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What is Behind Ethiopia’s Most Recent Allegations Against Eritrea? [TN]
By Sharmini Peries,
THIS is the Glen Ford Report on The Real News Network. I’m Sharmini Peries coming to you from Baltimore.
Eritrea and Ethiopia, two of the world’s poorest countries, spent hundreds of millions of dollars in a war between...
Ethiopians talk of violent intimidation as their land is earmarked for foreign investors[theguardian]
Ethiopia has long faced criticism for forcibly relocating tens of thousands of people from their ancestral homes. Photograph: Siegfried Modola/Reuters
David Smith
New report gives damning indictment of the government’s mandatory resettlement...
Ethiopia's Lemma wins Vienna City Marathon after solo run
VIENNA (AP) — Sisay Lemma of Ethiopia dominated the Vienna City Marathon Sunday, running on his own for the last 15 kilometers after other pre-race favorites struggled with the wind and injuries.
Lemma surged ahead of the leading group after...
A special tribute to Prof. Donald Levine [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
This past January, Prof. Levine emailed to tell me about his long-planned visit to Ethiopia that had been thwarted by his illness. He had set three objectives for that trip. He wanted to be present for the launching of his book Interpreting...
Urgent Appeal on Behalf of Ethiopians Stranded in Yemen!
The Global Alliance for the Rights of Ethiopians (GARE) was established in response to the crisis emanating from the unexpected decision by the Government of Saudi Arabia to expel Ethiopian migrant workers. GARE campaigned vigorously and raised...
Ethiopia: The Meles Jinx, the GERD Nixed? [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
To “build the dam” or to “abandon” it: That was Meles’ question!
Exactly four years ago, almost to the day, on April 2, 2011, the late Meles Zenawi gave a speech in Guba, Benishangul Gumuz in Western Ethiopia, setting out his dream...