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The Intellectual Poverty and Moral Bankruptcy of Ethiopia Famine Deniers [Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam]
There is “no famine in Ethiopia… Ethiopians aren’t starving to death… People aren’t dying… Animals are dying of thirst…” Alex de Waal
Last week, in an op-ed piece in the New York Times (International Edition), Alex de...
Robert Mugabe and Pink Noses [Eskinder Nega, Gulag Kaiti Prison]
Congo-Kinshasa, Congo-Brazzaville, Burundi, Uganda, Rwanda, Benin. Ask Robert Mugabe, Africa’s longest reigning president, about these countries and doubt not he would beam with pride. This is a partial litany of African countries, whose presidents...
Ethiopia must release opposition politician held for Facebook posts [AMNESTY]
PRESS RELEASE
MAY 6, 2016
The Ethiopian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release a prominent opposition politician facing a possible death sentence on trumped-up terrorism charges over comments he posted on Facebook, said...
Ethiopia hands dissident 9-year jail term [THE FINANCIAL TIMES]
©Charlie Bibby/FT
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...