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How long can Ethiopia's state of emergency keep the lid on anger? [theguardian]
William Davison in Guder
In a muted show of defiance near Ethiopia’s capital city, a tall farmer glanced around before furtively crossing his arms below his waist to make the Oromo people’s resistance symbol.
Ethiopia’s government...
Secure our Dad’s release from death row, family urges Foreign Office
Reprieve
A British family has urged a senior Foreign Office minister visiting Ethiopia this week to secure the release of their father from death row.
Foreign Office minister Tobias Ellwood is believed to be attending a summit later this week...
EALING AMNESTY GROUP DEMANDS THE RELEASE OF ESKINDER NEGA [Wondimu Mekonnen: London]
The Ealing Amnesty Group has recently declared that it has adopted Eskinder Nega as a focus for campaigning in 2017. This must be highly appreciated by the freedom and peace-loving citizens of the world. We hope other Groups also adopt other...
Ethiopia: Zone 9 [blog.amnestyusa]
By Adotei Akwei
By Adotei Akwei and Miho Mitobe
At the end of 2016 Amnesty International published a report titled Ethiopia Offline: Evidence of Social Media Blocking and Internet Censorship in Ethiopia. This report documented how social...
Famine in Ogaden deliberately underestimated by the Ethiopian government and UN agencies in Ogaden
ONLF
The failure of two consecutive rains in Ogaden, has killed thousands of livestock and many vulnerable people in Ogaden. Most regions in Ogaden have extreme water shortages, no pasture for livestock and food supplies have drastically dwindled....
South Sudan ambassador dismisses rift with Ethiopia (AP)
South Sudan’s ambassador to Ethiopia has dismissed reports that relations are strained between the two countries after President Salva Kiir visited Egypt early this month
By ELIAS MESERET, Associated Press
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP)...
Habtamu Ayalew Medical Fund
This is regarding our brother and a dear son of Ethiopia, Habtamu Ayalew.
Dear fellow Ethiopians,
We would like to express our sincere thanks and appreciation for your generosity in support of Habtamu Ayalew’s Medical Fund. Nine months...
EXCLUSIVE - 'Please just let me speak to my daughter': Biological mother of Angelina Jolie’s adopted girl Zahara, 12, demands access from Ethiopia after Brangelina love split (Daily Mail)
Mentewab Dawit Lebiso was forced to give her daughter up after she was raped
Poverty stricken 31-year-old was attacked then fell sick after her baby was born
Jolie adopted the daughter from Ethiopia believing she was an ‘Aids orphan’
Now...