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Open letter to oppressed Ethiopians [by Nathalie Amiot / Addis Ferenji]
Do I have something relevant to say? Should I write? Is it presumptuous? I am not even Ethiopian. I am afraid I cannot help it. I have been stuck on social media for the last weeks when I was not googling Ethiopian news.
This is going to be...
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Ethiopia’s Bloody Crackdown: The Case for International Justice (HRW)
Felix Horne
Ethiopian security forces gunned down at least 100 people a week ago in the bloodiest weekend in the ninth month of anti-government protests. Unlike previous protests, which have been largely confined to the Oromia region, the...
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The Untold Plight of the Amhara People [By Wondemagne Ejigu]
The massive civil uprising in Ethiopia last week has captivated the attention of the world. Needless to say the world is now well aware of the protest by the Oromo ethnic group, the so called Oromo Protest, that has been going on for the last...
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ETHIOPIAN POET, SINGER AND TAXI DRIVER ASFAWOSEN ALEMSEGED KILLED BY PASSENGER IN HOLLYWOOD
Abc7.com/KABC
Asfawosen Alemseged worked for the Yellow Cab for 24 years and that he was well known in his native Ethiopian community as a singer, musician, writer and artist.
Hollywood, Los Angeles (KABC)―A homicide investigation was underway...
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Ethiopia: Rise of the “Amhara Retards” and Oromo “Criminals and Terrorists” in 2016? [Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Tigers on the prowl?
Are Amharas “retards”?
Are Oromo protesters demanding an end to confiscation of their land “criminals and terrorists”?
Are we now witnessing the rise of the “Amhara retards” and the Oromo “criminals and...
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Almaz Ayana Wins 10,000 in a World Record
Runnersworld
The Ethiopian takes 14 seconds off a 23-year-old mark; Molly Huddle breaks the U.S. record.
ByScott Douglas
Ethiopia’s Almaz Ayana produced one of the greatest runs in Olympic history to win the women’s 10,000-meter final in...
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Ethiopian Spring in the Summer of 2016? [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
No people [in the world] will remain smothered, meaning oppressed, for ages. It is [a] universal [truth]. No people, to the extent that they are people [human beings] and [as evident] in world history will not remain [like an inanimate object]...