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Cirque d'Afrique: 2014 U.S-Africa Leaders Summit [Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam]
The African Circus is coming to town. It is officially called “U.S-Africa Leadership Summit” (not Ringling African Brothers). It is scheduled to be held on August 5-6 in Washington D.C. The theme of the “Summit” is “Investing in...
You mess with my citizen, you mess with my sovereignty! [Kiflu Hussain-Global News Centrer]
A case of unequal concern for citizens of the First World whose safety is jeopardized at the hands of rogue states such as Ethiopia is also clearly being seen.
Kiflu Hussain Global News Centre
(HOUSTON) This piece is prompted by the recent...
Women’s 5000: Ethiopians Alemitu Heroye & Alemitu Hawi Go 1-2 and Crush the Field
By LetsRun.com
July 23, 2014
For the past 11 years, the Ethiopian duo of Tirunesh Dibaba and Meseret Defar have dominated global distance running on the track, combining for 12 golds, 1 silver and 5 bronzes at the Olympics/World Championships...
Detention of bloggers is a violation of international law
Forty organisations have called on Ethiopia Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn to free Zone 9 bloggers and revise it’s overly broad anti-terror law.
Six bloggers and three journalists were arrested in late April.(Gallo)
Letters
Prime...
Hailemariam humiliated as university withdraws honor [By Abebe Gellaw]
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
(AV) Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn faced a stinging humiliation as Azusa Pacific University (APU), whose motto is “God First”, has withdrawn an honor it had already bestowed on him. The university...