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Leaked: RSF’s internal memo insists Ethiopia banned Skype

‘RSF (Reporter sans Frontière/Reporter without Borders) is a cautious organization, this is an exceptional case’, I claimed whenever I bumped…

Monday, June 25, 2012 @ 12:54 am

State Minister of Government Communications, Shimeles Kemal, gave further clarifications on Friday (June 22) in a press conference to local…

Saturday, June 23, 2012 @ 12:29 am

"Skype and similar activities are not banned in Ethiopia. There is no law that prohibits or restricts their utilization here…

Thursday, June 21, 2012 @ 10:39 pm

The world wide web was awash with news reports of alleged ban of VOIP services by Ethiopian in the past…

Sunday, June 17, 2012 @ 6:16 pm

Unlike the local media, the World Wide Web had a stream of updates on Ethiopia’s potash reserves for about a…

Wednesday, June 13, 2012 @ 1:41 am

The state-owned daily, Addis Zemen, asked the government to reduce oil prices inline with current global prices. Addis Zemen is…

Sunday, June 10, 2012 @ 11:54 pm

A breaking-news posted on May 31 in this blog (Danielberhane’s Blog) reported a major clash between Ethiopian National Defence Forces(ENDF)…

Monday, June 4, 2012 @ 6:05 pm

Ethiopian National Defense Forces(ENDF) crushed an Eritrean army attack last weekend, a military source said. The incident took place after…

Thursday, May 31, 2012 @ 6:19 pm

Ethiopia’s Gibe III Hydropower dam will be operational by mid-2013. The Gibe III dam project, with about 1,870 MW installed…

Thursday, May 24, 2012 @ 3:00 am

Nations need democracy for stability and not to achieve economic growth, the Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi opined at the…

Tuesday, May 15, 2012 @ 8:52 pm