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U.S. 'troubled' over Ethiopia's renewed deadly violence, calls for justice (Africanews)
Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban
The United States Embassy in Ethiopia says it is troubled and saddened by deadly violence in the country over the past two days.
Reports indicate that about 15 people were killed by state forces in the town of Chelenko...
Tamagne Beyene Released
Tamagne Beyene & Colleague Released After 4 Hours Detention in DC When Protesting Against Abuse of Africans in Libya.
Ethiopia targets activists with Israeli spyware: Report
by Jillian Kestler-D’Amours
The government of Ethiopia has “apparently” employed spyware purchased from an Israeli defence contractor to spy on independent journalists and dissidents living outside of the country, a recent...
A Call for Help for the Ethiopian People and the International Community!
We are urging the international community to be concerned about the rights and freedoms of all individuals, institutions and individuals, and to bring the people of the world to justice for the actions of any citizen of the country.
38 of the...
Exposed: Ethiopia’s nefarious, comically bungled spyware campaign (Ars Technica)
Publicly traded company helps country spy on critics, no questions asked.
DAN GOODIN
Researchers have uncovered a nefarious but comically incompetent spyware campaign that’s targeting Ethiopian dissidents in the US, UK, and other countries.
A report...
CIA Agent Confesses On Deathbed: ‘I Killed Bob Marley’
A 79-year-old retired officer of the CIA, Bill Oxley, has made a series of stunning confessions since he was admitted to the Mercy Hospital in Maine on Monday and told he has weeks to live. He claims he committed 17 assassinations for the American...
[A year ago] Ethiopia arrested Oromo leader Merera Gudina, still behind bars (Africanews)
Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban
On Thursday December 1, 2016; authorities in Ethiopia arrested a leading opposition figure Merera Gudina. A year on, he remains in jail facing multiple criminal charges downgraded from an earlier charge of terrorism.
Gudina...