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Rights groups press Obama to meet activists on trip to Kenya and Ethiopia [AFP]
The groups voiced concerns about “grave and worsening human rights challenges” in the two countries.
US president Obama: Told of “shrinking civic space” in Kenya and Ethiopia. (Photo/AFP).
MORE than 50 African...
Hacking Team boss: we sold to Ethiopia but ‘we’re the good guys’ [theguardian]
Samuel Gibbs
Attack that revealed data exposing deals with dictatorships was on a ‘governmental level’ and ‘planned for months’, says David Vincenzetti in first statement
Hacking Team founder speaks out about attacks that...
Ethiopian journalist on fear of returning to prison [Andrew Harding - BBC]
“I’m still scared that I might go back to prison” says journalist Tesfalem Waldyes
It’s never an easy decision: Should I interview someone who wants to talk in public, but who knows that a word out of line could mean...
What it took for Ethiopia to lose access to hacking tools it used against journalists in the U.S.
By Andrea Peterson (The Washington Post)
Now we know what it takes to get your hacking tools taken away if you’re a repressive government.
It’s not enough to get caught spying on U.S.-based journalists — or even to have the story...
EXCLUSIVE: SA troops 'held hostage' in Sudan over al-Bashir
By: Erika Gibson, Netwerk24
Johannesburg – The Sudanese government of president Omar al-Bashir literally held a gun to South Africa’s head to secure his safe return to Khartoum.
Netwerk24 can reveal that about 1 400 South African soldiers...
Asian investors, regional allies and European admirers: why the world overlooks Ethiopia's rigged elections [BY MARTIN PLAUT ]
Addis Ababa is too important a place to sideline over a small matter like democracy
On 24 May, Ethiopia went to the polls – a fact that might have escaped your attention. Hardly surprising since there was next to no coverage in the British...
Sudan’s Al-Bashir Has Left South Africa, Sudanese Minister Says
by Ahmed Feteha
Bloomberg
Sudanese President Umar al-Bashir has left South Africa and is returning to his nation’s capital, Information Minister Ahmed Bilal Osman said.
“The president finished his business in South Africa and is coming back...