By Rodney Muhumuza | AP KAMPALA, Uganda — Five Ethiopian dissident groups in exile said they have formed an alliance to bring a change of government back home, describing Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn’s government as oppressive. The new group is called the People’s Alliance for Freedom and Democracy, according to a joint statement issued Friday in Oslo,
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Washington wants a stable partner in the Horn of Africa. But cozying up to the repressive regime in Addis Ababa isn’t the way to go about finding one. BY JEFFREY SMITH, MOHAMMED ADEMO Obama Should Stay Away from Ethiopia Later this month, President Barack Obama will become the first sitting United States president to ever
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Washington wants a stable partner in the Horn of Africa. But cozying up to the repressive regime in Addis Ababa isn’t the way to go about finding one. BY JEFFREY SMITH, MOHAMMED ADEMO Obama Should Stay Away from Ethiopia Later this month, President Barack Obama will become the first sitting United States president to ever
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Even hackers get hacked. Hacking Team, the Italian company that sells intrusion and surveillance tools to governments and law enforcement agencies, including to Ethiopian National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) has been hacked in a massive way. The company is now being ridiculed and humiliated on the internet as the Hacked Team. The hackers released
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Even hackers get hacked. Hacking Team, the Italian company that sells intrusion and surveillance tools to governments and law enforcement agencies, including to Ethiopian National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) has been hacked in a massive way. The company is now being ridiculed and humiliated on the internet as the Hacked Team. The hackers released
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By Tadeos Daniel This write-up was primarily motivated by the appalling action the Addis Ababa University (AAU) senior leadership took against two notable academics, namely, Drs. Merera Gudina and Dagnachew Assefa. The former, a prominent opposition political figure, has been teaching at AAU for over 25 years while the latter, a vocal critique of the
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Authors: Claire Lauterbach German surveillance technology company Trovicor played a central role in expanding the Ethiopian government’s communications surveillance capacities, according to a joint investigation by Privacy International and netzpolitik.org. The company, formerly part of Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), provided equipment to Ethiopia’s National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) in 2011 and offered to massively
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By ANTHONY LONETREE , STAR TRIBUNE Abdi Mohamed Omar drew a large Minneapolis crowd, but opponents denounced him. Spirited voices of protest rang out in downtown Minneapolis Sunday as an Ethiopian government leader prepared to address thousands of local supporters about the economic transformation of his country’s Somali region. Attendees making their way into Minneapolis
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This Week on the Frontiers: Ethiopia’s Appeal Grows By DAN KEELER Ethiopia has been generating a great deal of interest from potential investors. At a PAN Africa Network event in New York this week, panelist John Saunders said U.S. investors on a recent African tour singled out Ethiopia as a country that has positive fundamentals
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By Graham Peebles As the Ethiopian government intensifies its violent suppression of the populace in the lead up to the illusion of national elections in May, there are many within the country and in the diaspora who believe a popular armed uprising is the only way to bring about change in the country. The people’s
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