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'Britain is supporting a dictatorship in Ethiopia'
David Smith
It’s 30 years since Ethiopia’s famine came to attention in the UK. Now, a farmer plans to sue Britain for human rights abuses, claiming its aid has funded a government programme of torture and beatings as villagers...
Ethiopia: Britain opposes death penalty of Ethiopian opposition leader
the guardian and Geeska Afrika Online security reports. The Ethiopian opposition leader Andargachew Tsige, a doul British national and Ethiopian, is secretary general of an exiled Ethiopian opposition movement, Ginbot 7. He was arrested at Sana’a...
Ethiopia : a leadership in disarray - RENÉ LEFORT
It may be that, in Ethiopia, history is so powerful that the past permeates the present, and it repeats itself. In this case, what we see today is simply another interregnum between two powerful men.
simply another interregnum between two...
Aljazeera: Yemen 'extradites' Ethiopia opposition leader
Andargachew Tsige, Ethiopian-born with British citizenship, was arrested while transiting through Yemen last month.
An exiled Ethiopian opposition leader with British citizenship, who was sentenced to death in absentia, has been extradited to...
Ethiopia Ginbot 7 leader facing death penalty 'extradited from Yemen' BBC
An Ethiopian opposition leader, who was sentenced to death while in exile for plotting a coup, has been extradited from Yemen to Ethiopia, his group says.
Andargachew Tsege, who is also a British national, is secretary-general of the banned...
Ethiopian Muslims stage anti-government protest
Agence France Presse
ADDIS ABABA: Hundreds of Muslims protesters demonstrated in Ethiopia Friday, demanding the release of 17 of their leaders jailed under terrorism charges last year.
“What the government is doing doesn’t solve...
British government statement on extradition of Ethiopian leader, Andargachew Tsege
This statement was issued today by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
On the case
“A British national, Andargachew Tsege, was reported missing in Yemen on 24 June. Since then UK officials have pressed the Yemeni authorities at senior levels...