Mar 28, 2014 By Jeremy Wagstaff SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Twenty-one of the world’s top-25 news organizations have been the target of likely state-sponsored hacking attacks, according to research by two Google security engineers. While many internet users face attacks via…
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26 March 2014 Human Rights Watch press release Abeba, a 31-year-old Muslim woman who worked for a local government branch of Ethiopia’s youth and sports office, was at work when Ethiopian security officials detained her and took her to a…
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MARCH 25, 2014 “They Know Everything We Do” The Ethiopian government is using control of its telecom system as a tool to silence dissenting voices. The foreign firms that are providing products and services that facilitate Ethiopia’s illegal surveillance are…
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BY JAMES JEFFREY, 13 MARCH 2014 DW Two aid workers from Germany’s GIZ are now nurturing start-ups in the Ethiopian capital – from a text messaging service for job seekers to bamboo ramps for skateboarders. The offices of start-up hub…
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11 March 2014 SatLink Communications, a teleport, Content Management & HD Playout Centre, has nnounced that SatLink has been selected by the Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency (ERTA) for the global distribution of its ETV news channel. The Ethiopian Government…
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March 10, 2014 The New Yorker POSTED BY JOSHUA KOPSTEIN Before Edward Snowden sparked a global debate about government surveillance, it was a fact of life for Tadesse Kersmo. During Ethiopia’s national elections, in 2005, he and his wife campaigned for…
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By: Apa March 7, 2014 Copyright : APA The Ethiopian government said it has spent $55 million to expand the capacity of its aviation academy from 200 trainees to over a 1,000 within the last two years with a plan to…
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Telegraph The Solara 50 can carry up to 100kg of equipment and operate continuously for up to five years thanks to large solar panels Photo: Titan Aerospace By Matthew Sparkes 05 Mar 2014 Facebook is in negotiations to buy a drone manufacturer…
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February 27, 2014 Tigre Liberation Front’s no-holds-barred electronic espionage in the United States February 2014 Authors: Bill Marczak, Claudio Guarnieri, Morgan Marquis-Boire, and John Scott-Railton. This post is the first in a series of posts that focus on the global proliferation and…
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By Dave Lee BBC News Networks most at threat are small businesses and home users, researchers said A computer virus that can spread via wi-fi like a “common cold” has been created by researchers in Liverpool. In densely populated areas…
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