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Researcher: Hate, dangerous speech low among Ethiopian facebook users

Ethiopians' discussion on facebook is much more nuanced than perceived to be, according to a team of researchers monitoring the…

Friday, April 15, 2016 @ 4:14 am

Characterizing the Ethiopian National Defence Forces (ENDF) as “Tigrean army” is a commonplace among the diaspora opposition. The exact composition…

Monday, February 8, 2016 @ 11:50 pm

(Tesfay Nigus Ayenew) A little nation, as young as my nephew and as isolated as no nation on the continent,…

Sunday, January 24, 2016 @ 4:53 am

Just 120 Km drive from Addis Ababa, there is Woliso town, South West Shewa zone of Oromia region - one…

Friday, December 11, 2015 @ 11:39 pm

Series of protests that engulfed Ethiopia's largest region Oromia for a third full week left at least five people dead.…

Wednesday, December 9, 2015 @ 10:48 pm

Facebook will not charge $2.99 per month from November 1 as claimed by an article in National Report, which turns…

Wednesday, September 24, 2014 @ 10:42 pm

(Niyi Aderibigbe) Kenya has turned to social media to save its ailing tourism industry, with the government calling on users…

Tuesday, September 23, 2014 @ 7:41 pm

(Rick Noack) There are selfish, negligent parents all over the world. In Kenya, however, a new Facebook group has now…

Friday, September 19, 2014 @ 10:11 pm

Last month, the international media was buzz with a controversial research conducted on facebook. The study, titled “Experimental evidence of…

Friday, July 11, 2014 @ 2:35 am

(Befekadu Wolde Gabriel) Did the democratization process came to a halt in Ethiopia? How to enhance the democratic deliberation of…

Sunday, July 6, 2014 @ 6:21 pm