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Ethiopian journalist branded a 'terrorist' and locked up for 18 years wins 2014 Golden Pen of Freedom (William Turvill)
Ethiopian journalist branded a ‘terrorist’ and locked up for 18 years wins 2014 Golden Pen of Freedom
William Turvill 09 June 2014
Eskinder Nega (pictured) has been jailed on at least seven occasions in his country. On the latest...
''Ayzoh Eskinder! Ayzoh!'' - Martin Schibbye’s acceptance speech on behalf of Eskinder Nega
Acceptance speech on behalf of Eskinder Nega, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, Torino, Italy, 9 June 2014.
Ladies and gentlemen – members of the press.
I really wish I did not have to do this.
This morning, I thought,...
Who is afraid of the E(thiopian) bloggers? (Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam)
The “dean” of independent Ethiopian journalists and blogger extraordinaire, Eskinder Nega, is serving an 18 year sentence for blogging. The late Meles Zenawi personally ordered Eskinder’s arrest and even determined his sentence. Meles...
Coca-Cola Issues Statement Regarding Teddy Afro’s Version of FIFA World Cup Song -(Tadias Magazine)
By Tadias Magazine June 7th, 2014
New York — The Coca-Cola Company, headquartered in Atlanta, responded to queries regarding the unreleased, Ethiopian version of Coke’s FIFA World Cup song performed by Teddy Afro. Coca Cola confirmed that...
62 African migrants, crew drown off Yemen: UN
Geneva (AFP) – Sixty migrants from Ethiopia and Somalia along with two Yemeni crew members drowned on May 31 in the worst such tragedy off the coast of Yemen this year, the UN said Friday.
“The tragedy is the largest single loss...
Coca-Cola under fire for dropping Teddy Afro’s World Cup Anthem (EMF)
By staff writer – 4 June 2014
(EMF) A large number of Diaspora community is urging East African nations to stop drinking Coca-Cola, in protest for Coca-Cola’s outrageous action to drop Teddy Afro’s World Cup Anthem.
Negative campaigning...
Press Release from Teddy Afro On the Ethiopian Version of the World Cup Anthem.
Teddyafro.info
Ethiopian Version of the World Cup Anthem
Over the past months, we have been under intense pressures with flooding requests to reveal our positions regarding the relationship that exist between Coca Cola and the widely rumoured...