Following a critical report by the U.S. Department of State last week, the Woyanne tribal regime in Ethiopia has lifted its blockade on all news web sites such as Ethiopian Review, EMF and opposition web sites such as Ginbot7.org.
DebreTsion GebreMichael, Ethiopia’s Information Technology chief, has unblocked news web sites after a 3-year ban
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The Woyanne regime’s propagandist (Liar-in-Chief), Bereket Simon, had persistently denied that there is a restriction on access to web sites.
The official in charge of the Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation, Ato DebreTsion GebreMichael, who carried out the decision to ban web sites, also denies any such blockade.
Under DebreTsion’s watch, Ethiopia ranks lower than Somalia in Information Technology (IT) usage. As chief of Ethiopia’s IT, DebreTsion’s main focus is to limit people’s access to information, not to build the country’s IT infrastructure. As a result, Ethiopia with a population of 80 million has only 30,000 Internet subscribers, according to the State Department report.
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