Andrew HardingAfrica correspondent It’s never an easy decision: Should I interview someone who wants to talk in public, but who knows that a word out of line could mean arrest and imprisonment? I’ve wrestled with the issue before in Myanmar, also known as Burma, Zimbabwe, Iraq and elsewhere. Ethiopian journalist Tesfalem Waldyes sat in a hotel in Addis Ababa last ... Read More »
Tag Archives: Ethiopia
U.S. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2014 – Ethiopia Published
June 25, 2015 Ethiopia is a federal republic. The ruling Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), a coalition of four ethnically based parties, controls the government. In 2012, following the death of former prime minister Meles Zenawi, parliament elected Hailemariam Desalegn as his successor. In national parliamentary elections in 2010, the EPRDF and affiliated parties won 545 of 547 seats ... Read More »
Why your next food porn will come from Ethiopia
By Colin Hancock and Daisy Carrington, for CNN Updated 1103 GMT (1803 HKT) May 1, 2015 Every week, Inside Africa takes its viewers on a journey across Africa, exploring the true diversity and depth of different cultures, countries and regions. (CNN)Ethiopian food may still be a niche cuisine across the globe, but that might not be the case for long. From Washington, D.C. to London, ... Read More »
Singer Ester Rada in touch with her Ethiopian roots
SHAWN CONNER, SPECIAL TO THE SUN 04.28.2015 Ester Rada May 2 at 8 p.m. at The Imperial Tickets: $36 adult/$25 student at chutzpahfestival.com, 604-257-5145 or 604-684-2787 Ester Rada is a singer from Israel with Ethiopian roots. Her parents fled the famine in their homeland to settle in Israel shortly before Rada was born, in 1985. From singing with a choir ... Read More »
Continued detention of Ethiopian journalists unacceptable – UN human rights experts
GENEVA (24 April 2015) – The Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, and the Special Rapporteur on freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Maina Kiai, today said the detention of the six so-called “Zone Nine” bloggers and three other journalists in Ethiopia over the past year has been “absolutely unacceptable”. The bloggers, who used an ... Read More »
Kenya’s Korir, Ethiopia’s Mengistu win Paris Marathon 2015
By RFI Kenyan and Ethiopian runners were the stars of the 39th Paris Marathon, which took place in the French capital on Sunday. Kenyan runners dominated the men’s section of this year’s Paris marathon as Mark Korir and fellow countryman Luka Kanda finished 1-2 in the prestigious event on Sunday. Seboka Tola of Ethiopia was third, while yet another Kenyan, Mike ... Read More »
Sudan election: national security bans ‘anti-election’ reporting
Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Service has banned Khartoum-based newspapers from publishing stories that criticize the elections which began today Monday. A source told Radio Tamazuj that chief editors of all newspapers received strict orders from the security on Saturday not to report any anti-election stories or low turnout during the voting process. Any newspaper reporting on the electoral process ... Read More »
Ethiopia’s ‘Iron Lion Zion’ cats fading fast
10 March 2015 – 07H25 HOLETA (ETHIOPIA) (AFP) - Ethiopia’s black-maned lions once represented a former emperor, “Lion of Judah” Haile Selassie, and were immortalised in a song by reggae legend Bob Marley. Today, they struggle for survival. A booming human population, widespread habitat destruction and growing livestock numbers mean the animal that once graced Ethiopia’s flag — and is still ... Read More »