Ethiopia: Freedom of Expression Defines the Rise and Fall of Nations »
BY MESENBET ASSEFA I was provoked to contribute to the debate on the right to freedom of expression when I…
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Ethiopia has confirmed it has arrested opposition leader Andargachew Tsege, who disappeared in Yemen last month. His UK-based wife Yemi…
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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.