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Making Sense of an Electoral Score of 100 Percent [By Messay Kebede (PhD)]
According to the National Election Board of Ethiopia, the result of last week’s national election is that the EPRDF has achieved a complete victory by grabbing all the parliamentary seats. The same board and the Woyanne government qualified...
New human ancestor species from Ethiopia lived alongside Lucy's species
phys.orgHolotype upper jaw of a new human ancestor species found on March 4, 2011. Credit: Yohannes Haile-Selassie, Cleveland Museum of Natural History
A new relative joins “Lucy” on the human family tree. An international...
BBC: The plight of Ethiopian Jews in Israel [By Prof Yossi Mekelberg]
The story of the immigration and absorption of Ethiopian Jews in Israel epitomises the best and the worst of Israeli society.
True to its Zionist dream of being a haven for Jews, the Jewish state embarked on risky and expensive rescue operations...
Ethiopia's election is a wake-up call on human rights and sound governance [Daniel Calingaert and Kellen McClure]
theguardian
The international community must challenge Ethiopia’s oppressive regime by funding local human rights and democracy groups
On Sunday, millions of Ethiopians will line up at polling stations to participate in Africa’s largest...
UN investigates Briton on death row in Ethiopia [theguardian]
Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent
Special rapporteur on torture asks UK and Ethiopian governments about detention of Andargachew Tsige amid claims of ill-treatment
Yemi Hailemariam outside the Foreign Commonwealth Office to demand...
Activist’s Suicide Shows Opposition Plight Before Ethiopia Vote [Bloomberg]
By William Davison
A month before Ethiopia’s elections, opposition activist Getahun Abraham walked into a compound of government offices in the southern town of Gimbichu, doused his body in gasoline and set himself alight. It took more than...