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SOMALIA: Sheikh Aweys speaks out, says the country is colonized by Ethiopia

Mogadishu (RBC) The well known Islamist commander Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys who has defected from Al Shabab 11 months has released his fist audio message under the detention of Somali government saying the country in under the colony of AMISOM...

Semayawi Party on the Killing of University Students in Ethiopia May 2014

Yenew Alamirew wins the 5000m at the 2014 IAAF Diamond League

How China is taking over Africa

USA TODAY Jacob Kushner You’ve seen the headlines: China is taking over Africa, and the United States and Africa’s former colonizers in Europe have lost sway. Mostly, it’s true. Throughout Angola, Ghana and the Congo,...

JOURNALISTS ARE NOT TERRORISTS!

PUBLISHED ON MONDAY 19 MAY 2014. Reporters Without Borders has learnt today that the court in Addis Ababa granted the police investigating the case against the 6 bloggers and three journalists, 28 more days for further investigations. The...

Ethiopia: Human rights, repression, carrots and sticks

With U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s visit to Ethiopia, the recent spate of harsh crackdowns in the country has raised serious questions about the U.S. and international community’s ongoing support for the Ethiopian government. A few...

South Sudan President Salva Kiir warns of 'famine'

South Sudan’s president has warned his country faces “one of worst famines ever” unless the current conflict is ended, in an interview with the BBC. Salva Kiir also accused his sacked deputy, Riek Machar, of stoking ethnic...

'My Ethiopia nostalgia’ MONICA KAYOMBO, Zambian journalist...

ZAMBIA DAILY-MAIL  Online Editor  By MONICA KAYOMBO  This is one trip where I was not privy to the programme until I reached Addis Ababa. Ethiopia is a country with a population of over 90 million people, making it the second most...