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Open letter to oppressed Ethiopians [by Nathalie Amiot / Addis Ferenji]
Do I have something relevant to say? Should I write? Is it presumptuous? I am not even Ethiopian. I am afraid I cannot help it. I have been stuck on social media for the last weeks when I was not googling Ethiopian news.
This is going to be...
Ethiopia: World Council of Churches call for dialogue amid tension [africanews]
Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban with WCC
The World Council of Churches has joined calls for demonstrators, security forces and the political establishment in Ethiopia to turn to dialogue in addressing the issues that have created tension in the country...
Ethiopia’s Bloody Crackdown: The Case for International Justice (HRW)
Felix Horne
Ethiopian security forces gunned down at least 100 people a week ago in the bloodiest weekend in the ninth month of anti-government protests. Unlike previous protests, which have been largely confined to the Oromia region, the...
Key Western Ally Ethiopia Descends into Violence [Malik Ibrahim]
Malik Ibrahim
It has now been just over three months since Abdirahman Mahdi warned al-Jazeera that “Ethiopia is now boiling.” A founding member of the Ethiopian Somali rebel group known as the Ogaden National Liberation Front, Mahdi described...
The Untold Plight of the Amhara People [By Wondemagne Ejigu]
The massive civil uprising in Ethiopia last week has captivated the attention of the world. Needless to say the world is now well aware of the protest by the Oromo ethnic group, the so called Oromo Protest, that has been going on for the last...
Journalist Temesgen Dessalegn's new book to be released
BefeQadu Z. Hailu
Temesgen used to criticize revolutions. But not in his last publications on which he turned pro-revolutionary. The defiant Temesgen and his colleagues redefined the purpose of their media outlets as an advocacy...
ETHIOPIAN POET, SINGER AND TAXI DRIVER ASFAWOSEN ALEMSEGED KILLED BY PASSENGER IN HOLLYWOOD
Abc7.com/KABC
Asfawosen Alemseged worked for the Yellow Cab for 24 years and that he was well known in his native Ethiopian community as a singer, musician, writer and artist.
Hollywood, Los Angeles (KABC)―A homicide investigation was underway...