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US State Department issues travel alert to Ethiopia
The State Department recommends U.S. citizens maintain a high level of security awareness during the electoral period and avoid political rallies, polling centers, demonstrations, and crowds of any kind as instances of unrest can occur. Review...
Ethiopia: Opposition claims harassment ahead of elections [AP]
By ELIAS MESERET
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopian opposition groups are accusing the government of harassing their members and carrying out illegal detentions ahead of the May 24 elections.
Yonathan Tesfaye, spokesman for the Blue Party,...
Senate should not confirm Gayle Smith [Congress Blog -THE HILL]
By Alemayehu G. Mariam
President Obama visited Ghana in 2009 and told Parliament, “History is on the side of brave Africans.” He warned Africa’s strongmen, “History is not with those who use coups or change Constitutions to stay in...
Ethiopian-Israelis demand ministerial committees to help community [Stuart Winer]
THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
BY STUART WINER
Protest leaders say charges against those arrested at demonstration should be dropped, ask for improvements in housing, education
Ethiopian-Israeli Inbar Bugale explains the demands that activists want...
Egyptian army forces free Ethiopians held in Libya - Sisi
CAIRO | BY MAHMOUD MOURAD
(Reuters) – A group of Ethiopians who had been kidnapped in Libya arrived at Cairo airport on Thursday after Egyptian army forces rescued them, state media quoted Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as saying.
But...
Election, Ethiopian Style [Al Jazeera]
Since the last election, the ruling party has exerted more control and increased its repression of basic liberties.
There are few ways for Ethiopians to peacefully express dissent, writes Horne [Al Jazeera]
By Felix Horne
This is what an election...
Separate, but not equal treatment plagues Israel’s Ethiopian Jews [The Times of Israel]
Special programs targeting immigrant community have led to segregation, not integration, say academics and activists
BY RENEE GHERT-ZAND
Ziva Birsaw immigrated to Israel from Ethiopia as a child in 1984. Today she works with Ethiopian youth...