By The Associated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia faces a social media blackout as clashes intensify between ethnic groups in various parts of the country. Facebook and Twitter are down Tuesday after reports emerged of killings on Monday by security forces in the Oromia region. Oromia regional spokesman Addisu Arega said the violence in [...]
ለውይይት መነሻ “ከየት እንደምጀምር ግራ ገባኝ እንጂ ማድረግ ያለብኝን ጠንቅቄ አውቃለሁ፣” አለች ቢምቢዋ ባህር ዳር ራቁታቸውን ፀሃይ ለመሞቅ የተኮለኮሉትን የነጭ ቱሪስቶች ዕርቃነ ሥጋ እየቃኘች። መግቢያ በቅርቡ “ድርድር ከወያኔ ጋር” የሚል ጽሁፍ ባንዳንድ ድህረ ገጾች አሳትሜ ነበር። በጽሁፎቹ ይዘት የረኩ በርካታ ግለሰቦች በተለያየ መንገድ ሃሳባቸውን አካፍለውኛል። ብዙዎቹ “የመደራደርን” መሰረተ ሃሳብ ትክክለኛነት ባይክዱም፣ የወያኔ ባህርይ ግን ለየት [...]
By Bill Marczak, Geoffrey Alexander, Sarah McKune, John Scott-Railton, and Ron Deibert originally published by CitizenLab December 5, 2017 Key Findings This report describes how Ethiopian dissidents in the US, UK, and other countries were targeted with emails containing sophisticated commercial spyware posing as Adobe Flash updates and PDF plugins. Targets include a US-based Ethiopian diaspora media outlet, the Oromia Media [...]
For the third consecutive year, China was the world’s worst abuser of internet freedom, followed by Syria and Ethiopia. The country, ruled since 1991 by the authoritarian Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), has long been a darling of democratic donors, who portray it as a haven of economic progress and stability in an insecure [...]
