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Man survives flight to Sweden in plane hold
THE LOCAL
UPDATED: An asylum seeker has been discovered alive in the hold of a plane that landed at Stockholm’s Arlanda airport on Friday morning, after smuggling himself on to an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa.
The stowaway...
Is Al Shabab an insurance against Ethiopian and Kenyan agression [Mareeg Media]
BY WARKA · AUGUST 9, 2015
Hostile ‘International Community’ Adv. Dr. Abdulqadir Hagi Mohamed Tallman
‘The international community’ is busy trying to weaken Somalia and torture it, until Somalis accept
Kenyan-Ethiopian hegemony.
A hostile...
Five men charged with murder of 200 migrants drowned in the Med [theguardian]
Suspected traffickers arrested by Italian police after boat tragedy allegedly threatened those on board with knives and beat them with belts
The five men arrested on suspicion of multiple homicide and human trafficking in the...
Aljazeera: US and European officials urge Ethiopia to release Andy Tsege
The father of three and lifelong crusader for democracy has been in secret detention for more than a year
by Amel Ahmed
Politicians from the United States, United Kingdom and the European Union have sent a letter to Ethiopian Prime Minister...
USCIRF Condemns Trial Outcome of Ethiopian Muslim Leaders
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 6, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) strongly decries the convictions and sentencing of 18 Muslim leaders in Ethiopia. They were charged under Ethiopia’s...
Ethiopia hands lengthy prison terms to Muslim activists [BY AARON MAASHO]
Reuters
An Ethiopian court sentenced 17 Muslim activists on Monday to prison sentences ranging from seven to 22 years on charges they plotted to create an Islamic state in the majority Christian country.
A journalist for a Muslim newspaper was...
Lawsuit Points to Hacking by Ethiopia as Obama Makes Visit [By Jack Gillum]
NEWSFACTOR
As President Barack Obama faces pressure to discuss human rights in his first official visit to Ethiopia, a unique lawsuit back home is challenging whether the African country can spy on an American by turning his computer into...
Obama urges Ethiopia to end crackdown on political and press freedom
theguardian
US president calls for ‘all voices’ to be heard on trip to African nation – where he will also discuss South Sudan crisis
Barack Obama urged Ethiopia’s leaders to curb crackdowns on press freedom and political openness...