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2015

Endless TPLF misdeeds made Ethiopians support Ginbot 7

By: Asress Mulugeta For the last 23 years, TPLF’s barbaric, inhuman and violent culture of rule over Amhara, Oromo, Anguak, Somali people and many others has been continued unabatedly. Many have been witnessing the unprecedented hatred to Amhara ethnic group under Tigrai People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) ethno-centric dictatorial rule. As soon as TPLF came to […]

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Ethiopia's Blue Party Tries To Reacquaint Nation With Dissent

by Gregory Warner NPR International Correspondent, East Africa Feven Tashome is a study in blue. The 21-year-old’s toenails are painted a rich cobalt, her scarf is baby blue and her leather handbag is ultramarine. To ordinary passersby in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, it’s a fashion statement; to members of Ethiopia’s beleaguered political opposition,

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Ethiopia’s Growth Program Cuts Out Dissent

Lone opposition voice in Parliament says economic goals trigger clampdown on criticism By HEIDI VOGT ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia—The sole voice of opposition in Ethiopia’s 547-member national legislature will soon fall silent—the latest in a long line of people who have given up the fight as the government actively mutes dissent while pursuing populist economic expansion.

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Ethiopia's $5bn project that could turn it into Africa's water powerhouse

Milena Veselinovic, for CNN (CNN)It’s called the Grand Renaissance Dam — and the clue is in the name. With some 8,500 laborers working around the clock on its construction, the imposingly-named dam is surely one of Africa’s most ambitious infrastructure projects, reaffirming Ethiopia’s ambitions of becoming a big regional player and a major exporter of

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Ethiopian economy is suffering from loss due traffic accident: Federal Police Commission

Ethiopian federal police commission announced that the country’s economy is suffering hugely from the increasing and rampant traffic accident. According to a higher official of the commission, the country is losing thousands of professional youth force and hundreds of millions of birr due to traffic accident; in its wake causing a huge burden to the

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