Copenhagen free speech debate shooting: One dead
Copenhagen free speech debate shooting: One dead. Gunmen killed one person and injured three police officers during a free speech debate in Copenhagen attended by a controversial Swedish cartoonist,...
View ArticleWho knows about Ethiopia’s perfekt elektion in May 2015? [prof Alemayehu]
It is the middle of February 2015 as I write this commentary. But I always remember in November. I see some of my Ethiopian friends carrying long forlorn melancholy faces. A few lines from...
View ArticleWife of Andy Tsege: Yemi Hailemariam on London Live[With Eleanor Cunningham ]
(London Live) Andy Tsege, who is the secretary-general of a banned Ethiopian opposition movement. He came to London in 1979 as apolitical refugee, however in Ethiopia he is regarded as being part of a...
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First Deaf-Blind Harvard Law graduate Haben Girma Pursues Dreams
Haben Girma with her guide dog, Maxine Photo by: Kathleen Dooher Harvard Law School student Haben Girma ’13 was recently named a White House Champion of Change for her advocacy on behalf of deafblind...
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A misunderstanding of book pricing [By Tamiru Ayele]
I read a confounding piece by Meshesha Mekonnen (PhD) about an offprint book that seems to be way overpriced. Dr. Mekonnen even congratulated the author, Tecola Hagos, for having written a book which...
View ArticleEthiopians deserve a free press
The Feb. 9 editorial “Ethiopia’s stifled press” raised fundamental issues of human rights, democracy and governance. The journalists and bloggers languishing in prison committed no crime except to...
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Bye, Bye Karuturistan, Ethiopia!
RIP: A post-mortem on Karuturistan, Ethiopia It was too good to be true. It is too bad it was true for the people of Gambella in western Ethiopia. Last month, the ignoble demise of Karuturi Global,...
View Article179 Ethiopians Deported from Zimbabwe[The Herald]
Harare magistrate Mr Tendai Mahwe has ordered 179 Ethiopians, who illegally entered Zimbabwe through Nyamapanda Border Post, to return to their country. The group aged between 15 and 28 pleaded guilty...
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101 Ethiopian men arrested In Kenya
Nairobi – Kenyan police say they have arrested more than 100 Ethiopian nationals suspected of travelling illegally through Kenya on their way to South Africa. Noah Katumo, the head of Kenya’s Special...
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Ethiopia: Amnesty International Report 2014/15
February 25, 2015 Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Head of state: Mulatu Teshome Wirtu Head of government: Hailemariam Desalegn Freedom of expression continued to be subject to serious...
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ONLF Fighters and Ethiopian Security Forces engage in Skirmish in Ogaden Region
Rebel in Ethiopia’s occupied Ogaden and Ethiopian Security Forces clash near Degahbur town of Ogaden region. The fighting has recent escalated following the killing of ONLF Commander near Sagag....
View ArticleJournalists and online activists, did GCHQ or NSA spy on you?
A recent historic ruling by an independent British tribunal that handles complaints about surveillance has made it possible for individuals to ask the British signals intelligence agency GCHQ if it...
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