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...

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