Tag Archives: Ethiopia

Ethiopia’s volatile path to democracy

Ethiopian Hachalu Hundesa murder protests Graham Peebles views the recent bloody upheavals in Ethiopia which have seen at least 239 people killed, a popular singer/political activist, Hachalu Hundesa, murdered, some 5,000 people arrested, and the internet shut down. Read more [...]

Time for political change and social unity in Ethiopia

People vs regime in Ethiopia

Graham Peebles says a new Ethiopian prime minister and spurious reforms will not silence the cries for change, and that what is needed is the lifting of the state of emergency, general elections, the release of political prisoners, and unity among all ethnic groups and tribes. Read more [...]

Ethiopia: Final days of the ruling regime

Graham Peebles welcomes the demise of the Ethiopian regime, arguing that the people have a common foe, a unified cause and a shared purpose and, no matter what the regime does, this time they will not be stopped. Read more [...]

A moment of significance and opportunity for Ethiopia

Ethiopian prisoners

Graham Peebles says the Ethiopian government’s “half-baked move to release a few political leaders… should embolden many” and “reveals a crack in the democratic facade presented by the regime, which must be split open under the force of sustained political activism”. Read more [...]

Ethiopia: From peaceful protest to armed uprising

Rebels in northern Ethiopia

Graham Peebles says what began as a protest movement in Ethiopia in November 2015 is in danger of becoming a fully-fledged armed uprising, thanks to the government's brutal repression and the silence of donor states. Read more [...]

Ethiopians are crying out for freedom and justice: Now is the time for change

Ethiopian protests 2016

Graham Peebles explains why there were few celebrations to mark the Ethiopian New Year, which fell on 11 September, but scents optimism in the air because, despite the repression, the fear that hung over the population is at last losing its grip. Read more [...]

Seeds of democratic revolution in Ethiopia?

Protesters in Ethiopia

Graham Peebles senses in the unrest sweeping across Ethiopia the beginning of the end of the ruling party’s dictatorship, and calls on the Western donor countries  propping up the regime to do the right thing and side with the oppressed people. Read more [...]

Watch: Ogaden – Ethiopia’s Hidden Shame

Ogaden - Ethiopia's Hidden Shame

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Hungry and frightened: Famine in Ethiopia

Ethiopian drought 2016

Graham Peebles highlights the role of Ethiopian government policy in accentuating the effects of the drought, which is causing famine affecting up to 18 million people, and laments that anyone has to go hungry in a world which has enough to feed everyone. Read more [...]

Ethiopia: Unity in opposition

Oromo students' protest

Graham Peebles argues that the recent huge demonstrations in Ethiopia’s Oromia and Gondar regions could be the green shoots of a popular movement that would eventually depose the country’s quarter-century one-party dictatorship. Read more [...]