ethiopian journalist died in exile
By Betre Yacob. A prominent Ethiopian journalist, Million Shurube, died in Nairobi, Kenya, where he had been in exile since September 2014. Million, father of a son, passed away on 13, October 2014 at Kenyata hospital at the age of 33. The cause of his death is still unclear. Million was one of a dozen […]
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NIGERIAN authorities have meted out the first punishment to a gay man under new anti-homosexual regulations that came into effect earlier this month after President Goodluck Jonathan signed the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Bill into law. Â Defying global pressure, President Jonathan signed the Draconian bill into law earlier this month despite human rights bodies […]
Read More →Ethiopia Refuses to Cooperate With World-Bank-Funding Probe (2)
Ethiopia’s government said it won’t cooperate with a probe into whether the World Bank violated its own policies by funding a program in which thousands of people were allegedly relocated to make way for agriculture investors. Ethnic Anuak people in Ethiopia’s southwestern Gambella region and rights groups including Human Rights Watch last year accused the […]
Read More →Ethiopian PM Meles Zenawi dies after illness
RIP Dictator MELES ZENAWI Continue reading the main story Related Stories Profile: Ethiopian leader Meles Zenawi Ethiopian leader ‘in hospital’ Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has died at the age of 57, state media say, after weeks of speculation about his health. Mr Meles was admitted to hospital in July. The nature of his condition […]
Read More →Jailed Ethiopia Christians deported from Saudi Arabia for praying
CAIRO: At least 35 Christians from Ethiopia were deported by Saudi Arabia last week after having been detained for over 7 months for reportedly praying in the privacy of their own homes. International Christian Concern (ICC) wrote in a statement published on their website that “Saudi Arabia deported the last of the 35 Ethiopian Christians […]
Read More →United Nations dumbfounded by danger of reporters in Ethiopia
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(UN News Center) — The tip United Nations tellurian rights central currently pronounced she is “seriously alarmed†by a stream meridian of danger opposite reporters and tellurian rights defenders in Ethiopia due to an overly extended interpretation of laws concerning terrorism and polite multitude in a country.“The new sentencing of 20 Ethiopians, including distinguished blogger […]
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 →Supporting stability, abetting repression
By TOBIAS HAGMANN (New York Times) BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA — Next time I travel to Ethiopia, I may be arrested as a terrorist. Why? Because I have published articles about Ethiopian politics. I wrote a policy report on Ethiopia’s difficulties with federalism. I gave a talk in which I questioned Ethiopia’s May 2010 elections, in which […]
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