· September, 2012

Stories about Ethiopia from September, 2012

Ethiopia: Remembering Jailed Dissident Blogger Eskinder Nega

  17 September 2012

On 13 July, 2012, Ethiopia's federal court sentenced a prominent Ethiopian blogger Eskinder Nega and 23 other opposition activists to 18 years in jail for allegedly participating in terrorist activities. 14 September, 2012 marks the first anniversary of his arrest. The Ethiopian online community remembers him on Facebook.