Political prisoners thrown to lions in Ethiopia - The Week UK
Reformist prime minister reveals torture practice thought to have ended decades ago
Lions, tigers and hyenas have been used to torture and intimidate political prisoners in secret jails throughout Ethiopia, the country’s reformist Prime Minister...
Why Ethiopians believe their new prime minister is a prophet - CNN
By Jenni Marsh, CNN
At 6 am when Gutama Habro arrived at the Target Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the line for tickets already snaked around the block. Within hours, 20,000 fans had packed the venue. “People around me were crying,”...
Civilians killed, thousands displaced in eastern Ethiopia - Times
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BY AFP
Fighting in Ethiopia’s volatile eastern Somali region over the weekend has left an unknown number of civilians dead and thousands...
I've Spent a Fifth of my Life in Prison Just for Doing the Work of a Journalist [By Eskinder Nega, TIME]
By ESKINDER NEGA
August 1, 2018
IDEAS Nega is a renowned Ethiopian journalist, who has been imprisoned nine times simply for doing his job. He was released earlier this year after spending his longest stint in prison.
I became a journalist...
