By Alemayehu G. Mariam Voice of America is the Voice of the Voiceless The Voice of America’s (VOA) Journalist Standards & Practices (document 11-023 and 11-024), under the section captioned “WHAT DO VOA’S AUDIENCES HAVE A RIGHT TO EXPECT? Audiences ‘ Bill of Journalism Rights” provides that VOA’s audiences have the: right to expect that [...]
July 2, 2011
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Source: Reporters Without Borders Reporters Without Borders condemns the arrests of two journalists working for privately-owned newspapers in the past few days. The latest victim is Reyot Alemu, a young woman reporter for the Amharic-language weekly Fitih, who was arrested on 21 June, two days after the arrest of Woubeshet Taye, the deputy editor of [...]
July 2, 2011
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By Abebe Gellaw Two young Ethiopian journalists, Woubishet Taye, Deputy Editor of Awramba Times, and Reyot Alemu, a columnist of Fetih newspaper, have been facing terrorism charges under the controversial “Anti-Terrorism Proclamation No.652/2009”. Coincidentally, it was only last week that the 547-seat Ethiopian Parliament, where the ruling party occupies all but two seats, officially named [...]
July 2, 2011
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Press Release 28 June 2011 In the last 20 years, Ethiopia has been the “Gulag Archipelago” of Africa for journalists, publishers, bloggers, independent writers and foreign correspondents. In fact, in global press freedom indexes, Ethiopia is ranked in the same bracket with the exclusive group of nations such as, Zimbabwe and North Korea whose names [...]
July 2, 2011
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The U.N. Children’s Fund says drought-stricken areas of the Horn of Africa are afflicted by record high levels of malnutrition among children. The aid agency says tens of thousands of drought victims are fleeing to parts of Kenya and Ethiopia where they hope to find food. The numbers are extremely alarming. The U.N. Children’s Fund [...]
June 18, 2011
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By Obang Metho Was it mere coincidence or purposeful sabotage that caused an electrical blackout to occur just as United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was addressing the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia this past Monday as part of her African tour? As she began the topic of democracy, suddenly the lights went [...]
June 16, 2011
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ESAT News Release The Ethiopian Satellite Television (ESAT), which resumed transmissions to Ethiopia last week after nearly two months of interruption, has urged the government of the People’s Republic of China to desist from providing technology, training and technical assistance to the regime in Ethiopia to enable it to jam shortwave radio and satellite transmissions [...]
June 15, 2011
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Voice of America President Barack Obama is appealing to the warring sides in Sudan to cease fighting that threatens the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed in 2005 to end the country’s 21-year civil war. The president used a recorded statement late Tuesday to speak directly to leaders in north and south Sudan about recent fighting. President [...]
June 15, 2011
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On Saturday Jun 11th, 2011, Boston came out in large numbers to celebrate the remarkable service of the Ethiopian Satellite Television (ESAT) to the Ethiopian people world-wide. Although the night was rainy and the roads slippery, Ethiopians traveled from as far as Cape Code and New Hampshire to attend what was a beautiful celebration of [...]
June 15, 2011
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By Tesfa-Alem Tekle June 14, 2011 (ADDIS ABABA) – Ethiopian Airlines has temporarily cancelled some domestic flights and international routes destined to neighboring countries due to an ash cloud from an erupting volcano in Eritrea. The Dubbi volcano, in southern Eritrea, very close the Ethiopian border, erupted late on Sunday triggering two moderate earthquakes of [...]
July 4, 2011
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