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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...
A House Divided: Ethiopian Runners Separated by Politics Face Off at London Marathon [globalvoices]
Ethiopians may suffer from conflicting allegiances Sunday as two Ethiopian elite runners Feyisa Lelisa and Kenenisa Bekele take to the streets of London for the 36th edition of the London Marathon.
Both Feyisa and Kenenisa hail from Ethiopia’s...
Ethiopia unrest killed 669 in three regions - Report
Eyewitness News
The Horn of Africa country declared six months of emergency rule after more than a year of violent protests in its Oromiya, Amhara and SNNP regions.
ADDIS ABABA – A total of 669 people were killed in unrest that gripped...
About Time for the T-TPLF to Get in Their Spaceships and Scoot Out of Ethiopia? [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Houston, we ain’t got NO problem!
I dreamt the nightmare was finally over. It could have been a vision. I am not sure.
There stood I watching the launch pad excitedly, anxiously, happily.
I can hear the robotic voice at Mission Control starting...
Tampere University did the (human) right thing [Helsinkitimes-Finland]
Columns
On March 29, President Mika Hannula of the Tampere University of Technology issued a statement that announced: “It is the decision of the Academic Board that [Prime Minister of Ethiopia] Hailemariam Desalegn will not be conferred...