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New report alleges killings, mass detentions in Ethiopia - AP
New report alleges killings, mass detentions in Ethiopia
By ELIAS MESERET
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — A new report by the rights group Amnesty International accuses Ethiopia’s security forces of extrajudicial killings and mass detentions...
My views on the upcoming GERD Negotiation [Tesfaye Tafesse (Professor),Addis Ababa University, Center for African & Oriental Studies]
My views on the upcoming GERD Negotiation
Tesfaye Tafesse (Professor),
Addis Ababa University, Center for African & Oriental Studies
We heard about some three days ago on Egypt’s willingness to resume the tripartite talks between Egypt,...
Ethiopia: A nation in search of a way out from stormy Politics (By Abebech Shiferaw)
Ethiopia: A nation in search of a way out from stormy Politics
By Abebech Shiferaw
Ethiopia has been well known for its independence, historical and cultural attractions, and relatively stable public life among others. This nation...
Ethiopia: Free Speech at Risk Amid Covid-19 - HRW
Ethiopia: Free Speech at Risk Amid Covid-19
New Emergency Law Raises Concerns of Further Arrests, Prosecutions
(Nairobi) – The Ethiopian government has been using Covid-19 restrictions and a recently declared state of emergency as a pretext...
In the time of Covid-19, African leaders must put their people's health first - RFI
A group of 88 African intellectuals has come together to sign an open letter to African leaders, calling for them to re-think health as an essential public need in light of the Covid-19 crisis.
Among those who penned the initiative were Lionel...
Why we can hope that Ethiopia will be spared the worst of the pandemic? (By Dr. Alula Pankhurst )
Why we can hope that Ethiopia will be spared the worst of the pandemic?
by Dr. Alula Pankhurst
The current official projections suggest a worst case scenario up to 39 million people being affected by COVID-19 in Ethiopia. The Multi...
Excluding Covid-19, 2o of the worst epidemics and pandemics in history (By Tatek Menji)
Excluding Covid-19, 2o of the worst epidemics and pandemics in history
Tatek Menji
Throughout the course of history, disease outbreaks have ravaged humanity, sometimes changing the course of history and, at times, signaling the end...