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No joy in Ethiopia region even as New Year fete approaches (AFP)
ADDIS ABABA
As Ethiopians prepare to celebrate their New Year and the Muslim feast of Sacrifice, shops in the town of Burayu are shuttered and streets strangely empty amid fresh anti-government protests.
With New Year festivities set for...
Ethiopian journalist Yusuf Getachew released from jail [CPJ]
New York, September 10, 2016–Ethiopian authorities today released Yusuf Getachew, editor-in-chief of Ye Muslimoch Guday (Muslim Affairs), who has been imprisoned since his arrest in July 2012, a relative of the journalist told CPJ. Yusuf...
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...