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Dispatches: Ethiopia’s Opposition Leaders on Hunger Strike [HRW]
Protesting Against Mistreatment in Prison
Felix Horne
Researcher, Horn of Africa@felixhorne1
It has been nine days since prominent Ethiopian opposition leader Bekele Gerba and several other senior members of the Oromo Federalist Congress...
Top French honour for Ethiopia's Mahmoud Ahmed
Music In Africa
Renowned Ethiopian singer Mahmoud Ahmed has been awarded one of the highest honours of France, the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (the Order of Arts and Letters), at a ceremony held at the Residence of the French Ambassador...
A call to the true sons and daughters of Tigray [By Yohannes Berhe, Ottowa, Canada]
“Nothing is stronger than an idea whose time has come” the great Victor Hugo uttered these enduring words more than a century ago. And yet, one would be hard pressed to find more fitting words to describe the crises currently unfolding in...
ODF Statement on continued people’s struggle in Ethiopia
Reiterating our unwavering support for non-violent resistance by the Oromo people and others in Ethiopia for human rights, freedom, and democracy we want to make one thing abundantly clear: No amount of violent suppression by the TPLF junta...
Nine federal police, one soldier dead as residents of Gondar defend themselves from brutal forces of the regime
ESAT News (July 15, 2016)
Unrest in the historic town of Gondar continued on Thursday, the third day of protest against the tyrannical regime in Ethiopia. Video footages reaching ESAT show people wielding their rifles and guns, chanting war...
