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South Africa violence provokes anger of a continent [channel4]
South Africa is not like any other country – it has a special place in the hearts of ordinary Africans. But that could change after the recent fatal attacks on immigrants.
Africans worldwide have taken to social media to...
Dear Secretary Kerry: U.S. Wrong to Endorse Ethiopia's Elections [freedomhouse]
The Honorable John F. Kerry
Secretary of State
2201 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20520
Dear Mr. Secretary:
We are deeply troubled over the comments made by Under Secretary Wendy Sherman yesterday in Addis Ababa. The Under Secretary’s...
What is Behind Ethiopia’s Most Recent Allegations Against Eritrea? [TN]
By Sharmini Peries,
THIS is the Glen Ford Report on The Real News Network. I’m Sharmini Peries coming to you from Baltimore.
Eritrea and Ethiopia, two of the world’s poorest countries, spent hundreds of millions of dollars in a war between...
Ethiopians talk of violent intimidation as their land is earmarked for foreign investors[theguardian]
Ethiopia has long faced criticism for forcibly relocating tens of thousands of people from their ancestral homes. Photograph: Siegfried Modola/Reuters
David Smith
New report gives damning indictment of the government’s mandatory resettlement...
Urgent Appeal on Behalf of Ethiopians Stranded in Yemen!
The Global Alliance for the Rights of Ethiopians (GARE) was established in response to the crisis emanating from the unexpected decision by the Government of Saudi Arabia to expel Ethiopian migrant workers. GARE campaigned vigorously and raised...
Israel offers Eritrean refugees an option: deportation or jail [Martin Plaut]
Evidence from the Holot detention centre in Israel shows that Eritrean and Sudanese detainees are being given a choice between deportation to an unnamed “third country” or imprisonment.
This information was sent by Israeli human rights activists...
Exposed: Tedros Adhanom’s chief advisor is a phony prof from Bowie [By Abebe Gellaw]
(Addis Voice) The chief advisor of Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the minister, Tedros Adhanom, is a self-appointed professor with a PhD in “international studies” from a “university” labelled by a U.S. congressional investigation...