The International Criminal Court saves lives[Belayneh Abate]
It is encouraging that a South African court decided to hold the Sudanese dictator in South Africa. African dictators are chronic public health disasters. These dictators are not just mass murderers...
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Ethiopia Opposition Candidate Dies After Attack in Northwest
(Bloomberg) – An Ethiopian parliamentary candidate for the opposition Blue Party died after being assaulted in Debre Markos, a town in the country’s northwest, the group said. Two people attacked...
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ESAT: Gayle Smith condemned by an Ethiopian activist during a US Senate...
ESAT News (June 18, 2015) Mekonnen Getachew, an Ethiopian activist, loudly condemned Gayle Smith while on a confirmation hearing as USAID administrator nominee at Senate Building in Washington DC, on...
View ArticleFirst Presidential Trip to Ethiopia Planned[Al Mariam]
President Obama will travel next month to Ethiopia to meet with African Union leaders and discuss ways to lift economic growth, strengthen democratic institutions and improve security, the White House...
View ArticleThe Axis of Shevil: Does Africa Need Gayle Smith?[Al Mariam]
This past Thursday, Gayle Smith who is currently Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director at the National Security Council directed by Susan Rice, had her confirmation hearing to become...
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Ethiopian ruling party wins all parliamentary seats [AFP
By Karim Lebhour, AFP Addis Ababa (AFP) – Ethiopia’s ruling party and its allies achieved a clean sweep in last month’s general election, winning all 546 parliamentary seats, the final results showed...
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Dispatches: Alarm Bells for Ethiopia’s 100% Election Victory
Elections where a ruling party wins 100 percent of the seats in parliament should always ring alarm bells. Results in Ethiopia from the May 24 general election, released yesterday, are no exception....
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A South African court has criticised the government for letting Sudan’s...
The court asked the public prosecutor to investigate if the government had broken the law. Mr Bashir denies the ICC charge he committed war crimes in Darfur. A court had ordered him to stay in South...
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Alarm Bells for Ethiopia’s 100% Election Victory[By Felix Horne]
By Felix Horne Elections where a ruling party wins 100 percent of the seats in parliament should always ring alarm bells. Results in Ethiopia from the May 24 general election, released yesterday, are...
View ArticleThe Impasse of Fear in Ethiopia and the Necessity of Comprehensive Struggle...
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. Roosevelt An ounce of action is worth more than tons of preaching Mahatma Gandhi Dr Messay Kebede The consensus is that dictatorial regimes stay in...
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Amnesty International Asks Ethiopia to Investigate Suspicious Murders and...
June 24, 2015 The suspicious murder of opposition leaders and wide-spread human rights violations against opposition party members over the past few weeks raises questions about Ethiopia’s elections,...
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President Obama’s Decision to Travel to Ethiopia is very Troubling (Jeffrey...
President Obama’s Decision to Travel to Ethiopia is very Troubling Jeffrey Smith Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights June 24, 2015 (AFP) – President Barack Obama will in late July...
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“Too Scared to Post: Freedom of Expression Under Ethiopia’s Anti-Terrorism...
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m. 1025 F Street, N.W., Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20004 featuring Simegnish (Lily) Y. Mengesha Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow with comments by Yohanan Assefa...
View ArticleEthiopian Heritage Society in North America (EHSNA) 2015
The Ethiopian Heritage Society in North America (EHSNA) will be holding its 5th annual cultural and inheritance summer festival in Washington, DC. Our festival will take place Sunday July 26th at...
View ArticleOn the eve of Obama’s visit, Ethiopia releases six writers held on...
In the past two days, Ethiopia has released six writers who had been held in prison on highly questionable “terrorism” charges. The timing hardly seems coincidental — the move comes on the eve of US...
View ArticleLike master, like servant: Nigerian terror group Boko Haram releases first...
Boko Haram has set a terrifying new precedent by releasing its first gruesome video of a beheading since it pledged allegiance to ISIS. The video adopts many of the same style-points as the hundreds of...
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