Month: May 2015

Ethiopia’s discreet Hailemariam likely to return to power

Addis Ababa (AFP) – Ethiopia’s quiet premier, Hailemariam Desalegn, whose powerful party is expected to return to office in elections Sunday, is a onetime technocrat with a modern bent who was little known a few years ago. The 49-year-old Hailemariam has overseen a smooth transition in the vast Horn of Africa nation, the continent’s oldest

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Ethiopia’s election is a wake-up call on human rights and sound governance

Ethiopia’s election is a wake-up call on human rights and sound governance The international community must challenge Ethiopia’s oppressive regime by funding local human rights and democracy groups Election rally by the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) in Addis Ababa, 21 May 2015. An election rally staged by the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front

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Ethiopia’s democracy put to the test in general election

By Karim Lebhour Addis Ababa (AFP) – Ethiopia, Africa’s second-most populous country, holds general elections Sunday, the first since the death of long-time strongman Meles Zenawi whose successor Hailemariam Desalegn is seen as all but certain to stay in office. Over 36.8 million Ethiopians have registered for the polls, considered by the international community as

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Ethiopia is jailing journalists and crushing civil society activists. Why won’t the Obama administration speak up

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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Activist Death Shows Opposition Plight Before Ethiopia Vote

The mother and sister of Getahun Abraham, an Ethiopian activist who committed suicide a month before May 24 elections. Photographer: William Davison/Bloomberg By William Davison Bloomberg News A month before Ethiopia’s elections, opposition activist Getahun Abraham walked into a compound of government offices in the southern town of Gimbichu, doused his body in gasoline and

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Landslide likely for Ethiopia’s long-time rulers

Election victory for governing EPRDF a certainty, but why it will win is still subject to debate. The EPRDF’s six million plus members, huge resources and support networks give it an advantage When Ethiopia’s ruling party and its allies won 99.6 percent of the parliamentary seats in the country’s last elections five years ago, some

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Ethiopia’s ruling party flexes muscles ahead of Sunday vote

By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s ruling party wrapped up its campaign for Sunday’s election with a thunderous rally of fireworks and mock guerrilla battles, paving the way for Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn to secure a landslide victory in the Horn of Africa giant. About 30,000 government supporters waved party flags and sang

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Saudi shells hit Yemen aid office, killing five Ethiopian Refugees – local official

By Mohammed Ghobari CAIRO (Reuters) – Saudi shells hit an international humanitarian aid office in northern Yemen on Thursday, killing five Ethiopian refugees and wounding ten, a local official said. Artillery fire and air strikes hit the town of Maydee along Yemen’s border with Saudi Arabia in Hajja province, a stronghold of the Iran-allied Houthi

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