Map: The 54 countries that helped the CIA with its torture-linked rendition program By Max Fisher ,vox.com The CIA torture program was even bigger than the details released in the Senate Intelligence Committee torture report might suggest. The reason is that the CIA didn’t just have its own torture program, run out of its “black
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By Daniel Teferra (PhD)* Ethiopia has been borrowing billions of dollars for infrastructure projects. What is the cost of all this spending? The cost is measured in terms of the alternative projects that could have been undertaken with the borrowed money. Eliminating the threat of famine in Ethiopia tops the list of these foregone opportunities.
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By ቴዎድሮስ ተ/አረጋይ ማለዳ ፌስቡክ እንዴት አደረ? ብዬ ስከፍት የተዋናይት ሜሮን ጌትነትን ለወሊድ አሜሪካ ልትሄድ መሆኑን አንብቤ ቴዲ አፍሮ ትዝ አለኝ ። የሜሮን አይገርምም ። አሁን ልጆቻቸው ኢትዮጵያ እንዲወለዱ የሚፈቅዱ ወላጆች ጥቂት ወይም እዚያ የመውለድ እድሉ የሌላቸው ናቸው ። የባለሀብት ፣ የባለስልጣን ፣ የፓይለት ፣ የሆስቴስ ፣ ወዘተ ልጆች አሜሪካ ነው በብዛት የሚወለዱት ። ለብዙዎች
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AFP WASHINGTON, DC – Internet freedom suffered this year as a growing number of countries stepped up efforts to spy on users and censor online postings, a global survey showed Thursday. The report by the non-government watchdog group Freedom House said online freedom declined in 36 of 65 countries surveyed. In some cases, governments use
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By Ben Rawlence Few political rights exist in Ethiopia and even fewer voices criticise the government. The right to remain silent is one liberty not denied to critics of the Ethiopian government. Most other political entitlements have vanished. This explains the puzzle of Ethiopia’s invisible political opposition: it is so battered and brutalised, tattered and
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By Andualem Sisay, The East African From thousands of kilometres of railways and highways to mega dams to tens of thousands of partially government-sponsored houses to cobblestone roads, Ethiopia is a nation under-construction. About a fifth of the 10.3 per cent growth registered in the 2013/14 budget year was attributable to construction activity, according to
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Financial Times By Javier Blas Every country tapping the global sovereign bond market details the dangers investors face in its prospectus, often in a boilerplate section enumerating possible problems – such as fiscal deficits or taxation issues – that is largely ignored. But the document sent by Ethiopia to international investors ahead of its foray
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The Oakland Institute Is H&M turning a blind eye to land grabs in Ethiopia? TV4 does an investigation into H&M’s cotton sourcing from Ethiopia and discovers the disturbing truth.
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By Solomon G.S. In today’s Ethiopia, not only are the liberties of citizens trampled by the regime, but the rank of the destitute is increasing at a high rate. It is simply impossible for a citizen of the country to think that they have inviolable rights as human beings, that their moral worth and dignity
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By M.H. Idriss, M.D. On a bright monday morning, I was breezing through my routine lecture for a group of medical students spending a few weeks of clinical training in the hospital I work at. As I began the last part of my lecture detailing the treatment of a common disease, I popped a question
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