Ethiopia: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2013 »
The most significant human rights problems included: restrictions on freedom of expression and association, including through arrests; detention; politically motivated…
Feb 28 2014 / No Comment / Read More »US slams Ethiopia’s human rights abuse »
(OPride) — The United States in a scathing report on Thursday accused Ethiopia of curtailing freedom of expression and association,…
Feb 28 2014 / No Comment / Read More »Ethiopian Airlines Hijacker: Who Is Hailemedhin Abera? »
By Jacey Fortin on February 17 2014 2:45 PM ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Airline passengers en route to Italy were rerouted to…
Feb 18 2014 / No Comment / Read More »Ethiopian Airlines co-pilot hijacks plane to seek Geneva asylum »
The co-pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines plane flying from Addis Ababa to Rome has hijacked the aircraft and landed in…
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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.