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Peter Heinlein Ethiopian refugee Tadesse Kersmo talks to the media at the London offices of Privacy International Monday, Feb. 17, 2014. February 20, 2014 WASHINGTON — Several Ethiopians living abroad are accusing their home government of using sophisticated computer spyware to hack into their computers and monitor their private communications. One Washington area man has filed a federal suit against the Ethiopian government, and another has filed a complaint with British police. The Ethiopian native, who is a U.S. citizen, charges that agents used a program called FinSpy to monitor his emails, Skype calls and his web browsing history. A suit filed in Federal District Court in Washington Tuesday asks that Ethiopia be named as being behind the cyber-attacks and pay damages of $10,000. The suit includes an affidavit asking that the plaintiff’s name be kept secret. Attorney Richard Martinez of the law firm Robins, Kaplan, Miller and Cirese helped to prepare the suit. Martinez

By Terrence Lyons When Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia’s leader of more than 20 years, died in August 2012, many anticipated significant and potentially destabilizing change. Past political transitions in Addis Ababa had been violent and settled at the barrel of the gun, so the precedents were worrisome. Meles’ eulogies emphasized his individual brilliance and his personal role in bringing development to the modern Ethiopian state. What would happen with the strongman gone? Could the strong and effective authoritarian developmental party-state engineered under Meles’ leadership sustain itself without him? Instead of instability, the ruling Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) quickly moved Deputy Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn into the leadership spot without public drama or fuss. Meles’ Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP) remains the party’s guiding policy document, and key initiatives such as the Grand Renaissance Dam are moving forward steadily. Ethiopia was

The common goal of all authoritarian regimes is to preserve their grip on power, but how they do so varies across a spectrum of repression and control, with major implications for their ability to maintain stability in times of transition. Charles Armstrong examines how the Kim family consolidated a hereditary brand of authoritarianism in North Korea, and what the current transition under Kim Jong Un portends for the regime’s future prospects. Manochehr Dorraj explains how the tensions between the republican and Islamic components of Iran’s regime leave it vulnerable to moments of spontaneous popular participation. And Terrence Lyons looks at the nature of Ethiopia’s party-based authoritarianism and the balancing act required to maintain it. Subscribers can  click here to download the PDF version  of this feature. You must be logged in to complete the download.

Combining various aspects of child feeding into an age-specific summary index provides a first answer to the question of how best to deal with recommended feeding practices in the context of HIV pandemic. The objective of this study is to assess feeding practices of HIV exposed infants using summary index and its association with nutritional status in Southern Ethiopia.  Methods: Facility based cross-sectional study design with cluster random sampling technique was conducted in Sidama Zone, Southern Ethiopia. Bivariate and multivariable linear regression analyses were performed to assess the association between summary index (infant and child feeding index) (CS-ICFI) and nutritional status.  Results: The mean (+/-standard deviation (SD)) cross-sectional infant and child feeding index (CS-ICFI) score of infants was 9.09 (+/-2.59), [95% CI: 8.69-9.49]). Thirty seven percent (36.6%) of HIV exposed infants fell in the high CS-ICFI category while 31.4% of them were found in p

ለሲዳማ ህዝብ ልማት እና ብልጽግና ለማምጣት ታልሞ የተቋቋመው የሲዳማ ልማት ማህበር ከጊዜ ወደ ጊዜ የታለመለትን ግብ መምታቱ ቀርቶ በሁለት እግር ቆሞ መሄድ ኣልቻለም። ማህበሩ በዞኑ ውስጥ በልማት መስኩ ያለው ሚና እየቀጨጨ ከመምጣቱ በላይ በኣሁኑ ጊዜ ላለመፍረስ በመገዳገድ ላይ ይገኛል። ሪፖርተራችን ጥቻ ወራና ሰለሲዳማ ልማት ማህበር የስራ እንቅስቃሴ ያጠናከረው ዘገባ እንደምያመለክተው፤ የሲዳማ ልማት ማህበር ያለውን የተወሰነ ገቢ በኣግባቡ ስብስቦና ኣደራጅቶ መስራት ኣልቻለም። ማህበሩ የሲዳማን ህዝብ ከማገልገል የጥቂት ባለስልጣናት ኣገልጋይ ሆኗል፤ ለዝርዝሩ ጥቻ ወራና፦ Sidaamu latishshu Maamari/ Sidama Development Association/ yinannihu xaa yannara su'mu callu no.Koneeti yinanniha mitto looso loosate wolqa dinosi. Noota jiro nafa ragunni amade hexo tuge/ planning and coordination/hilintinni dino. Lowo geeshsha maala'linanni coyi heeriro Wolaaitate Lophphote Maamari dagansa lowo gede kaa'le, teneeti yinannikki tirfe/ profit/giddora e''e, babbaxino loosu kaayyo wedellinsara kalaqe kuneeti xaa yannara Hawaasi katami giddo Monopolete qarqartora jawa darga adhdhe G+7 fooqe minara safiranni no.Ninkeri kayinni giddo noo loosaasinera nafa aganu damooza baata hooganno d