Abiye Teklemariam (b. 1978) is founding editor of 'Addis Neger' ('New Addis'), which, until 2009, was Ethiopia's leading dissident newspaper. I was introduced to Abiye by the Committee to Protect ...

More than ten journalists have been imprisoned in Ethiopia since June 2011 and according to the Committee to Protect Journalists about 25% of exiled journalists in Africa are from Ethiopia, making the ...

Ethiopia has been in the international media spotlight since July 2011 for its harassment of journalists. Global Voices has written about Ethiopian netizens’ reactions to the trial of two Swedish ...

An Ethiopian journalist has reportedly fled his country after government authorities interrogated him over a WikiLeaks cable in which he was mentioned. It appears to be the first confirmed case in ...

The Wikileaks cable discussed the Addis Neger newspaper which has subsequently closed Ethiopian reporter Argaw Ashine has told the BBC he has fled his country because he was cited in a US diplomatic ...

New York — U.S. diplomatic cables disclosed last month by WikiLeaks cited an Ethiopian journalist by name and referred to his unnamed government source, forcing the journalist to flee the country ...