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Ethiopia: climbing Mount Uncertainty

RENÉ LEFORT 21 October 2018 “Abiy Ahmed has already gone down in history for addressing the pressing demands of the vast majority of Ethiopians… But Abiy Ahmed made three mammoth strategic errors.” Abiy Ahmed, November 2017. Wikicommons/Odaw. Some rights reserved. Abiy Ahmed has already gone down in history by breaking – in just a few weeks [...]

The Ethiopian Diaspora Trust Fund officially launched

The Ethiopian Diaspora Trust Fund is now officially launched and began to take donations and contributions on Monday October 22, 2018.Please visit its website www.ethiopiatrustfund.org to make your contributions and become a member! You are also invited to watch this short video on the EDTF: https://youtu.be/QA2Vl2WTZ5Y Links to press release: Amharic: http://almariam.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/EDTF-Press-Release-10-20-18-Amharic-PDF.pdf Afaan Oromoo: http://almariam.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/EDTF-Press-Release-10-20-18-Oromiffa-PDF.pdf [...]

Ethiopia and Abiy Ahmed: What a Difference 180 Days Make?

Posted in Al Mariam’s Commentaries By almariam On October 2, 2018 Celebrating the six-month anniversary of Abiy Ahmed’s service as prime minister October 2, 2018 marks the six-month anniversary of the appointment of Abiy Ahmed as prime minister of Ethiopia. Six months and one day ago, Ethiopia was on the brink of civil war. On April 2, 2018, Abiy [...]


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The then-TPLF-dominated regime in Ethiopia was the first in sub-Saharan Africa to actively engage in political censorship of the Internet .

Since May 2006, the most popular Ethiopian web sites (including CyberEthiopia) and several blogs have been blocked across the nation. The apparent objective was to prevent the dissemination of information that is critical of the regime.

Following the political protests which have swept the nation since November 2015, the regime has routinely shutdown the Internet and restricted access to Social Media (including Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Viber) and indicated its keenness to control Social Media.

On 22nd June 2018, the new Prime Minister Dr Abye Ahmed's government reported that it had unblocked 264 websites including CyberEthiopia.com after 12 years of blockage as attested by the OONI’s thorough verifications of our website’s unblocking .




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