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Spyware vendor may have helped Ethiopia target journalists – even after it was aware of abuses, [washingtonpost]
By Andrea Peterson
The Ethiopian government appears again to be using Internet spying tools to attempt to eavesdrop on journalists based in suburban Washington, said security researchers who call such high-tech intrusions a serious threat...
Jaw bone fossil discovered in Ethiopia is oldest known human lineage remains [The Guardian]
Around 400,000 years older than previous discovery of homo lineage, 2.8m-year-old jaw and five teeth was found on rocky slope in Afar region
A lower jaw bone and five teeth discovered on a hillside in Ethiopia are the oldest remains ever found...
WORLD BANK DENIES BLAME FOR VIOLENT ETHIOPIAN EVICTIONS [ICIJ]
By Sasha Chavkin
The World Bank has denied responsibility for the violent evictions of an indigenous group by a major client, the Ethiopian government, and declined to press for compensation for families that have been forced from...
Tedros Adhanom caught in $20 million teen prize scandal[By Abebe Gellaw]
– Government of Australia and Rotary Foundation deny funding teenager
ADDIS VOICE – The Foreign Minister of Ethiopia has been caught in an explosive web of lies with a schoolgirl as the Government of Australia and the Rotary Foundation...
PRESS RELEASE: WORLD BANK WHITEWASHES ETHIOPIA HUMAN RIGHTS SCANDAL
BANK ABSOLVES ITSELF OF RESPONSIBILITY AND DENIES REDRESS TO VICTIMS
by Inclusive Development International
(March 2, 2015) – The World Bank has whitewashed damning evidence of widespread human rights abuses in connection with its flagship...
British support for Ethiopia scheme withdrawn amid abuse allegations [theguardian ]
Department for International Development will no longer back $4.9bn project that critics claim has funded a brutal resettlement programme
An Anuak woman at work in Abobo, a village in Ethiopia’s Gambella region. It has been...
Language hitch delays case against 101 illegal migrants [Daily Nation]
By STELLA CHERONO
A case against 101 Ethiopians accused of being in Kenya illegally has delayed due to lack of an Amharic interpreter.
The foreigners, who are said to have been on their way to South Africa, did not have travel documents, police...
Kenya Police Arrest 101 Ethiopian Men
NAIROBI, Kenya
By TOM ODULA Associated Press
Kenyan police said Tuesday they arrested 101 Ethiopian nationals suspected of traveling illegally through Kenya on their way to South Africa.
The suspects appeared before Magistrate Victor...