Ethiopia: Has Meles Gone AWOL?
By ALEMAYEHU G.MARIAM (Prof.)  What happens when a “prime minister†goes AWOL? That is, absent without constitutional leave of absence.  Dictator Meles Zenawi has disappeared from public view for several weeks now. He was last seen in public on June 19 at the G20 Summit in Mexico. His disappearing act has provided more grist for […]
Read More →Post-Meles Possible Scenarios By Messay Kebede
By Messay Kebede – The trouble with tyranny and personalized power is that institutional mechanisms of power transfer do not work. In most cases, such mechanisms exist and are enshrined in written and exalted constitutions. Nonetheless, to the extent that tyranny and the exercise of arbitrary power irreparably tarnish them, institutions do not command any […]
Read More →Ethiopia Bans Newspaper After Stories On Meles Illness, Protests
An Ethiopian court banned distribution of a newspaper that published front-page articles about Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s health and protests by Muslims in the capital, Addis Ababa, the government said. Editors from the weekly Feteh newspaper may face criminal charges because of national security concerns, State Minister of Justice Berhanu Tsegaye said in a phone interview today. […]
Read More →Ethiopian weekly blocked for reporting on Meles’ health
Nairobi, July 23, 2012–Ethiopian authorities blocked the publication of a prominent independent newspaper over the weekend in connection with its stories on the health of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, according to local journalists.
Read More →Ethiopia and Eritrea: Rising Tensions Amid New Opportunities for Engagement
by Jason Mosley, Associate Fellow, Africa Programme The latest report from the United Nations Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea has stirred tensions between Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia. Eritrea has seized on a selective reading of the report to call for the lifting of UN imposed sanctions, a call already rebuffed by the Monitoring Group’s Coordinator. […]
Read More →London 2012: Lesotho’s athletes hope Olympics will put kingdom on the map They’re unlikely to win any medals but Lesotho’s tiny team are happy just to compete – and maybe make their country proud
At this time of year a chill wind chases through the snow-crowned mountains of Lesotho. The plains below are a medley of browns and yellows where the setting sun casts long shadows. Wrapped against the winter cold in traditional Basotho blankets, some workers still journey by donkey and toil the land by hand. This is an […]
Read More →Ethiopian blogger Eskinder Nega jailed for 18 years
BBC Â Eskinder Nega was arrested after publishing a column questioning the arrests of some journalists Continue reading the main story Related Stories Ethiopia profile Donor darling: What Ethiopian poll can teach Africa ‘Why I took up arms against Ethiopia’ A prominent Ethiopian journalist and blogger has been sentenced to 18 years in jail for […]
Read More →Supporting stability, abetting repression
By TOBIAS HAGMANN (New York Times) BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA — Next time I travel to Ethiopia, I may be arrested as a terrorist. Why? Because I have published articles about Ethiopian politics. I wrote a policy report on Ethiopia’s difficulties with federalism. I gave a talk in which I questioned Ethiopia’s May 2010 elections, in which […]
Read More →Exciting period of reconstruction without Zenawi By Robele Ababya
The stunning ESFNA Triumph The TPLF captured power in 1991 with its hidden policy of exclusivity in the exercise of that power. The acronym EPRDF was and is now merely a sugar coat encapsulating the poison of everything evil detrimental to the existence of Ethiopia in a harmonious and tolerant social environment in unity in […]
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