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Less tokenism, more money
"budgets as tools for liberation"
May 19
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Maya Misikir
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worst year ever
and the conditions of a journalist's release
May 4
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Maya Misikir
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Death sentences for Ethiopians in Saudi
and harassed by diplomats
Apr 27
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Maya Misikir
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the trade-offs of a pretty city
Jan 6
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Maya Misikir
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A call to the Sifter community
Jul 7, 2025
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Maya Misikir
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what it shouldn't take to be a woman journalist
Jul 29, 2025
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Maya Misikir
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Ethiopian media in crisis mode
Mar 3
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Maya Misikir
20
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all eyes on western Ethiopia
Jan 13
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Maya Misikir
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a journalist has been abducted
Apr 20
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a journalist has been abducted
(the call is coming from inside the house)
Apr 20
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Maya Misikir
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the f word
(feminist)
Apr 14
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Maya Misikir
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mourning for South Ethiopia
and a displaced community caught between two enemies
Mar 17
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Maya Misikir
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the women journalists in jail
and war crimes by a rebel group
Mar 10
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Maya Misikir
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Ethiopian media in crisis mode
and arthouse film culture
Mar 3
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Maya Misikir
20
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Crime or cultural identity?
on the laws protecting women in Ethiopia
Feb 24
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Maya Misikir
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A monthly scam quota
and who's going to be left standing by June?
Feb 17
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Maya Misikir
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a letter to Eritrea
and another dismal look back on 2025
Feb 10
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Maya Misikir
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a familiar crisis management tool
and transcending vs addressing the past
Feb 3
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Maya Misikir
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