Fueling grievance in the midst of hysteria By Yosef Yacob (Ph.D, LLM, JD) | Posted to the Web January 14, 2010 In his weekly address on Saturday, President Barack Obama…
Ethiopia’s government tamps down on press freedoms By Tesfaye Negussie WorldFocus | Posted to the Web January 14, 2010 Tesfaye Negussie is an American journalist whose parents emigrated from Ethiopia.…
Israel’s treatment of Ethiopians ‘racist’ By Jonathan Cook, The National | Posted to the Web January 14, 2010 It looks like Israel has not learned any lesson from generations of…
Obama says U.S. stands with Haiti, pledges $100 million By PAULINE JELINEK, Associated Press Writer | January 14, 2010 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama said Thursday that “one of the…
Ethiopia opposition says would-be candidates arrested By Peter Heinlein, VOA | Posted to the Web January 13, 2010 Although the crimes are his own orders, when asked by the media,…
Switzerland: Solidarity with political prisoners in Ethiopia Ethiopian Association in Switzerland (EAS) press release | January 13, 2010 Human rights activists in Geneva, Switzerland, hold a candle light vigil for…
Wedding joy for Live Aid’s hero girl The Sun | January 13, 2010 Birhan with her husband, Birhanu Meresa THE GIRL who 25 years ago became Live Aid’s symbol of…
Ethiopians in Minnesota rally to free an “Icon of Democracy” By Douglas McGill, TC Daily Planet January 12, 2010 Flanked by UDJ officials Hailu Araya (left) and Gizachew Shiferaw, Birtukan…
Jailed icon Birtukan and brewing political storms amid hunger By Robele Ababya | January 12, 2010 Almaz Gebregziabher and her granddaughter, Halley, hold a photograph of Halley’s mother, Birtukan Mideksa,…
At least 27 killed in Somalia clashes By Abdi Sheikh and Abdi Guled | January 12, 2010 MOGADISHU (Reuters) – At least 27 people were killed in a third day…