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Merera Gudina, Ethiopia opposition leader, freed (BBC)
Jailed Ethiopian opposition leader Merera Gudina has been freed after more than a year in detention.
The leader of the Oromo Federalist Congress was released on Wednesday morning and allowed to go home, where he was welcomed by thousands of...
Why are tensions rising in the Red Sea region? (AL JAZEERA)
Tensions in the Red Sea region have been brewing for months but came to the fore when Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Sudan last month.
The visit, hailed as historic, was the first by a Turkish head of state since 1956 when Sudangained...
Statement of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission on Recent Developments in Ethiopia (AU)
Addis Ababa, 4 January 2018: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, welcomes the announcement made by the Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Repubic of Ethiopia, Hailemariam Desalegn, pardoning or suspending...
Ethiopia to free jailed politicians to 'foster national reconciliation': PM (Reuters)
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia will release and pardon dissident politicians jailed on criminal charges, its prime minister said on Wednesday — an unexpected shift in stance from a government routinely accused by rights groups...
Ethiopia – A deadly 2017 saddled with security headache, simmering protests
Africanews
Ethiopia entered 2017 under a state of emergency rule. A measure imposed in October 2016 following deadly protests largely in the Oromia region. Mass arrests were made and a Command Post with sweeping powers of arrest was put in place.
What...
Ethiopia at an Ominous Crossroads (By Amb. Cohen)
Article 39 of the Ethiopian Constitution states:
“Every Nation, Nationality and People in Ethiopia has an unconditional right to self-determination, including the right to secession.”
This Constitution was adopted in 1994....