Andrew Heavens · May, 2006

Andrew grew up in various parts of Africa — Nigeria, Kenya and Egypt — before moving back to England to start a career as a journalist. He covered village fêtes for Somerset's Chard & Ilminster News, crime and car crashes for Wolverhampton's Express & Star and technology for the Financial Times. He has since worked as a journalist in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and Khartoum, Sudan. He blogs and posts pictures at Meskel Square.

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Latest posts by Andrew Heavens from May, 2006

Ethiopia: Disappearing blogs

  22 May 2006

Ethiopia's blogosphere was awash with speculation and accusations today after all websites hosted by the popular Blogger platform disappeared from the country's computer screens. Twenty-three of the 32 Ethiopian blogs tracked by Global Voices could not be accessed by Ethiopian internet users – who all rely on the state monopoly...

Ethiopian bloggers take on the USA

  5 May 2006

It was almost as if everyone had got together and agreed to start working on a common theme. Ethiopia's bloggers turned to the United States of America en masse over the past two weeks and examined its relationship with their home country from all angles. It was no surprise that...

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