Ethiopia hands lengthy prison terms to Muslim activists [BY AARON MAASHO]
Reuters
An Ethiopian court sentenced 17 Muslim activists on Monday to prison sentences ranging from seven to 22 years on charges they plotted to create an Islamic state in the majority Christian country.
A journalist for a Muslim newspaper was...
Exclusive: Dibaba allowed to double in 1500m and 5,000m by Ethiopia at IAAF World Championships
By Mike Rowbottom at the Nordic C Hotel in Stockholm
Genzebe Dibaba, controversially selected only for the 5,000 metres at next month’s International Association of Athletics Federations World Championships in Beijing four days after...
Laughing at Ethiopia’s 2015 Elektion[Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
It is said that “smile and the world smiles at you.”
Does it follow that if you laugh at the world’s most ridiculous election, the world will join you laughing?
Last week, Susan Rice, President Barack Obama’s National Security Adviser,...
Lawsuit Points to Hacking by Ethiopia as Obama Makes Visit [By Jack Gillum]
NEWSFACTOR
As President Barack Obama faces pressure to discuss human rights in his first official visit to Ethiopia, a unique lawsuit back home is challenging whether the African country can spy on an American by turning his computer into...
Obama urges Ethiopia to end crackdown on political and press freedom
theguardian
US president calls for ‘all voices’ to be heard on trip to African nation – where he will also discuss South Sudan crisis
Barack Obama urged Ethiopia’s leaders to curb crackdowns on press freedom and political openness...
Financing for (Under) development in Africa? [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
How the West underdeveloped Africa and is now trying to “finance develop” it
The “Third International Conference on Financing for Development” was held in Addis Ababa last week. It was billed as a “gathering of high-level political...
Ethiopian opposition leader, Berhanu Nega, ‘moves armed operation to Eritrea’ [Martin Plaut ]
There are two reports from reliable media that Berhanu Nega, the head of the opposition movement, Ginbot 7, has transferred his operation to Eritrea.
The movement is also said to have decided to launch a military campaign against Ethiopia.
Berhanu...