Befeqadu Z. Hailu | በፍቃዱ ዘ.

📢 Heads up, friends and colleagues: 📢 📖 The paperback edition of my book, 𝗟𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, is available on Amazon now. 📚 Media folks, reviewers, and curious minds, I encourage you to read, review, critique, or even challenge me. a.co/d/ecCHKrZ

የጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ዐቢይ አሕመድ ስምንት ዓመታት በሥልጣን ማማ ላይ befeqe.blogspot.com/2026/04/8th-an…

Nice read!

.@Prosperity2022 has registered more than twice as many candidates as the second party with most candidates, @ETHZema, for this year's #Ethiopia'n election. Yet, it is not running in all constituencies for reasons related to security and others.

Meet Maya Misikir, a brilliant journalist who created a platform called Sifter on Substack, on which she has been tirelessly writing a weekly "Top 5 Human Rights Stories." She is a winner of the Human Rights Defenders Award of the year by the EHRDC: open.substack.com/pub/sifter

Now there is a huge inequality among billionaires. :(

According to @EthioElections, @ebczena favored the Prosperity Party (PP) in its month-long prime-time election coverage. Of the top 5 news stories by airtime, PP took two, while no opposition party secured a single slot.

የኤርትራ ኃይሎች በሕወሓት ይሁንታ ትግራይ እየገቡ ነው፣ የኢትዮጵያ ሠራዊት ወደ ሰሜን እየተሰባሰበ ነው፣ ትግራይ ውስጥ የሸቀጥ እጥረት እና የዋጋ ንረት እየተከሰተ ነው። መሪዎች ጦር ይሰብቃሉ፣ ንፁኃን ዋጋ ይከፍላሉ።

How the Ethiopian Civil War Unleashed a Lethal Media Crackdown | Al Jazeera Media Ins “I wasn't told why I was arrested, but I know I was targeted for my journalistic work, especially my reporting on z war in Amhara region of Ethiopia,” Manaye tells AJR. share.google/IASbxvmhBCJmEm…

Interesting piece on why "Conflict in the Horn of Africa isn’t inevitable." africanistperspective.com/p/conflict-in-…

ብሔራዊ ምርጫ ቦርድ የመራጮች ምዝገባን ከነገ የካቲት 28 ቀን ጀምሮ ለማካሄድ ዝግጅቱን ያጠናቀቀ ቢሆንም፣ በአንዳንድ አካባቢዎች ያለው የጸጥታ ችግር የምርጫው ሂደት ላይ ጥላ አጥልቷል። ዝርዝሩን 👉shorturl.at/mgvYr #ምርጫ2018 #EthiopiaElection

Members of #Ethiopia’s OLA have subjected women and girls to GBSV, gang rape, sexual slavery, summary killings and destruction of civilian property which may amount to war crimes, during the conflict which started in the #Oromia region in 2019 - @Amnesty amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

This is one of the satirical news of the week. @EthioHRC has been advoacting for the draft bill intended to restrict the civic space 'not to be adopted before the upcoming election.' Will we stop living after that?

Benevolent Sexism ይባላል ይሄ 😂እስዋን ያደነቀ መስሎ በስዋ ትከሻ ሌሎች ሴቶችን መስደብ

ምርጫ ቦርድ የመራጮች ምዝገባን በከፊል በዲጂታል ሊተገበር ተዘጋጅቷል፤ ነገር ግን ፓርቲዎች በዕጩዎች ምዝገባ ሂደት ያጋጠሟቸውን የሲስተም ችግሮች በመጥቀስ ስጋት እንዳላቸው ይገልጻሉ፡፡ #ምርጫ2018 ሙሉ ትንታኔውን ለማንበብ 👉shorturl.at/eg3Db

@hdiashid @TomGardner18 @ACLEDINFO Yeah, I read that wrong.

@befeqe @TomGardner18 @ACLEDINFO When she uses "we", she is paraphrasing what the Ethiopians 'have a right' to say in her mind. She's not including herself in that, she's quoting them.

Surprised to see the director of @ACLEDINFO making the case for Lebensraum in the Horn: rfi.fr/en/africa/2026…

.@AddisStandard announced that it will continue operation citing EMA's decision lack of due process: formal notice, 14 days' right to respond, reasoned decision, and right to appeal to board. addisstandard.com/explainer-what…

“This is not regulation — it is retaliation,” said CPJ Africa Director Angela Quintal. “By weaponizing vague‘national interest’ and ‘media ethics’ provisions, the Ethiopian Media Authority is silencing independent journalism.”

News: #Ethiopian Media Authority revokes Addis Standard’s online media registration; Editor-in-Chief disputes claims The Ethiopian Media Authority (#EMA) has announced the revocation of the online media registration certificate of #Addis_Standard, effective 24 February 2026, citing repeated violations of media ethics, national laws, and what it described as the country’s national interests. The statement did not specify which reports or actions formed the basis of the decision. Responding to the EMA’s announcement, Yonas Kedir, Editor-in-Chief of Addis Standard publications, rejected the Authority’s claims, saying the outlet had never received any formal notices of violations. “The claim that Addis Standard received repeated notices is factually incorrect. At no point has the Ethiopian Media Authority formally notified Addis Standard newsroom of any prior violations or enforcement actions,” he said. He added that the publisher, #JAKENN Publishing PLC, is reviewing legal options to protect its rights and ensure due process is upheld. Established in 2011 as a monthly magazine, Addis Standard has faced multiple challenges over the years, including scrutiny from government institutions. In April 2025, Ethiopian police raided the Addis Standard office and the home of one of its senior staff membersl, briefly detaining three managers for several hours and confiscating multiple electronic devices, including laptops, phones, and data storage equipment. During the Tigray war, in June 2021, Ethiopia’s media regulator suspended Addis Standard… Read more: addisstandard.com/?p=55383

The UN Fact-Finding Mission on Sudan’s findings that RSF actions in El Fasher bear the "hallmarks of genocide" underscores the gravity of what civilians have endured and reinforces the urgent need for justice in Sudan. States must act now to protect civilians and strengthen accountability efforts before further atrocities unfold.