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 Bugale explains the demands that activists want...
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 editorial. At issue is what Ms. Sherman said and meant by her words during her...
Egyptian army forces free Ethiopians held in Libya - Sisi
CAIRO | BY MAHMOUD MOURAD
(Reuters) – A group of Ethiopians who had been kidnapped in Libya arrived at Cairo airport on Thursday after Egyptian army forces rescued them, state media quoted Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as saying.
But...
Election, Ethiopian Style [Al Jazeera]
Since the last election, the ruling party has exerted more control and increased its repression of basic liberties.
There are few ways for Ethiopians to peacefully express dissent, writes Horne [Al Jazeera]
By Felix Horne
This is what an election...
Separate, but not equal treatment plagues Israel’s Ethiopian Jews [The Times of Israel]
Special programs targeting immigrant community have led to segregation, not integration, say academics and activists
BY RENEE GHERT-ZAND
Ziva Birsaw immigrated to Israel from Ethiopia as a child in 1984. Today she works with Ethiopian youth...
Ethiopian Migrants: Suppressed at Home, Neglected Abroad [GRAHAM PEEBLES]
The first duty of any government is to protect its citizens from harm, at home and abroad – no matter who they are, or where they are. This is the primary moral and constitutional responsibility of the EPRDF government of Ethiopia, which,...
WENDY SHERMAN AND THE ETHIOPIAN “ELECTION” THAT ISN’T [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
The folly of willful ignorance
I did not vote for Ronald Reagan to become U.S. president. But I appreciated some of his witticisms before he became president. In 1964, two years after he dumped the Democrats and joined the Republicans, Reagan...