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Demonstration for the release of Dawit Isaak, who has been imprisoned in Eritrea, on Sergels torg in Stockholm. Editors-in-chief of Swedish newspapers and representatives of Swedish press organisations participated. (Photo by Hampus Andersson/TT News Agency via AFP)
ANNE LINDE

No justice for Dawit Isaak, the world’s longest detained journalist

Reporters without Borders and others call on higher authorities to review prosecutor’s decision not to investigate the case

  • Reporters Without Borders
6 min read
Even as the prime minister was being feted in Oslo last year, the seeds of this conflict were being sewn. (Kumera Gemechu/Reuters)
ABIY AHMED

Prime Minister has his work cut out to keep Ethiopia’s transition on track

Ethiopia’s political opening has won plaudits but also uncorked ethnic strife. The government should proceed cautiously ahead of elections in 2020

  • International Crisis
  • Group 2
9 min read
When Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed came to po?wer in 2018, the political reforms and initiatives he promised were met with much hope and optimi?sm. (Tiksa Negeri/Reuters)
ABIY AHMED
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Why Ethiopians are losing faith in Abiy’s promises for peace

The prime minister may have won the Nobel Peace Prize but he has failed to quell the violence in his own backyard

  • Yohannes Gedamu
5 min read
ALLIANCE FOR THE LIBERATION OF SOMALIA

Eritrea backs Somali opposition against Ethiopia

Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki has backed a new Somali opposition alliance, saying arch-foe Ethiopia’s fight against insurgents in Mogadishu was doomed to fail, state media…

  • Jack Kimball
2 min read