May 2012

By MARLISE SIMONS and J. DAVID GOODMAN The ex-Liberian leader was the last defendant to be judged by a special court for atrocities committed in Sierra Leone. LEIDSCHENDAM, NETHERLANDS – Charles Taylor, the former president of Liberia and a once-powerful warlord, was sentenced Wednesday to 50 years in prison for his role in atrocities committed …

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When someone famous, like the former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, goes on a hunger strike, the whole world knows about it, but Irom Sharmila Chanu, an ordinary woman from India, has been on a political fast for the last 12 years, and hardly anyone even knows she exists. Irom Sharmila Chanu, also known as …

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By James Melik Reporter, Business Daily, BBC World Service (BBC News) – China has fast become Africa’s largest trading partner – but who exactly is reaping the benefits? While Europe is struggling with recession, it is a very different story in Africa where the continent overall is expected to enjoy growth of 6% in 2012. …

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By Fayyis Oromia In this short opinion, I am just trying to discuss what I think is part of an overdue national debate. As far as the information I do have till now is concerned, in the ancient and modern history of the Cushitic Ethiopians, it is almost becoming clear that the Oromo nation is …

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By Harmus Muhammad ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopian Muslim activists are reporting torture and abuses by security forces over growing opposition to an alleged government campaign to indoctrinate the community with Ahbashism campaign. “An Ethiopian activist died after being tortured by electric shock and inhumane acts by government security forces,” villager Ibrahim Nuseyra told OnIslam.net. He …

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(VOA News) – Amnesty International is concerned that Rwanda and Ethiopia are overlooking their commitments to human rights for the sake of economic growth. A new report from the human rights group says the authoritarian governments of both countries have stifled the opposition and persecuted journalists. In the past seven years, Ethiopia has sustained an …

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By Ilan Lior and Tomer Zarchin Some 1,000 protesters rallied in Tel Aviv’s Hatikva neighborhood on Wednesday and called for the ousting of African asylum seekers from Israel. Demonstrators attacked African passersby while others lit garbage cans on fire and smashed car windows. Another group of demonstrators stopped a shuttle taxi and searched for migrant …

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JOHANNESBURG – Eyewitness News. Ethiopians living in South Africa voiced their opposition to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s “dictatorship” on Wednesday afternoon. They took to the streets of Sandton to hand over a memorandum of demands to African Union (AU) members. Officials are holding a summit at the Sandton Convention Centre in northern Johannesburg. Zenawi’s government …

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By Yilma Bekele I doubt there is an Ethiopian in the Diaspora not familiar with what happened last Friday. As they say the video has gone viral. The act has brought deep satisfaction to the psych of the oppressed and left the evildoers in disarray. Abebe took less than one minute to do what has …

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