New Muslim protests planned in Ethiopia By Peter Heinlein, VOA | May 22, 2012 ADDIS ABABA – Unofficial committees within Ethiopia’s 30-million strong Muslim community are organizing demonstrations to protest…
Poem in honor of journalist Abebe Gellaw By Sadik | May 21, 2012 WASHINGTON, DC – The following poem in Amharic is in honor of the heroic act of journalist…
Netenyahu says there “no room for racism in Israel” By Ruth Eglash, JPost | May 21, 2012 For the first time in 20 years, a prime minister of Israel formally…
Land grabbers: Africa’s hidden revolution By Fred Pearce, The Observer | May 21, 2012 Vast swaths of Africa are being bought up by oligarchs, sheikhs and agribusiness corporations. But, as…
Ethiopia: The Bedtime Stories of Meles Zenawi By Alemayehu G Mariam | May 21, 2012 Prof. Al Mariam At the “World Economic Forum Meeting” in Ethiopia last week, dictator Meles…
Ethiopian journalist strikes Meles Zenawi like lightning Ethiomedia | Updated May 21, 2012 Editor’s Note — Abebe Gellaw has committed an act that has gone down in history as purely…
Al-Jazeera broadcasts Holy Synod message of Muslim solidarity Dimtsachin Ysema | May 19, 2012 ALJAZEERA – The Qatar-based global TV power broadcasts Holy Synod message of solidarity with the protesting…
Abebe Gellaw: An epic act of bravery Letter to the Editor | May 19, 2012 Award-winning Abebe Gellaw chants slogans that struck Meles Zenawi like lightning. After the shocker, Meles…
Activists tell Obama to reassess Ethiopia partnership Associated Press | May 19, 2012 (AP) Rights groups are asking President Barack Obama to re-evaluate the U.S.-Ethiopia relationship over allegations the leader…
The Ethiopian enigma Press Release | May 19, 2012 Mariam was painfully thin. Several of her 13 children peered out from behind her with hollow eyes. “I am trying to…