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Ethiopia: Oromia region observes shutdown called by opposition
Africanews
Ethiopia’s Oromia region has been hit by a five-day shutdown called by the main opposition group – the Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC).
The OFC says it has planned the protest to run from today (August 23) till Sunday August...
Why Saudi Arabia Must Halt the Deportation of Half a Million Ethiopians
Felix Horne
Senior Researcher, Horn of Africa @felixhorne1
Published in Newsweek
Saudi Arabia has announced plans to expel migrants working or living illegally in the kingdom.Illegal migrants have been ordered to register their...
Police use water cannon and batons to clear refugees from Rome square (Standard)
A man, walking with the aid of crutches, is struck by spray from a police water cannon in Rome EPA
Hatty Collier
Police using water cannon and batons clashed with refugees who had occupied a small square in Rome after they were...
The truth about Ethiopia’s dams > Addis Ababa is evading important questions concerning the Grand
[By Nader Noureddin, professor of agricultural resources at Cairo University]
Since President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi met with the Ethiopian prime minister in the Equatorial Guinean capital of Malabo in June 2014, nothing has budged....
Kenya’s Government Should Know Free Press is Crucial for Fair Election (HRW)
Journalists Face Intimidation Around Election
Audrey Wabwire
East Africa Press Officer
Duncan Khaemba, a television journalist in Kenya, was reporting on cases of violence in Kibera, a low-income neighborhood in Nairobi,...
Ethiopia: Mayday (S.O.S.) in August for the T-TPLF! [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
These perpetual little panics of the French – which all arise from fear of the moment when they will really have to learn the truth – give one a much better idea of the Reign of Terror. We think of this as the reign of people who inspire...
Smugglers Target Ethiopian, Somali Teens for Deadly Trip to Yemen
voanews
Despite being seven months pregnant, Mesno Taha left her home in Harerge, Ethiopia to find peace and a better future. She trekked to the Somali zone of Ethiopia, crossed the border into Somalia and paid to board a boat bound for Yemen.
After...