Ethiopia Bans Newspaper After Stories On Meles Illness, Protests
An Ethiopian court banned distribution of a newspaper that published front-page articles about Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s health and protests by Muslims in the capital, Addis Ababa, the government said. Editors from the weekly Feteh newspaper may face criminal charges because of national security concerns, State Minister of Justice Berhanu Tsegaye said in a phone interview today. […]
Read More →Ethiopia and Eritrea: Rising Tensions Amid New Opportunities for Engagement
by Jason Mosley, Associate Fellow, Africa Programme The latest report from the United Nations Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea has stirred tensions between Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia. Eritrea has seized on a selective reading of the report to call for the lifting of UN imposed sanctions, a call already rebuffed by the Monitoring Group’s Coordinator. […]
Read More →Ethiopian police clash with Muslim protesters, several arrested
Ethiopian police beating Muslim protesters 07 21 2012 By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA | Sat Jul 21, 2012 9:27pm BST ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopian police clashed on Saturday with scores of Muslims protesters complaining that the state is interfering in their religion, witnesses and officials said. The protesters, some wearing masks, blocked the entrance […]
Read More →Ethiopian Prime Minister Takes Break to Recover From Illness
By William Davison  Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is taking a break to recover from an unspecified illness and will return to duty once he is well, Communications Minister Bereket Simon said. “He is in good health,†Bereket told reporters today inAddis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, adding that further details aren’t being announced for […]
Read More →Press release | PEN denounces sentencing of Ethiopian blogger Eskinder Nega
in the theater of One World a media project | in pursuit of cultural diplomacy and international understanding  Posted on July , 2012 NEW YORK CITY | PEN American Center reacted angrily to the sentencing of journalist Eskinder Nega to 18 years in prison on bogus terrorism charges in Ethiopia, calling on the United States and other donor […]
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