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AU finally issues statement on Ethiopia protests, calls for restraint [africanews]
Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban
ETHIOPIA
The African Union (AU) has finally spoken on the protests in Ethiopia saying it was following the situation with great concern. The AU also called for restraint on the part of parties involved.
The continental...
Once a Bucknell Professor, Now the Commander of an Ethiopian Rebel Army [NewyorkTimes]
Berhanu Nega was once one of Bucknell University’s most popular professors. An Ethiopian exile with a Ph.D. from the New School for Social Research in Manhattan, he taught one of the economics department’s most sought-after electives, African...
A Conversation with the Ethiopian Political Opposition [Atlanticcouncil]
BY AFRICA CENTER
Dr. Merera Gudina (left) of the Oromo Federalist Congress and Eng. Yilkal Getnet (right) of the Semayawi (Blue) Party speak at the Atlantic Council on August 31, 2016.
On Wednesday, August 31, the Africa Center hosted...
Protesters demand Canada take action against Ethiopian government
Ethiopia, which receives Canadian aid, accused of arbitrary arrests, silencing opposition
The Ethiopian government was the target of harsh words from protesters in Winnipeg on Tuesday.
The activists accuse government forces of limiting...
Ethiopia: When Cheetahs Cry, They Growl! [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Americans have no monopoly on heroes. Olympic heroes, that is.
On August 21, 2016, Feyisa Lelisa, the 26-year-old Ethiopian long distance runner at the Rio Olympics repeated an act that was once described as the “the most overtly political...
Speaking up for Ethiopia in Rio [Yahoo Finance]
The following is a statement from the PEN Ethiopia centre in exile.
TORONTO, Aug. 29, 2016 /CNW/ – Ethiopia’s government is known for suppressing independent voices. It routinely jails journalists, opposition leaders, activists,...
Redwan Hussein Embarrassed the TPLF [By LJDemissie]
“The most ethical way to deal with an unethical situation would be to simply say: ‘we did
something wrong.’ But nobody in a family like mine [the hatemonger regime of the Tigrayan
People’s Liberation Front (the TPLF)] would ever respond...