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British security guard faces death penalty in Ethiopia after being found guilty of terrorism offences [independent]
Ali Adorus claims he was targeted by MI5 over alleged links to Islamic extremism before leaving Britain, and that a ‘confession’ was was beaten out of him in prison
ROBERT VERKAIK
A British man who claims...
CPJ “hero” Dawit Kebede says CPJ is tool for Western hegemony [By Tamiru Ayele]
The managing editor of Awramba Times and former CPJ “press freedom hero” has accused the Committee to Protect Journalists of being one of the tools of imposing “Western hegemonic ambition” and a single ideology on targeted countries...
Mission Journal: Ethiopian journalists must choose between being locked up or locked out[Nicole Schilit-CPJ]
By Nicole Schilit/Journalist Assistance Associate
Journalists who fled to Nairobi over security fears perform a traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony in one of the cramped apartments they share. (CPJ/Nicole Schilit)
A sharp increase...
“We Shall Persevere, Ethiopia!” [Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam]
“How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!”, decreed Maya Angelou, the great African American author, poet, dancer, actress and singer.
“I shall persevere!” wrote Eskinder Nega, the imprisoned and...
Prince Alemayehu: The First Ethiopian Adoptee? [MAUREEN MCCAULEY EVANS]
“Their story, yours and mine — it’s what we all carry with us on this trip we take, and we owe it to each other to respect our stories and learn from them.” —William Carlos Williams
When he was just seven years old, living in Ethiopia,...
Briton shot dead in Ethiopia [theguardian]
Staff and agencies
Ethiopian officials describe death as an accident, saying tourist was killed when AK-47 carried by another man went off
A British tourist has been killed in Ethiopia, the UK’s foreign office has confirmed, with Ethiopian...
Ethiopian musician Hailu Mergia rediscovered after 30 years [CCTV-America]
December 24, 2014
Famed Ethiopian organist Hailu Mergia has been rediscovered by a recording label in the United States. Mergia was a star of the Ethiopian music scene for over three decades before he fell off the radar. CCTV America’s...