Ethiopia’s Oromo diaspora uses Web to dissent, debate in absence of press freedom

There may be at least four different factions with varying viewpoints on whether the Oromo, the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia, should pursue the birth of an independent country or reform the existing Ethiopian state.

Abebe Belew, host of a popular radio show for Ethiopians. (Washington Post – Nikki Kahn ) But one thing is clear: social media and the Internet have become a powerful tool for debate among the Oromo diaspora,

Commission Says Striving to Enable Public Exercise Constitutional Rights

April 6, 2012

Addis Ababa — The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) pronounced it is essay to capacitate a open practice their rights enshrined in a constitution.