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THE TANGLED WEB WENDY SHERMAN WEAVES [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]

In her Letter to the Washington Post, U.S. Undersecretary Wendy R. Sherman chastised the editorial board for “mischaracterizing her remarks” in its May 1 editorial.  At issue is what Ms. Sherman said and meant by her words during her...

Remembering the Armenians of Ethiopia [The Armenian Weekly]

By R.P. Sevadjian At the beginning of March, a Requiem was offered for my parents and for the Sevadjian clan, and it transported me back 40 years to when I had last been to a service in the magnificent church of my childhood: the St. George...

Egyptian army forces free Ethiopians held in Libya - Sisi

CAIRO | BY MAHMOUD MOURAD (Reuters) – A group of Ethiopians who had been kidnapped in Libya arrived at Cairo airport on Thursday after Egyptian army forces rescued them, state media quoted Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as saying. But...

Ethiopia veterans want Italy apology, compensation

‘Italy should issue an apology and compensate Ethiopia for all of its war crimes, in particular for the chemical attack against Ethiopians,’ Daniel Jote Mesfin, head of the Ethiopian Patriots’ Association, told The AA. By Abebech...

Election, Ethiopian Style [Al Jazeera]

Since the last election, the ruling party has exerted more control and increased its repression of basic liberties. There are few ways for Ethiopians to peacefully express dissent, writes Horne [Al Jazeera] By Felix Horne This is what an election...

Separate, but not equal treatment plagues Israel’s Ethiopian Jews [The Times of Israel]

Special programs targeting immigrant community have led to segregation, not integration, say academics and activists BY RENEE GHERT-ZAND Ziva Birsaw immigrated to Israel from Ethiopia as a child in 1984. Today she works with Ethiopian youth...

Ethiopian Migrants: Suppressed at Home, Neglected Abroad [GRAHAM PEEBLES]

The first duty of any government is to protect its citizens from harm, at home and abroad – no matter who they are, or where they are. This is the primary moral and constitutional responsibility of the EPRDF government of Ethiopia, which,...

Protest infront of State Department [ESAT]