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Ethiopians protest racist attack, clash with police: 'Israel will be like Baltimore' [ynetnews]
After Ethiopian says he was attacked by immigration officials, Israel’s Ethiopian community takes to the streets to protest.
Omri Efraim
Some 1,000 Ethiopian Israelis protested across Jerusalem on Thursday evening against two incidents...
The United States’ irresponsible praise of Ethiopia’s regime [Washington Post]
By Editorial Board April 30 at 8:43 PM
ETHIOPIA’S ELECTIONS, scheduled for May 24, are shaping up to be anything but democratic. A country that has often been held up as a poster child for development has been stifling civic freedoms and systematically...
Flight Clearance Protocols Forced President Kenyatta Back [Citizennews]
Could failure to adhere to standard flight clearance protocols have been the reason behind President Uhuru Kenyatta’s aborted trip to the United States?
Aviation experts familiar with international travel procedures have dismissed...
Letter from an Ethiopian prison [theguardian]
Natnael Feleke has been imprisoned for a year without trial. In a letter smuggled out of jail, he asks the US secretary of state to stop supporting the regime
Dear John Kerry,
I first came to know about you back in 2004, during the US presidential...
Ethiopia's Zone 9 Bloggers: 12 Months in Detention, No Justice [freedomhouse]
Washington
April 24, 2015
Marking the one year anniversary of Ethiopia’s arrests of the Zone 9 bloggers and journalists, Freedom House released the following statement:
“These bloggers and journalists have spent a year in...