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US State Department issues travel alert to Ethiopia
The State Department recommends U.S. citizens maintain a high level of security awareness during the electoral period and avoid political rallies, polling centers, demonstrations, and crowds of any kind as instances of unrest can occur. Review...
Ethiopia: Opposition claims harassment ahead of elections [AP]
By ELIAS MESERET
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopian opposition groups are accusing the government of harassing their members and carrying out illegal detentions ahead of the May 24 elections.
Yonathan Tesfaye, spokesman for the Blue Party,...
Senate should not confirm Gayle Smith [Congress Blog -THE HILL]
By Alemayehu G. Mariam
President Obama visited Ghana in 2009 and told Parliament, “History is on the side of brave Africans.” He warned Africa’s strongmen, “History is not with those who use coups or change Constitutions to stay in...
Ethiopian-Israelis demand ministerial committees to help community [Stuart Winer]
THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
BY STUART WINER
Protest leaders say charges against those arrested at demonstration should be dropped, ask for improvements in housing, education
Ethiopian-Israeli Inbar Bugale explains the demands that activists want...
Giro’s first ever Ethiopian rider ‘in at the deep end’ [cyclingweekly]
Gregor Brown
Tsgabu Grmay became Ethopia’s first ever Grand Tour rider after setting off with Lampre-Merida at the 2015 Giro d’Italia
Tsgabu Grmay’s road to become the first Ethiopian in the Giro d’Italia was not easy. Dirt...
El-Sisi: Ethiopia’s Friend in Need, Indeed! [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
A friend in need is a friend in deed, indeed!
Last week, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi stunned the world by rescuing more than two dozen abducted Ethiopians marked for beheadings in Libya by the ruthless self-styled terrorist...