Let Me Hear Your Truth Chaala Hailu Abata, an Ethiopian poet who was imprisoned… The Dissident Blog
May 3 2019 Published by Swedish PEN • Since 2011 Let Me Hear Your Truth Chaala Hailu Abata, an Ethiopian poet who was imprisoned and tortured in his country of origin for writing poetry critical of the regime, lives in safety in Sweden today. But his thoughts remain back in Ethiopia with the oppressed Oromo […]
Open letter to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia Solomon Hailemariam, author and… The Dissident Blog
May 3 2019 Open letter to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia Solomon Hailemariam, author and founder of PEN Ethiopia, had to leave his homeland Ethiopia in 2015, after repeated attacks on himself and the organization. He now lives in exile in Canada, and serves as chairman of PEN Ethiopia. In an open letter to Prime […]
The Dawn is Not Here In 2011, award-winning Ethiopian journalist Reeyot Alemu was… The Dissident Blog
May 3 2019 The Dawn is Not Here In 2011, award-winning Ethiopian journalist Reeyot Alemu was sentenced to fourteen years in prison for her writing, on an accusation of “terrorism”. Her crime was having written critical texts on political and social issues, focusing on poverty and equality. She spent five years in the infamous Kality prison. […]
Journalism in Ethiopia: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Woubshet Taye Abebe is an… The Dissident Blog
Published by Swedish PEN • Since 2011 Journalism in Ethiopia: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Woubshet Taye Abebe is an Ethiopian journalist and writer. Prior to being convicted, along with three other journalists, under the Ethiopian terror act in 2011, he served as editor-in-chief of the Awramba Times, among other posts. He now works for the […]
The Emperor’s New Clothes Gezahegn Mekonnen is an Ethiopian journalist and… The Dissident Blog
May 3 2019 Issue special The Unsung Heroes of Ethiopia Contents Texts about Hope There is Hope Now Lena Bezawork Grönlund was born in 1975 in Addis Abeba and was… The Booksellers on the Street Mohammed Selman is a journalist and freelance writer… Salt and Metal The metallic taste of clotted blood, like the salt […]
Case of Ethiopian engineer detained in China is raised by PM Abiy Ahmed in meeting with Xi – SupChina
“We’re living in fear for my sister’s life,” says sister of 27-year-old Nazrawit Abera, who has been held since last December on drug trafficking charges that her family — and 180,000 petition signatories — believe to be false. Fatima Qureshi May 2, 2019 Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed raised attention to an individual case of […]
Ethiopia, China sign agreement to partner on investments in mega power projects – Energy Mix Report
May 2, 2019 Ethiopia and China have signed a partnership agreement to invest in energy transmission and distribution lines for the nation’s mega projects. The project will build power transmission and distribution lines to 16 industrial parks, part of the Meqelle to Djibouti railway line and to other cities in the country. The agreement was […]
Turkey-Ethiopia joint venture opens new cable plant – Anadolu Agency
May 2, 2019 Ethiopia and China have signed a partnership agreement to invest in energy transmission and distribution lines for the nation’s mega projects. The project will build power transmission and distribution lines to 16 industrial parks, part of the Meqelle to Djibouti railway line and to other cities in the country. The agreement was […]
Ethiopia receives praise for improving media conditions – Anadolu Agency
‘I hope Ethiopia will be ranked in the top 20 for press freedom,’ says UN agency head Addis Getachew Tadesse | 02.05.2019 null ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia The head of a UN agency said Thursday she hopes Ethiopia will leap next year into a top spot for press freedom. “I hope Ethiopia will be ranked […]
Ethiopia: Ethiopian Airlines Wins Best On Board Experience Abuja Transport Summit – Leadership (Abuja)
By Ejike Ejike Ethiopian Airlines, the largest Aviation Group in Africa has been awarded as the best on Board Experience from the Tourism and Transport Summit and Expo 2019 which held at the International Conference Center, Abuja. The event organized by the Institute for Tourism Practitioners and others, also saw other awardees like the Minister […]