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Ethiopia 'at crossroads' warns opposition leader
Growing unrest, violence attracts attention of African Union, US
By Addis Getachew
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia
A recent statement of concern by the African Union has thrown the spotlight onto what many see as a simmering problem in Ethiopia which...
23 killed in Ethiopian prison fire, local media reports [thestar]
Fana Broadcasting Corporate cited a government statement saying 21 inmates at the Kilinto prison died from stampede and suffocation and two died trying to escape.
By MICHAEL ATSBEHAThe Associated Press
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA—Twenty-three people...
Ethiopia opposition leader demands release of all political prisoners
[JURIST] Ethiopia’s opposition leader and leader of the Oromo ethnic group, Tiruneh Gamta, demanded on Saturday the release of all political prisoners “regardless of any political stand or religion or creed.” The Oromo ethnic...
Gunshots and flames reported at Ethiopian prison for anti-government protestors [IBT]
The prison in the capital Addis Ababa was pictured ablaze.
By Matt Thomas
Gunshots have been reported at a jail, on the outskirts of Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, where anti-government protesters are held.
The Qilinti jail also caught...
AU finally issues statement on Ethiopia protests, calls for restraint [africanews]
Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban
ETHIOPIA
The African Union (AU) has finally spoken on the protests in Ethiopia saying it was following the situation with great concern. The AU also called for restraint on the part of parties involved.
The continental...
Once a Bucknell Professor, Now the Commander of an Ethiopian Rebel Army [NewyorkTimes]
Berhanu Nega was once one of Bucknell University’s most popular professors. An Ethiopian exile with a Ph.D. from the New School for Social Research in Manhattan, he taught one of the economics department’s most sought-after electives, African...