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Ethiopia arrests top Oromo opposition politician after Europe Parliament speech [washingtonpost]

By Paul Schemm ADDIS ABABA, Ethi­o­pia — A top opposition politician from Ethiopia’s restive Oromo ethnic group was arrested after he spoke out against the...

Cuba’s Fidel Castro, former president, dies aged 90

BBC Fidel Castro, Cuba's former president and leader of the Communist revolution, has died aged 90, state TV has announced. It provided no further details. Fidel Castro...

Ethiopia 2016: We MUST Remember November! [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]

“For the dead and the living, we must bear witness. For not only are we responsible for the memories of the dead, we are...

Ethiopian Security Re-Arrest Rights Activist, Zone9 Blogger Befeqadu Hailu

Security member of the command post established to oversee Ethiopia's six-month State of Emergency have this morning re-arrested human rights activist and blogger Befeqadu...

#FreeThem: Unjustly jailed Eskinder Nega, Ethiopia [HRW]

Eskinder Nega has been imprisoned eight times for his writings over the years. His experience encapsulates the situation facing many of Ethiopia’s independent journalists, who must...

Ethiopian rebel commander criticizes U.S. support for regime [globaljournalist]

“We’re not going to sit down and die.” Bryce Arthur Ethiopian rebel leader Berhanu Nega has tried democratic politics before. Now the former Bucknell University...

Ethiopia: Reshuffling the T-TPLF Deck of (Gu)Cards

Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam Another T-TPLF disinformation campaign Hailemariam Desalegn, the Puppet Prime Minister (PPM) of the Thugtatorship of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (T-TPLF)...

Open Letter to the Ethiopian People The TPLF Carried Out the...

Dear Fellow Ethiopian Brothers and Sisters, I am writing this letter to each and every one of you about the current issues of great concern...

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