Stories about Ethiopia from February, 2006
Ethiopia: jailing of pregnant journalist
The Passion of the Present reports on the jailing of “A pregnant reporter has been jailed in Ethiopia for more than two weeks”…..”Press freedom advocates have criticised the arrest without charge of online journalist Frezer Negash, who works for the U.S.-based Ethiopian Review website, which is critical of the government.”
Ethiopia: Iris aid
EthioBlog points to an article in the Irish Examiner which states that “Irish development aid may be propping up a corrupt government regime in Ethiopia“..
Ethiopia: Book Club
Aqumada reports on an Ethiopian book club that was set up to encourage more Ethiopians to read…”The club sent its far reaching tentacles nationwide to be able to offer memberships to a great number of people. The way it works is simple. I get one new book a month and...
From the Ethiopian blogosphere
Ethiopia's bloggers were split right down the middle after months of political turmoil in the country simmered down in to an uneasy calm, broken only by a handful of mysterious explosions in the capital Addis Ababa. The diaspora blogging scene – dominated by native Ethiopians settled in the US –...
Ethiopia: dog show
Meskel Square has a photo gallery including photos from Ethiopia's first dog show.
Ethiopia: alternative political systems
One Ethiopia discusses alternative political systems for Ethiopia and the issue of Ethiopian nationalities.
Ethiopia: Analysis
Ethiopian Politics points to an analysis of the situation in Ethiopia by Professor Professor Terrence Lyons and published by the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Ethiopia detention of Frezer Negash
Reporters without Borders has called on the “Ethiopian authorities to explain why they are holding Frezer Negash, a member of the opposition and a correspondent for the US news website Ethiopian Review, for the past week. Negash is three months pregnant...”……“This new arrest once again shows that the Ethiopian authorities...
Ethiopia and cultural tourism
Friends of Ethiopia points to a piece in the New York Times on Ethiopia's rich history and prospects for cultural tourism.
Meles : schizophrenic
Weichegud! ET Politics tells us why she believes Ethiopian leader, Meles Zenawi is suffering from schizophrenia.
Ethiopia becomming a US citizen
Aqumada comments on her transistion from mere foreigner to American citizen and the new expectations from her husband who remains a foreigner.
Ethiopia: disinformation
One Ethiopia writes that his current failure to understand the economic news being peddled by EPRDF media is not his lack of intelligence but a conscious decision by the “masters of disinformation” to confuse
Africa: Bono
Ethiopundit comments on an interview with Bono published in Der Spiegel in which he discusess “Meles and other African dicatators.”
Ethiopia: journalist arrested
My Heart's in Accra points to a report by the Committee to Protect Journalists that the Ethiopian government have arrested “Frezer Negash, a correspondent for Ethiopian Review, a website fiercely critical of the Zenawi government. Negash is being held without charge.”
