release them from detention, Amnesty International said as they were expected to face fresh charges in court today in the capital Addis Ababa. “On five separate occasions over the course of the last 10 days, three
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Transforming institutions Ethiopia’s higher-education boom built on shoddy foundations The country desperately needs new universities to drive development, but most of the 30 built in the last 15 years fall woefully short By George West Ethiopia’s higher education infrastructure has mushroomed in the last 15 years. But the institutions suffer from curricula being abandonded due
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Transforming institutions Ethiopia’s higher-education boom built on shoddy foundations The country desperately needs new universities to drive development, but most of the 30 built in the last 15 years fall woefully short By George West Ethiopia’s higher education infrastructure has mushroomed in the last 15 years. But the institutions suffer from curricula being abandonded due
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By William Davison (Bloomberg) – Two members of the Ethiopian opposition were killed this week following the beating to death of a parliamentary candidate from the Semayawi Party, Samuel Awoke, on June 15, opposition leaders said. Tadesse Abraha, an organizer for the Arena party, which is part of the Medrek opposition coalition, was assaulted on
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At least 20 people have been killed and more than 40 injured in small villages close to the Somalia and Ethiopian border, where forces from the Somali Regional State of Ethiopia and pastoralists have been fighting, an official has said. The governor of Galgadud region of Somalia, Hussein Ali Wehelie, has told local media outlets
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Ethiopia’s elections have been overshadowed by criticism of the government’s human rights record. Fair enough, it’s a poor record. But this kind of one-dimensional thinking misses the point entirely. Far from tearing Ethiopia down, we should be looking at all the things this country is doing right. By SIMON ALLISON. On Sunday, Ethiopians voted in
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