By Tewodros Abebe, Accokeek The Feb. 9 editorial “Ethiopia’s stifled press” raised fundamental issues of human rights, democracy and governance. The journalists and bloggers languishing in prison committed no crime except to criticize the ruling party. If the government of Ethiopia is concerned for its citizens, as a spokesman asserted in a Feb. 13 letter
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Mainstream rappers embrace the country’s dominant language while trying not to upset the government By James Jeffrey ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopian rapper DJ Same took out a smartphone and played a clip of a man proclaiming passionately in a traditional Amharic style called fukera, used during feudal militaristic times to rouse the populace to
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Al Jazeera – The Stream: Ethiopia’s media war:
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By ALEX DE WAAL, NYTimes Credit Anthony Russo On one of the last occasions an Egyptian president visited Addis Ababa, he got no further than the road from the airport: In 1995 the motorcade of President Hosni Mubarak came under fire from Egyptian jihadists. Mr. Mubarak was saved by his bulletproof car, his driver’s skill and
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By ALEX DE WAAL, NYTimes Credit Anthony Russo On one of the last occasions an Egyptian president visited Addis Ababa, he got no further than the road from the airport: In 1995 the motorcade of President Hosni Mubarak came under fire from Egyptian jihadists. Mr. Mubarak was saved by his bulletproof car, his driver’s skill and
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Artist Akon talks about being an African in the US TALK TO AL JAZEERA The Senegalese-American recording artist talks frankly about US race relations, “rebranding” Africa, and his music. Senegalese-American artist Akon is a five-time Grammy nominee who has sold over 35 million records worldwide, and has collaborated with some of the biggest names in
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መትፋት ያስነውራል አስፋ ጫቦ መግቢያ 1) ESAT tv ላይ በሰጠሁት ቃለ ምልልስ ምክንያት እዚህ Facebook የሚባለው ላይ ያገኘሁት ምላሽ ፈጽሞ በህልሜም በውኔም ልገምተው ከምችለውና ከማስበው በላይና ውጭ ሆነበኝ። “ጋሽ አስፋ ፤ዩኒቭርስቲ ታማሪ ሆኜ፤ ወጣት እያለሁ፤ አመለካከቴን የቀረጽክልኝ፤ ያሰፋህልኝ፤አገሬን እንደገና ልብ እንድላት ያደርግህ አንተ ነህ …”የሚሉ ናቸው። ጋሼ ስለሚሉኝ ዕድሜያቸውን በ35 ና በ45 መካከል መደብኩት። ዛሬ
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By Yilma Bekele I am thinking you must have read my last report on Ethiopian helicopters that made an unauthorized trip to Eritrea. I felt I left the story hanging out there and it is not just fair to my readers not having a closure on the subject. Some might say why dwell on that
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By Yilma Bekele I am thinking you must have read my last report on Ethiopian helicopters that made an unauthorized trip to Eritrea. I felt I left the story hanging out there and it is not just fair to my readers not having a closure on the subject. Some might say why dwell on that
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By Jeffrey Cavanaugh As a frontier market, the countries of Africa represent both tremendous opportunities and tremendous risks. On the risk side of the ledger are all the usual complications of international trade and investment compounded by the problems inherent in a developing, emergent continental market consisting of 54 countries and 1.1 billion people –
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