GENZEBE DIBABA NAMED SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR [IAAF]

DIBABA NAMED SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR AT LAUREUS WORLD SPORTS AWARDS World indoor champion Genzebe Dibaba was named sportswoman of the year at the Laureus...

What is Behind Ethiopia’s Most Recent Allegations Against Eritrea? [TN]

By Sharmini Peries, THIS is the Glen Ford Report on The Real News Network. I’m Sharmini Peries coming to you from Baltimore. Eritrea and Ethiopia, two of...

Ethiopians talk of violent intimidation as their land is earmarked for...

David Smith New report gives damning indictment of the government’s mandatory resettlement policy carried out in a political climate of torture, oppression and silencing The human...

Ethiopia’s Lemma wins Vienna City Marathon after solo run

VIENNA (AP) — Sisay Lemma of Ethiopia dominated the Vienna City Marathon Sunday, running on his own for the last 15 kilometers after other...

A special tribute to Prof. Donald Levine [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]

This past January, Prof. Levine emailed to tell me about his long-planned visit to Ethiopia that had been thwarted by his illness. He had...

Urgent Appeal on Behalf of Ethiopians Stranded in Yemen!

The Global Alliance for the Rights of Ethiopians (GARE) was established in response to the crisis emanating from the unexpected decision by the Government...

Ethiopia: The Meles Jinx, the GERD Nixed? [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]

To “build the dam” or to “abandon” it:  That was Meles’ question! Exactly four years ago, almost to the day, on April 2, 2011, the...

Israel offers Eritrean refugees an option: deportation or jail [Martin Plaut]

Evidence from the Holot detention centre in Israel shows that Eritrean and Sudanese detainees are being given a choice between deportation to an unnamed...