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Ethiopia

  • Jawar Mohammed meeting with supporters in October 2019. Credit: Jawar Mohammed.
    EthiopiaPoliticsTop story

    Ethiopia must stop hate speech, not free speech

    By Rahma A. Hussein
    November 26, 2019
    Tackling disinformation requires a subtle balance between different sets of values, not vaguely defined punitive laws. On 23 October, the prominent public figure Jawar ...
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    Africa Insiders: Is Abiy Ahmed’s Nobel Peace Prize premature?

    By Africa Insiders
    October 16, 2019
    The essentials: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the world’s most prestigious award for those who have “done the ...
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    Insiders Insight: Ethiopia sets new tree-planting record

    By Africa Insiders
    August 8, 2019
    African Arguments is and always will be freely-accessible to everyone. But we also have a separate spin-off product called the Africa Insiders Newsletter. It consists of weekly emails with additional ...
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    Ethiopia: Whatever happens, Sidama needs negotiations

    By Yonatan Fessha
    July 31, 2019
    Within five months, the Sidama will get the chance to vote on whether to establish their own federal state. But that won’t be the ...
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  • Eritrea and Ethiopia. Credit: Fitsum Arega.
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    Eritrea and Ethiopia: A year of peace, a year of dashed hopes

    By Selam Kidane & Martin Plaut
    July 8, 2019
    Since the historic accord last year, the border has closed again and little has changed. Patience among Eritreans is wearing thin. A year ago ...
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    Insiders Insight: Top officials killed in Ethiopia failed coup attempt 

    By Africa Insiders
    June 25, 2019
    African Arguments is and always will be freely-accessible to everyone. But we also have a separate spin-off product called the Africa Insiders Newsletter. It consists of weekly emails with additional ...
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  • Tigray region, Ethiopia. Credit: emailer.
    EthiopiaPoliticsTop story

    Ethiopia: The challenge to the TPLF…from Tigray’s own grassroots

    By Getachew Gebrekiros Temare
    May 21, 2019
    Local youth protests over land will continue to grow if the TPLF acts as an occupying force rather than a responsible government. Over the ...
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  • Participants of the Great Ethiopian Run wear a t-shirt with the message "Empower Women, Empower a Nation" in Amharic on the back. Credit: UNICEF Ethiopia/2014/Sewunet.
    EthiopiaLiving in Translation

    How Amharic unites – and divides – Ethiopia

    By Nebeyou Alemu
    May 8, 2019
    The emperors made us speak one language to bring us together. It failed, but it also succeeded. This is the fifth article in the ...
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  • In February, bulldozers began demolishing thousands of homes in Legetafo Legedadi, outside Addis Ababa.
    EthiopiaSocietyTop story

    Women and Ethiopia’s politics of home demolitions

    By Yeshiwas Degu Belay & Yohannes Eneyew Ayalew
    April 11, 2019
    The flattening of homes in Legetafo Legedadi has caused havoc for thousands. As usual, the poor and women are the worst affected. On 19 ...
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  • Human rights defender and women's rights activist Meaza Ashenafi became President of Ethiopia's Supreme Court in November 2018. Credit: Papillon pierre.
    EthiopiaSociety

    Ethiopia’s first female Chief Justice: “Women shouldn’t be silent victims”

    By James Wan
    April 9, 2019
    Meaza Ashenafi was appointed President of Ethiopia’s Supreme Court in November 2018. How is she faring? As Meaza Ashenafi was introduced to the stage ...
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