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Glimpses of Trump’s Foreign (Human Rights) Policy in Africa [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
“Guiding all of our foreign policy actions are our fundamental values: our values around freedom, human dignity, the way people are treated. These are our values… not our policies… Policies change… our values never change.” Secretary...
Release and drop charges against Dr. Merera Gudina [ScholarsAtRisk]
Protecting scholars and the freedom to think, question and share ideas
May 1, 2017 — Scholars at Risk (SAR) is gravely concerned that Dr. Merera Gudina was arrested and is currently facing multiple charges in apparent retaliation...
US issues warning after Ethiopia grenade attacks
By Afp
The United States issued a warning Thursday to its citizens about travelling to a popular tourist region in Ethiopia after a string of grenade attacks targeting hotels and homes.
The US embassy in Addis Ababa said there had been four...
Ethiopia’s Eskinder Nega named IPI Press Freedom Hero
International Press Institute (Vienna)
Ethiopian journalist and blogger Eskinder Nega, who has been imprisoned since 2011 after criticising his country’s abuse of anti-terror laws to silence the press, has been named the International Press...