4 Samuel Getachew Tue, July 11, 2023 at 2:29 PM EDT·3 min read The News ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia wants to build an open digital economy, but it’s also indefinitely blocking major social media platforms for unspecified security reasons. Since February, when the Horn of Africa nation banned Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, Telegram and YouTube, its Read more
By Nardo Yoseph: January 20, 2024 The Tigray Interim Administration has nullified all property transactions that took place in the Regional State in the three years following the outbreak of war in November 2020. A directive invalidating property deals became effective at the start of the Ethiopian New Year, but implementation began this month. Read more
A Pakistani court has sentenced former military ruler Gen Pervez Musharraf to death in absentia for treason over his 2007 imposition of emergency rule. Such a verdict is a first in a country with a history of army rule. The military reacted angrily, saying legal process “seems to have been ignored”. The general seized power Read more
