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...
FreeZone9Bloggers Tweetathon held for imprisoned Ethiopian bloggers
FreeZone9Bloggers
International blogging, translation and advocacy group Global Voices has hosted an African Tweetathon, calling for the release of nine journalists and bloggers currently detained in Ethiopia.
Nine Ethiopian men and women...
