Mar 16Why Sanctions on Eritrea Make No SenseEritrea is one of the most demonized countries on earth. The very fact that in the West it is often referred to as the “North Korea of...
Jan 20Who Speaks for Ethiopia? Voices from the OppositionAs we traveled through Ethiopia, BT News met with Minister of Education Dr. Berhanu Nega, of the Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice...
Jan 11Retreating TPLF Leaves Path of Death and Destruction in LalibelaBT News traveled to the historic Ethiopian city of Lalibela, home to the famous rock-hewn churches, as it emerged from weeks under TPLF...
Jan 7Women Accuse TPLF of Mass Rape | The War on Ethiopia Dispatch 2Nifas Mewcha, a town in northern Ethiopia, was attacked and captured by the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front, or TPLF, from August 12...
Dec 30, 2021Hermela Aregawi: Why ‘I Had a Responsibility to Speak Out’ on EthiopiaEthiopian-born journalist Htells her personal journey of unearthing the truth about what’s going on in the Horn of Africa. Watch the...
Dec 22, 2021The War on Ethiopia Dispatch 1: U.S. Crushes Ethiopian WorkersMillions of Ethiopian workers are facing threats to their livelihoods because the United States is removing the country from a key trade...
Dec 2, 2021Twitter Censors Ethiopian & Eritrean ActivistsTwitter suspended the accounts of several Ethiopian and Eritrean activists without any explanation. Rania Khalek speaks with Simon...
Dec 1, 2021China and Africa: The Real Story of Western HypocrisyBrian and Prof. Ken Hammond discuss U.S.-China relations, China’s role in Africa and the new Cold War. In a stunning display of...
Nov 22, 2021How U.S. Media Whitewashes TPLF Atrocities to Push Regime Change In EthiopiaWhy is the coverage of the war in Ethiopia so one-sided? What’s really happening on the ground? And how does it compare to the narrative...
Nov 12, 2021Media Silences Ethiopian Voices as U.S.-Backed TPLF Plunges Country Deeper Into WarU.S. corporate media and social media corporations are supporting the violent and oppressive Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front, despite...
Nov 6, 2021‘We’re Fighting for System Change, That’s What It’s Going to Take to Stop This Climate Crisis’World leaders are meeting in Glasgow for the COP26 climate conference, but the minimal promises made at these gatherings are not kept and...
Nov 4, 2021Debunking the Media Lies Fueling War in Ethiopia with Journalist Hermela AregawiNovember 4 is the one year anniversary of the TPLF attacks on the Ethiopian government's Northern Command base, kicking off a brutal war....
Oct 29, 2021Sudan: Towards Military Rule or Revolution?The military in Sudan has attempted to take over the government from the civilian & military coalition that took power in 2019, after the...
Oct 26, 2021Why Is the US Threatening Sanctions on Ethiopia? The US is threatening to destroy Ethiopia's economy by suspending economic partnerships and sanctioning the government over its war with...
Oct 15, 2021Crisis In Ethiopia: Breaking Through the PropagandaThe U.S. and EU have accused Ethiopia of every atrocity imaginable and now they’re preparing sanctions. The Ethiopian government insists...
Oct 14, 2021Are the days numbered for Africa’s last absolute monarch?The following is a lightly edited transcription from The Punch Out with Eugene Puryear, a daily news podcast that comes out Monday...
Oct 13, 2021South Africa: Women Commune Leaders Arrested Amid Wider Repression of Shack Dwellers The following is a lightly edited transcription from The Punch Out with Eugene Puryear, a daily news podcast that comes out Monday...
Sep 30, 2021The Hidden Hunger in MoroccoHunger has a strong presence in the Moroccan imaginary as much as it exists in reality.
Sep 29, 2021Sudan on a Knife’s Edge, as Protests Cut Flow of OilThe oil shutdown in Sudan comes days after a failed coup attempt, with perhaps another on the way shortly. What’s behind it all?
Sep 28, 2021Voices from the African Left: China vs the US & the New Cold WarWestern governments along with their loyal media and think tanks warn that China is colonizing, exploiting, and forcing Africa into a...