By Associated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia’s government has expelled two Arabs who flew in from the Middle East after the pair went to a mosque and tried to incite violence, an official said Saturday. The two men visited Addis Ababa’s Grand Anwar Mosque on Friday and disseminated materials and made inflammatory statements, said […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African Cabinet minister died while attending an African Union meeting in Ethiopia, South Africa’s president said Saturday. In a statement Saturday, President Jacob Zuma did not give a cause of death for Roy Padayachie, 62, who died Friday in the Ethiopian capital, where the AU is headquartered. “No amount of words
Press Release May 4, 2012 Alliance for Liberty, Equality and Justice in Ethiopia (ALEJE) has been closely monitoring the development of events in Ethiopia in the last three months. From the intensifying deterioration of human rights in Gambella to the forced eviction of ethnic Amharas, from the desecration of sacred places in Waldiba Monastery to
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E.J. GRAFF When large amounts of money are exchanged between a wealthy country and a poor country, here’s what happens. Miriam Jordan at The Wall Street Journal has published an investigative article about adoption from Ethiopia, which has for several years been riddled with allegations of fraud and unethical practices. This article tells the deceptively
(CNN) — President Barack Obama has invited four African leaders to join food security talks at the annual G8 summit this month. Presidents Yayi Boni of Benin, John Mills of Ghana and Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania, and Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia will attend the summit at the presidential retreat in Camp David. They
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Written by: Graham Peebles Arrested, jailed and beaten, tortured and imprisoned, this is the recipe for justice that the Ethiopian government serves up to dissenting voices. Men and women peacefully exercising their democratic right, demanding their human rights, crying out for their moral rights. The victimised are not only those living within Ethiopia who attempt
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Ethiopian rebels in Gambella repulsed an attack by government soldiers who gave up the fight after about half an hour, rebel sources said on May 1st. Government soldiers launched the attack on a travelling contingent of Ngeli O. Opiew, commander-in-chief of the Gambella Democratic Movement (GDM). The heavy fighting lasted about half an honor when
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Women from Ethiopia, Palestine and Azerbaijan and Pakistan Honored WASHINGTON – Each year, the IWMF honors women journalists who have shown extraordinary strength of character and integrity while reporting the news under dangerous or difficult circumstances. This year’s winners are: Reeyot Alemu, 31, an Ethiopian columnist currently imprisoned on charges of terrorism after writing critiques
Access Real Estate on Tuesday signed an agreement with a Dubai-based company, Soliten Holdings, that would enable it to jointly develop its housing projects. The agreement is said to be worth two billion birr. At a press briefing held at the Sheraton Addis, executives of the companies said that Soliten would make substantial investment in
(BBC) An imprisoned Ethiopian journalist and blogger has been given a prestigious freedom of expression award. Eskinder Nega was awarded the Pen America’s “Freedom to Write” annual prize for publishing articles critical of Ethiopia’s human rights record. His wife Serkalem Fasil, who is a journalist and also spent time in jail, received the award on
By ARGAW ASHINE (ST) The Ethiopian government has activated a highly restrictive directive that authorises printers to censor the content of newspapers and other publications that roll off their presses. The new legal directive forces printers to take responsibility over the contents of anything that they publish. The rule directly authorises the printing house to
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By Tesfa-Alem Tekle (ADDIS ABABA) – Ethiopian police on Monday said it had taken into custody ten suspects believed to have been involved in last week’s deadly attack in Ethiopia’s western Gambella region. Armed men late on Saturday attacked a commercial farm owned by an Ethiopian billionaire, killing five workers including a Pakistani national. The
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