Hailu Shawel

Wikileaks: Berhanu Nega pondered on 1000 dead/day in 2005

A leaked US Embassy Cable of Sept. 2005, classified as ‘Confidential’, shows opposition leader Berhanu Nega(PhD) contemplating  a street violence…

EU Observers Validate Ethiopian Election with Moderate Recommendations

[Use the link at the bottom to download the full report in English or Amharic] EU Observers released their final…

Editor Detained for 15 Days, Activists’ Silence Raises Questions

Editor-in-chief of Ethio-channel newspaper, an Amharic biweekly, released on bail after two weeks in custody. Conspicuously, ‘right activists’ and most…

Eleven Things Nobody is Telling You: Comparing the Two Elections

It's been a few days since EPRDF's massive win in the 2010 has become evident and analysts are struggling to…

Poll: Forecasting the Election in Addis Ababa

Last week, the Amharic weekly Addisadmass asked three parties to predict the election results of Addis Ababa. Hailemariam Desalegn of…

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