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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....
Why 2017 was a tough year for Ethiopia (APA)
It has been a year of deadly demonstrations and ethnic skirmishes in Ethiopia, making 2017 a tough year for the country.Hundreds of people were killed in clashes between residents of Oromo in the eastern part of the country where the government...
SMNE: HOW WE FACE THE BEAST OF ETHNIC HATRED WILL DETERMINE OUR OUTCOME AS ETHIOPIANS (Press Release)
– WHAT IS HAPPENING TO US?
– WHAT COULD HAPPEN TO ETHIOPIA IF WE DO NOT CHANGE?
– WHAT KIND OF COMMON VISION WILL BRING TRUTH, FREEDOM, ACCOUNTABILITY, RECONCILIATION AND JUSTICE FOR ALL OF US?
– WHAT...
Ethiopia remembers prisoners of conscience in social media campaign
By Engidu Woldie
ESAT News (December 27, 2017)
Ethiopians at home and in the Diaspora today held a one day social media campaign to bring to light the predicament of prisoners of conscience in TPLF prisons.
Campaigners posted pictures and stories...