Gibe is not Gila: Anti-dam activism gone awry
"Dam on Ethiopia’s Omo River Causing Hunger and Conflict". That was the tittle of Sandra Postel's alarming piece on National…
Monday, December 28, 2015 @ 10:48 pm
Reality-Check
Principles governing freedom of assembly – in 10 western democracies
Arguably, Ethiopia suffers from a severe ideological confusion. A sizable section of its educated class believes an unlimited scale of liberty - even…
Thursday, May 9, 2013 @ 1:04 am
Ethiopia-Egypt | A War on Nile Improbable, for now
Yet, posturing aside, officials and scholars in Cairo understand the insistence on monopoly of the Nile waters, with implicit military…
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 @ 11:00 pm
Ethiopia still under an Acting PM: Legal and Political questions
The news that the 180-member EPRDF Council will vote on new leaders by the end of next week - with…
Thursday, September 6, 2012 @ 6:48 pm
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
Official: ‘Skype and similar activities are not banned in Ethiopia’
"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
Skype me? Indeed | Text of Ethiopia’s draft Telecom Law
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
Reality-Check: Anti-terrorism Laws in 10 Western Countries
This post provides a bird’s-eye-view of some of the restrictive provisions in the Anti-terrorism legislations of ten western countries. It…
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 11:31 pm
Reality check | The Ethiopian Flag qua Politics
Ethiopians are celebrating the National flag day for the fourth time today. The previous three took place on July 5/’08…
Monday, September 26, 2011 @ 3:16 am
Wikileaks: Inside EPRDF: Meles Zenawi had lost to Arkebe Equbay?
A leaked Cable of US Embassy Addis Ababa of August 2008, classified as ‘Secret’, speculates about ‘anecdotes’ of rift in…
Sunday, September 4, 2011 @ 8:33 pm
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