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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 a prison fire, the state-owned Ethiopian News Agency reported Friday.
The Ethiopian-born...
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 the government withdraw a gold-mining permit...
Groovin’ and Jammin’ With Teddy “Ethiopiawinet” Kassahun in L.A. [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
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 college. “In my hometown where I used to stay, The name of the place is Augusta, GA.“ sang it J.B.
We all did the...
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, when a single gunshot rang out. It was 5pm on Saturday, April 21, still broad daylight, and the...
Ethiopian state of emergency must end, says journalist freed from jail (Reuters)
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 a journalist released in February after six years...