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Will This British Citizen on Death Row in Ethiopia Ever Walk Free? [newsweek]
“I think Boris Johnson’s response to this situation is bizarre and inexplicable,” a senior legal official tells Newsweek.
By Conor Gaffey
Six months after her partner Andargachew Tsege was abducted at an airport in Yemen in...
Ethiopia's Cruel Con Game [forbes]
Guest post written by
David Steinman
Mr. Steinman advises foreign democracy movements. He authored the novel “Money, Blood and Conscience” about Ethiopia’s secret genocide.
In what could be an important test of the Trump Administration’s...
Ethiopia marks victory over Italian forces that kept it free [By Associated Press]
ADWA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia is celebrating Adwa Victory Day, marking a battle that helped to ensure that the country was never colonized. Just two African nations can make that claim.
The government is using the anniversary of the 1896 win over...
Ethiopian journalist's wife urges UK and US to call for his release [theguardian]
Jason Burke in Addis Ababa
The wife of a blogger and journalist detained in Ethiopia has called on the international community to pressure local authorities to release her husband, who is among tens of thousands held since a state of emergency...
Join Me in My Letter to President Trump [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Author’s Note: Below is a copy of the letter I sent to President Donald Trump by email and U.S. mail.
I am asking particularly all pro-democracy Ethiopian Americans and other Americans who believe in freedom, the rule of law, democracy and...
Ethiopia prosecutors bring multiple criminal charges against opposition leader Dr. Merera Gudina, two others [addisstandard]
Mahlet Fasil
Addis Abeba, Feb. 23/2017 – Ethiopian prosecutors have brought multiple criminal charges against prominent opposition leader Dr. Merera Gudina, Chairman of the opposition Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC). Criminal charges include...
TSEHAI founder, Elias Wondimu, will this week receive the Grand Officer of the Imperial Order of Emperor Menelik II
Elias Wondimu, founder and director of Tsehai Publishers, will this week receive one of the Ethiopian Crown’s most distinguished awards: the Grand Officer of the Imperial Order of Emperor Menelik II.
The award was founded in 1924 during the...