Latest posts by Andrew Heavens
Ethiopia: Disappearing blogs
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
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...
AddisFerengi returns as Ethiopia's blogosphere explodes
AddisFerengi, one of Ethiopia's most controversial bloggers, was back in business this week with a load of back-dated posts, after temporarily shutting herself down and leaving the country amid claims of threats and warnings over her safety. The French citizen and now former resident of Addis Ababa told her whole...
Ethiopia's bloggers tackle bomb blasts and fasting
Ethiopia's bloggers turned reporters and detectives as a series of mysterious blasts rocked the country's capital Addis Ababa. No one was injured in a small explosion outside a coffee processing plant this afternoon. But at least one person died after a bomb tore apart the back of a commuter minibus...
Ethiopia's bloggers remember their poet laureate
Memories of one man dominated the Ethiopian blogosphere over the past few weeks – the father of Ethiopian theatre and Poet Laureate Tsegaye Gebre-Medhin. His death in late February went unnoticed by much of the international and African press outside Ethiopia. So it was largely down to the country's bloggers,...
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 –...
From the Ethiopian blogosphere
Political unrest returned to the streets of Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa this week. And, once again, the country's bloggers were on the frontline. Posts over the last few days focused on clashes between armed federal police and protesters during the annual celebrations of Timket – the ancient Ethiopian Orthodox Church's...
From the Ethiopian Blogosphere
Ethiopia’s growing band of bloggers continued to pile coals on to the heads of their political leaders as 2005 turned into 2006. The country has been in the headlines for a number of reasons over the past few weeks with worrying signs of “pre-famine conditions” in its southern Somali region...
