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(Addis Voice) Two staff members of the Voice of America, Horn of Africa section, have recently attracted the attention of Ethiopians across the world. Henok Semaeger Fente and Peter Heinlein are not strangers to internal and external complaints....

Britain accused of abandoning activist on Ethiopia’s death row The family of a British citizen kidnapped and rendered to Ethiopia in June has called on the British government to secure his release as soon as possible. LONDON – Andargachew...

  By Tom Rhodes/CPJ East Africa Representative Five independent magazines and a weekly newspaper have been charged by Ethiopia’s Justice Ministry, a move that may add to the long lists of shuttered publications and Ethiopian journalists...

BY NATE CARDOZO Earlier this week, EFF told the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia that Ethiopia must be held accountable for its illegal wiretapping of an American citizen.  Foreign governments simply do not have a get-out-of-court-free...

WikiLeaks founder says he will leave Ecuador’s embassy in London “soon”, but gives no further details. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said he plans to leave Ecuador’s embassy in London “soon”, having...

When you sign up for a reporting fellowship to learn about the health of newborns in Ethiopia, you expect things to be a little different from what you’re used to in the U.S. To be perfectly honest, a little worse. But Ethiopia actually surprised...

Huffington Post   NAIROBI, Kenya – A cursory glance at the headlines shows that Ethiopia has one of Africa’s fastest growing economies. But the noise generated by the hyperbolic international media is drowning out the critical voices. Political...