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Ethiopia hands dissident 9-year jail term [THE FINANCIAL TIMES]
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The large Saudi Star farm in Gambella. Its owners want to grow 140,000 tonnes of rice by 2018
Tom Burgis in New York
An Ethiopian court has handed down a nine-year jail sentence to a leading dissident from the restive...
How Ethiopia’s New Internet Crime Bill Could Stop Online Dissent [Okayafrica]
An Ethiopian internet cafe. Creative commons image via UNICEF
When things get a little too hot for the powers that be, a sure fire way to cool them down is a good old-fashioned social media blackout. Just ask Congo-Brazzaville, where back...
Death toll tops 200 in cross-border Ethiopia raid [yahoo]
Karim Lebhour
Addis Ababa (AFP) – More than 200 people were killed and over 100 children abducted by armed men from South Sudan in a cross-border raid into Ethiopia, the country’s leader said.
Ethiopian officials blame Murle...
