Ethiopia suspends MIDROC Gold mining license after weeks of protests

Ethiopia has suspended a mining licence for MIDROC Gold, company owned by Saudi billionaire Mohammed al-Amoudi, after more than a week of sometimes violent protests in...

Ethiopia drops terror, other charges against Swedish doctor

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia has dropped terrorism and other charges against a Swedish doctor who had been accused of corruption and orchestrating...

Protesters Demand Ethiopia Cancel Billionaire’s Gold-Mine Permit (Bloomberg)

 Demonstrators say pollution caused illness, livestock deaths Government extended mining license for a decade last month By Nizar Manek Protesters in Ethiopia’s restive Oromia region demanded...

Groovin’ and Jammin’ With Teddy “Ethiopiawinet” Kassahun in L.A. [Professor Alemayehu...

Who’s is the hardest working man in show business? Back in my day, it was James Brown. Down in Augusta, GA where I went to...

The assassination of Gezahegn Gebremeskel: Who killed the Ethiopian activist? (M&G)

Simon Allison  Zagbo Pascal saw it happen. He was on the corner of Kerk and Polly streets in downtown Johannesburg, hanging out with some friends,...

Ethiopian state of emergency must end, says journalist freed from jail...

Jackson Njehia NAIROBI (Reuters) - Ethiopia’s prime minister Abiy Ahmed should fulfill his pledge to expand political freedoms by lifting a state of emergency, said...