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Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of hijacking helicopter [World Bulletin]

The Ethiopian Defense Ministry said in a statement that an Ethiopian helicopter – that has disappeared since Friday – was forced to land in neighboring Eritrea World Bulletin/News Desk Ethiopia on Monday accused what it described as the...

REPORTS : TWO ETHIOPIAN AIR FORCE PILOTS DEFECTED , THREE PROTESTERS KILLED IN BAHIR DAR

Addis Ababa ( Agencies + DIPLOMAT.SO) – Two Ethiopian Air Force pilots reportedly went missing since yesterday morning with their two MI-35 combat helicopters. The Ethiopian Satellite Television (ESAT) breaks the news this evening after confirming...

Teddy Afro Arrived in Norway-Oslo [video]

I’m longing for you, comrades [Zelalem Kibret]

O! The mighty reminiscence! Of all the thoughts nothing is more haunting than reminiscence. When I read, walk; sleep — in all of my daily routines I recall yesterday. Yesterday as if it is painted by one of the renaissance realist painters....

Ethiopian Opposition Activists Bailed After Poll-Protest Arrests [Bloomberg]

By William Davison Ethiopian authorities released on bail about 80 activists, including the head of an opposition group, arrested while protesting for fair campaigning in 2015 elections, a Blue Party spokesman said. Security forces made arrests...

ETHIOPIA: RELEASE PROTESTORS, STOP CRUSHING POLITICAL OPPOSITION [AMENSTY PRESS RELEASE]

On 5 and 6 December, security services in Addis Ababa arrested an estimated 90 people during attempts to stage a demonstration by a coalition of nine opposition political parties. The arrests are the latest manifestation of the authorities’...

Seventy Ethiopian migrants drown off Red Sea coast of Yemen [REUTERS]

REUTERS SANAA, Dec 7  – At least 70 Ethiopians drowned when a boat used by smugglers to transport illegal migrants to Yemen sank in the Red Sea in rough weather, security authorities in the western part of the country said on Sunday. Human...

The Zone9 Defense: Limits of International Law [By Ivan Sigal]

The international human rights system is broken – or perhaps it never worked at all. In case after case, citizens’ human rights are violated under the national laws of their respective countries, despite the existence of international human...