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Family’s agony over Upper Holloway dad’s death sentence [Islingtongazette]
Jon Dean
Community rallies round man trapped in Ethiopia
The family of a man trapped in Ehtiopia facing a possible death setnce are desperately trying to get him home as his 60th birthday appraoches.
Andargachew ‘Andy’ Tsege, from Upper...
The World Bank and Ethiopia’s “Growth and Transformation” [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
The World Bank lies, Ethiopia dies… from onerous “odious debt”
I had completely forgotten about the so-called “Growth and Transformation Plan” (GTP) of 2010, until the World Bank reminded me of it last week.That “Plan” was the...
Boycotting Ethiopian National Elections: Damn if You Do, Damn if You Don’t! [Messay Kebede]
I maintain that the upcoming elections will be a turning point for Ethiopia, not because they will result in a major change of policy subsequent to a renovation of the ruling elite but because the absence of change will compel opposition groups...
If you have a meeting in Ethiopia, you'd better double check the time
PRI’s The World
Reporter Dalia Mortada
Things always get lost in translation. Sometimes, words or phrases just cannot be converted word-for-word from one language to the next. But in most places, the date and the time works pretty much...
Ethiopia Bloggers to Enter Pleas in Terrorism Case Next Week [Bloomberg]
By William Davison
Ethiopian bloggers accused of plotting acts of terrorism will probably enter pleas next week after a court accepted amended charges from the prosecution.
The Federal High Court accepted most of the charges against 10 bloggers...
Ethiopia: Crackdown on Dissent Intensifies [HRW]
Human Rights Situation Dire Ahead of May 2015 Elections
(Nairobi) – The Ethiopian government during 2014 intensified its campaign of arrests, prosecutions, and unlawful force to silence criticism, Human Rights Watch said today in its World...
World Bank-ruptcy in Ethiopia [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
The moral bankruptcy of the World Bank in EthiopiaEthiopians have been the object of a cruel bureaucratic joke by the World Bank. Last week, an 81-page official investigative report surfaced on line showing World Bank bureaucrats in...