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WHO cancels Robert Mugabe goodwill ambassador role (BBC)
The World Health Organization has revoked the appointment of Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador following a widespread outcry.
“I have listened carefully to all who have expressed their concerns,” WHO head Tedros...
Robert Mugabe is appointed a WHO goodwill ambassador, stunning critics
By Helen Branswell
The new head of the World Health Organization has named Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe a goodwill ambassador for the agency, a move that has startled public health experts.
The WHO director-general, Tedros Adhanom...
Thanking the U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia for Standing and Walking on the Right Side of History [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
On October 18, 2017, the U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia issued the following statement:
United States sees peaceful demonstrations as a legitimate means of expression and political participation. We note with appreciation a number of recent events...
Loyola Marymount University Mounts National, Cultural and Academic Leadership with Publishing Press [Huffingtonpost]
Patrick A. Howell
Harriet Tubman Press Launched at Historic Leimert Park in Los Angeles
Photography by Nick Belohlavy
Roland Martin, Elias Wondimu, Angela Rye, Congressmember Karen Bass, and Collin Hinds at the inaugural launch of...
Ethiopia 'deliberately blocking' U.S. Congress resolution on human rights
Africanews
Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban with Freedom House
An international rights group is accusing the Ethiopian government of literally blackmailing the United States as Congress moves to heighten human rights and political reform calls on Addis...
A CALL TO THE PEOPLE OF ETHIOPIA: WHAT WILL WE LEAVE TO THE NEXT GENERATION - A GIFT OR A CURSE? [Obang Metho]
What will we leave to the next generation—a gift or a curse? This question is critically important; however, it is equally important to know whether or not our—or someone else’s—individual or collective efforts, will produce the desired...
U.S. Congress Should Call Ethiopia’s Bluff (freedomhouse)
Addis Ababa has halted a human rights resolution in the House by threatening to break off security cooperation with the United States.
When Congressman Mike Coffman (R-CO) addressed a gathering of mostly Ethiopian-origin constituents in late...
Once famine-stricken, Ethiopia has many lessons for a country like India
By Neeraj Kaushal
blog
In my youth, parents chastened their children if they wasted food by reminding them that millions starved in Ethiopia. Ethiopia was the country stricken with famines. Lakhs died and millions were impoverished during the...