Ethiopia’s Bekele wins Paris Marathon »
Paris (AFP) – Ethiopia’s legendary runner Kenenisa Bekele notched up another impressive milestone in an already glittering career by winning…
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There’s a knock at your door. You open it, only to find several grave-looking police officers accusing you of a crime…
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Ethiopia Habtemariam, SVP of Motown Records, has been promoted to President of the label. Furthermore, Motown will return to Los…
Apr 4 2014 / No Comment / Read More »Ethiopia: Telecom Surveillance Chills Rights »
(Berlin) – The Ethiopian government is using foreign technology to bolster its widespread telecom surveillance of opposition activists and journalists…
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Exchange messages in Amharic and send ethiopian postcards to friends and relatives
CyberEthiopia was awarded the First Prize of the 2005 Africa Information Society Media Awards (AISI) introduced in 2003 to encourage more informed coverage of the Information Society and the Information Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D).
Ethiopia is the only country in sub-Saharan Africa to actively engage in political censorship of the Internet. Since May 2006, the top five most popular Ethiopian web sites (including CyberEthiopia) and several blogs have been blocked across the nation. The apparent objective is to prevent the dissemination of information that is critical of the regime.