Tag: breaking
UN investigates Briton on death row in Ethiopia [theguardian]
Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent
Special rapporteur on torture asks UK and Ethiopian governments about detention of Andargachew Tsige amid claims of ill-treatment
The detention of...
Activist’s Suicide Shows Opposition Plight Before Ethiopia Vote [Bloomberg]
By William Davison
A month before Ethiopia’s elections, opposition activist Getahun Abraham walked into a compound of government offices in the southern town of Gimbichu, doused...
Ethiopia’s newest party takes on ruling juggernaut [Reuters]
BY AARON MAASHO
The leader of Ethiopia's newest opposition party hopes discontent among urban youth will win him support in a weekend election that could...
Ethiopia: Opposition claims harassment ahead of elections [AP]
By ELIAS MESERET
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopian opposition groups are accusing the government of harassing their members and carrying out illegal detentions ahead...
Ethiopian-Israelis demand ministerial committees to help community [Stuart Winer]
THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
BY STUART WINER
Protest leaders say charges against those arrested at demonstration should be dropped, ask for improvements in housing, education
Ethiopian-Israeli Inbar...
THE TANGLED WEB WENDY SHERMAN WEAVES [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
In her Letter to the Washington Post, U.S. Undersecretary Wendy R. Sherman chastised the editorial board for “mischaracterizing her remarks” in its May 1...
