Foreign Policy Journal By Fikrejesus Amahazion Several weeks ago, Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn conducted an interview in which he threatened northern neighbor, Eritrea. Desalegn warned that Ethiopia has shifted its policy towards Eritrea, and is now determined to unseat Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki by force. The interview was quickly followed by news that
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By Alastair Crooke The World Post (AP)BEIRUT — The dramatic arrival of Da’ish (ISIS) on the stage of Iraq has shocked many in the West. Many have been perplexed — and horrified — by its violence and its evident magnetism for Sunni youth. But more than this, they find Saudi Arabia’s ambivalence in the face
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VOA Marthe van der Wolf ADDIS ABABA—This month, Ethiopian officials shut down five magazines — the latest in a series of shutdowns — but the move got little attention from outside the country. The East African country is well known for suppressing the media, but some cases seem to get celebrity status while others are
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Standard Media BY KIPCHUMBA SOME GARISSA COUNT:On the afternoon of June 9, an unlikely incident in Garrissa helped to reveal the faces and reasons behind a spate of mysterious killings that have rocked the county. That afternoon, a man approached Hassan Yusuf Intabur in his shop on Guled Street in Garissa Town, pulled out a
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(ዘ-ሐበሻ) የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ አርበኞች ግንባር፣ ግንቦት 7 የፍትህ የነፃነትና የዲሞክራሲ ንቅናቄ እንዲሁም የአማራ ዲሞክራሲ ሃይሎች ንቅናቄ ወደ ውህደት የሚያደርሳቸውን ውይይት ሊጀምሩ መሆኑን ለዘ-ሐበሻ በላኩት መግለጫ አስታወቁ። “የወያኔውን ዕድሜ ለማሳጠር በአንድነት እንሰራለን” በሚል ድርጅቶቹ በጋራ ባወጡት መግለጫ “ኢትዮጵያንና ሕዝቧን ካሉባት አዘቅት በማውጣት ሕዝቡ የስልጣን ባለቤት የሚሆንበትን ሁኔታ ለማመቻቸት የጋራ ትግልና መስዋዕትነት የግድ የሚለን ድረጃ መድረሳችንን የወያኔውን
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By Zone9 ‹‹ይድረስ ላንቺ›› ተፃፈ ከስድስተኛ ተከሳሽ በዘላለም ክብረት ወዳጄ ልቤ ከቶ እንደምንድን ነሽ? እውን እኔና አንቺ በአለም ስንኖር ሌላ የመገናኛ ዘዴ አጥተን ወደ snail mail እንመላለሳለን ብለሽ አስበሽ ታውቂያለሽ? ለማንኛውም እንዲህ ሆነ፡፡ ጥጋበኛ ሰው ያስቀናኝ ጀምሮልሻል፣ ጥጋበኛ እንዲህ የሚለው ትዝ አለኝ፡፡ ‹‹ ….ደብዳቤ ቢጽፉት እንደ ቃል አይሆንም፣ እንገናኝ እና ልንገርሽ ሁሉንም….›› የደላው! ቢያሻው
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CPJ By Tom Rhodes/CPJ East Africa Representative Five independent magazines and a weekly newspaper have been charged by Ethiopia’s Justice Ministry, a move that may add to the long lists of shuttered publications and Ethiopian journalists in exile. In a press release issued August 4, the ministry accused the journals of publishing false information, inciting violence, and
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Reporters Without Borders The three journalists are Tesfalem Waldyes, Edom Kasaye and Asmamaw Hailegiorgis, and the six bloggers – all members of the Zone 9 collective – Atnaf, Mahlet, Befekadu, Abel, Natnail and Zelalem. Reporters sans Frontières (Paris) Three journalists and six bloggers who have been held for the past five months were denied bail by a federal
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By Alemayehu G Mariam This commentary, perhaps confession is a better descriptor, has been long in coming. Why have I written lengthy weekly Monday commentaries for hundreds of weeks without missing a single week? Why are my “commentaries so long”? Why am I so critical of the ruling regime in Ethiopia and hypercritical of the
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By Alemayehu G Mariam This commentary, perhaps confession is a better descriptor, has been long in coming. Why have I written lengthy weekly Monday commentaries for hundreds of weeks without missing a single week? Why are my “commentaries so long”? Why am I so critical of the ruling regime in Ethiopia and hypercritical of the
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