Mother of three tortured before handed life in prison: rights group EWHRA | December 23, 2010 Emawayesh Alemu, 44 NEW YORK (Dec 22) – The Ethiopian Women’s Human Rights Alliance…

Letter: What price justice? What value life? By Makonnen Endalkatchew | December 23, 2010 It was with great disappointment that I read recent articles about the active campaign by several…

The burden of the public intellectual of Ethiopia Scenes around the international conf. on federalism By Solomon G. Selassie| December 23, 2010 The public intellectual is the person who by…

UN: End ‘Disappearances’ Worldwide International Convention against Enforced Disappearance Taking Effect HRW | December 22, 2010 NEW YORK (Dec 22) – The Convention against Enforced Disappearance, which takes effect on…

Maekelawi: The prison in Hell Ethiopians found “Global Alliance Against Torture in Ethiopia (GAATE) Ethiomedia | December 22, 2010 In April 2009, Ethiopian police said 35 defendants were rounded up…

Egypt and Libya’s vow to respect south Sudan vote By Khaled Abdel Aziz, Reuters | December 22, 2010 From left, Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi,…

Europe freeze haunts airlines, shops Reuters | December 21, 2010 LONDON – Northern Europe’s big freeze wreaked more havoc with flights as airports struggled to cope and retailers fretted they…

Reuters top global political risk trends for 2011 Reuters | December 21, 2010 LONDON (Reuters) – China-U.S. rivalry, ageing leaders, the chance of an Israeli attack on Iran and the…

UN-Sudan doc: 2.8M at risk if violence breaks out By Maggie Fick, Associated Press | December 21, 2010 JUBA, Sudan – The U.N. is planning for the possibility that 2.8…