Conflict deepens Middle East water crisis By Thomas W Lippman May 21, 2014 WASHINGTON – The Middle East’s seemingly endless conflicts are diverting attention and resources from a graver long-term…
Detained Journalists and Bloggers in Ethiopia Must be Charged or Released, says IFJ IFJ May 21, 2014 Three journalists and six bloggers behind bars in Ethiopia The International Federation of…
25 years in search of the killers of “Mogus Abay” in London Ethiomedia May 21, 2014 The late Mogous Abay Editor’s Note – Mogous Abay was a tall, handsome man…
Silencing Zone9 by hook or crook By Hindessa Abdul May 20, 2014 Journalists are not terrorists Reporters Without Borders has learnt today that the court in Addis Ababa granted the…
Trafficking and torturing Eritrean refugees By Graham Peebles May 20, 2014 Eritrean activists overseas protest against the increasingly repressive regime of President Isaias Afwerki (Photo: Meskerem.net) Life in Eritrea is…
The “Farce” of U.S. Diplocrisy By Alemayehu G Mariam May 19, 2014 Is the Obama Administration’s human rights policy a “farce”? Last week U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called…
Kenenisa, Tirunesh Dibaba coast to Manchester victories By Carl de Souza | AFP May 18, 2014 Ethiopian athletics legends Kenenisa Bekele and Tirunesh Dibaba eased to victory in their respective…
OLF makes an urgent call for a unified action Press Release May 18, 2014 The Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) under the leadership of Brig. Gen. Kamal Galchu would like to…
Sudan arrests opposition leader al-Mahdi, could face death penalty By Khalid Abdel Aziz May 18, 2014 Former PM Sadiq Al-Mahdi (Reuters) KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese opposition leader Sadiq al-Mahdi was…
Troublesome 9’s: Article 39 and Article 49 of the Ethiopian Constitution By Kal’ayu Abraha May 18, 2014 Two of the six major goals of the US constitution are to form…