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Amnesty: 'Conviction for Facebook post is shameful'
Rights body Amnesty international has called the conviction of an Ethiopian opposition politician for his Facebook posts “a shameful affront to people’s right to express themselves”.
Yonatan Tesfaye was found guilty earlier today...
Ethiopia: Who for WHO? A Top Leader of a Terrorist Organization, That’s Who! [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Author’s Note: In this commentary, I make the case against Tedros Adhanom, a top leader of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front, a terrorist organization, who is a finalist for the director-general position at the World Health Organization.
This...
World Vision Ethiopia: Hunger Response Situation Report No. 4 (4 May 2017)
ReliefWeb
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
• The persistent drought in the lowland areas of Ethiopia has increased the vulnerability of the population prompting the government to revise the number of people requiring emergency food aid from 5.6 million to...
Release and drop charges against Dr. Merera Gudina [ScholarsAtRisk]
Protecting scholars and the freedom to think, question and share ideas
May 1, 2017 — Scholars at Risk (SAR) is gravely concerned that Dr. Merera Gudina was arrested and is currently facing multiple charges in apparent retaliation...
US issues warning after Ethiopia grenade attacks
By Afp
The United States issued a warning Thursday to its citizens about travelling to a popular tourist region in Ethiopia after a string of grenade attacks targeting hotels and homes.
The US embassy in Addis Ababa said there had been four...
Ethiopia’s Eskinder Nega named IPI Press Freedom Hero
International Press Institute (Vienna)
Ethiopian journalist and blogger Eskinder Nega, who has been imprisoned since 2011 after criticising his country’s abuse of anti-terror laws to silence the press, has been named the International Press...
A House Divided: Ethiopian Runners Separated by Politics Face Off at London Marathon [globalvoices]
Ethiopians may suffer from conflicting allegiances Sunday as two Ethiopian elite runners Feyisa Lelisa and Kenenisa Bekele take to the streets of London for the 36th edition of the London Marathon.
Both Feyisa and Kenenisa hail from Ethiopia’s...