Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Ethiopia is one of Africa’s fastest growing economies with GDP growth of 10.3% in 2014. Coupled with a population of over 90 million, this is prompting many consumer-focused companies to look at Ethiopia with fresh eyes. How we made it in Africa spoke to Addis Alemayehou, managing partner of Ethiopian advertising agency
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A studious former academic said to lack charisma finds himself both branded an autocrat and praised as a steady hand. Hailemariam was initially seen by analysts as a compromise and placeholder candidate who would do as he was told [Al Jazeera] It must be tough to be barely a few weeks into a new job
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In July 2012, an Ethiopian court charged the prominent journalist Eskinder Nega with conspiring to commit terrorist acts. He was sentenced to 18 years in prison under a broad and ill-defined law. His crime? Writing about the Arab Spring and calling for peaceful protests. A frequent critic of the government and a prominent journalist, Nega
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Ethiopian journalist Simegnish “Lily” Mengesha (R) sits with President Obama during a round table with persecuted journalist for World Press Freedom Day at the White House in Washington, DC, May 1, 2015. JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images By Terrence Lyons Originally Published in the Washington Post Ethiopia, Washington’s security partner and Africa’s second most populous country, is
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Ethiopia is a valuable partner in a critical region, from peacekeeping to fighting al-Shabab to pursuing peace in South Sudan. Ethiopia, among the world’s fastest-growing economies, has made significant progress toward its Millennium Development Goals. But stability, security and economic development are sustainable only with the development of democratic values. Ethiopia has a long road
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Since the last election, the ruling party has exerted more control and increased its repression of basic liberties. Felix Horne is a Horn of Africa researcher at Human Rights Watch. This is what an election campaign looks like in Ethiopia, where the ruling coalition took 99.6 percent of parliamentary seats in the last national elections,
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The tragic but fleeting headlines about the plight of Ethiopian migrants in Libya, Yemen and South Africa have shadowed another more consequential event: Ethiopia’s parliamentary elections, slated to take place in less than a month on May 24. This will be Ethiopia’s first vote without Meles Zenawi, the country’s leader of two decades, who died
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By Editorial Board ETHIOPIA’S ELECTIONS, scheduled for May 24, are shaping up to be anything but democratic. A country that has often been held up as a poster child for development has been stifling civic freedoms and systematically cracking down on independent journalism for several years. It was consequently startling to hear the State Department’s
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Yikanu Yelma, mother of Ethiopian blogger Soliyana Shimeles, had her home searched after Shimeles was charged in absentia for her role in the Zone 9 blog. Human rights and press-freedom advocates say the arrests demonstrate a crackdown on critics of the government. Photograph: Simona Foltyn/Washington Post Group calling for greater rights and democracy faces terrorism
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By Mohammed Ademo US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman spoke in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on April 16. Sherman praised Ethiopian ‘democracy’ despite US assessments of the oppressive government. During a press briefing in Addis Ababa on April 16, US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman praised Ethiopia as
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