FREEDOM ON THE NET 2015 ፍሪደም ሐውስ ኢትዮጵያን ሕዝባቸውን የኢንተርኔት መረጃ እንዳያገኝ ካፈኑ አምስት ቀዳሚ ሐገሮች ውስጥ የመደባት ሲሆን ከአፍሪካም የአንደኝነቱን ስፍራ እንደያዘች ገልፁዋል። ዲሞክራሲያዊ ነኝ የሚለን ዘረኛው የወያኔ መንግስት አሁንስ ምን ይል ይሆን? Ethiopia state’s tight grip on the telecom sector. 2 According to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), internet penetration stood at a mere 3 percent in 2014, up from just 2 percent in 2013. 3 Only 0.5 percent of the population had access to fixed-broadband connections, increasing from 0.25 percent in 2013. 4 Ethiopians had more access to mobile phone services, with mobile phone penetration rates increasing from 27 percent in 2013 to 32 percent in 2014, 5 though such access rates still lag behind an estimated regional average of 74 percent, 6 and cell phone ownership is much more common in urban areas than rural areas. Meanwhile, less than 5 percent of the population has a mobile-broadband subscription as of the latest available data from 2013. 7 In Marc...
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Foreign Minister dictates orders to VOA at night by Abebe Gellaw The stormy relationship between the Voice of America (VOA) and the TPLF-led Ethiopian government has recently taken a strange twist after Foreign Minister Dr. Tedros Adhanom and Ambassador Girma Birru managed to sneak into the headquarters of the U.S. broadcaster at night and convened an unauthorized editorial meeting with some staff members. During the backdoor meeting, the officials of the dictatorial regime tried to dictate guidance to the broadcasters and critiqued the quality of VOA broadcasts to Ethiopia, reliable sources confirmed to this investigation. The gathering, which was held behind the back of VOA executives, was held in the editorial meeting room of the Horn of Africa section, located at 330 Independence Avenue, Washington D.C. Strangely enough, the engagement was held out of work hours on a weekend night , Saturday, September 26th, from 7 pm to nearly 9 pm. Silencing critics Organized ...