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Andargachew Tsige: Ethiopian brutality, British apathy [By Graham Peebles]
A UK citizen who was a refugee from the one-party state that is Ethiopia has been spirited back into its clutches. Why is the Foreign and Commonwealth Office doing so little?
On 23 June 2014 Andargachew Tsige was illegally detained at Sana’a...
U.S. Students Feature Ethiopia’s Reeyot Alemu in ‘Press Uncuffed’ Campaign [Tadias Magazine]
Reeyot Alemu is one in a number of journalists who have been prosecuted under the vaguely worded and broad-reaching anti-terrorism laws passed by the Ethiopian legislature in 2009. (IWMF/Getty Images)
By Tadias Staff
New York — Students...
Latest Nile agreement is another TPLF giveaway[SMNE]
Geneva, Switzerland)– On March 23, 2015, a Tripartite Summit on the Nile was held in Khartoum, Sudan, hosted by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, and attended by Egyptian President Abdul Fattah Sisi, and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam...
Egyptian leader defends Nile rights in Ethiopia's Parliament [ASSOCIATED PRESS]
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el- Sissi on Wednesday urged Ethiopia’s leaders to put aside “centuries of mistrust” and cooperate on sharing Nile River waters as Ethiopia presses ahead with the construction...
Is violent change inevitable in Ethiopia? [Graham Peebles-mwcnews]
By Graham Peebles
As the Ethiopian government intensifies its violent suppression of the populace in the lead up to the illusion of national elections in May, there are many within the country and the diaspora who believe a popular armed uprising...
Ethiopia denies Temesghen Desalegn access to medical care in jail [CPJ]
Nairobi, March 16, 2015—Authorities in Ethiopia have denied medical attention to Ethiopian journalist Temesghen Desalegn, who has been imprisoned since October, according to sources close to the journalist.
Temesghen Desalegn, owner of...
