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Powerful Ethiopian party accuses government of ethnic crackdown - Reuters
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters)
– A powerful party in Ethiopia’s government accused authorities of arresting members of its ethnic group in a politically-driven crackdown – an unprecedented public charge exposing deep rifts at the heart...
Facebook shuts 20 pages claiming to be Ethiopian broadcaster - WCTV
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — A major Ethiopian broadcaster says Facebook has shut 20 pages that falsely used its name.
Fana Broadcasting Corporate’s announcement comes as Ethiopians complain that fake news reports in recent months have...
African leaders applaud Ethiopia PM for reforms - Daily Pioneer
Africa’s leaders applauded Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for making substantial reforms in his country as they met to consider improvements to the continent-wide body at a summit that started on Saturday.
“Ethiopia is undergoing...
Ethiopia arrests former deputy spy chief Yared Zerihun - Daily Nation
Ethiopia’s former deputy intelligence chief has been arrested amid investigations into corruption and human rights abuses committed by the security forces.
Yared Zerihun, the former deputy head of the national security agency, is one...
Ethiopia arrests 63 suspected of rights abuses, corruption
By ELIAS MESERET
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia has arrested 63 intelligence officials, military personnel and businesspeople on allegations of rights violations and corruption, the country’s attorney general announced...
Ethiopia says its security heads ordered an attack of the country’s new prime minister - Quartz
By Abdi Latif Dahir
Young, popular and preaching peace, prime minister Abiy Ahmed has accelerated reform across all sectors in Ethiopia since coming to power in April. But his radical and transformative agenda has faced opposition—more...