September 2013
The Oldest Living Person Ever Found in Ethiopia
The Oldest Living Person Ever Found in Ethiopia At an estimated 160 years of age, Dhaqabo Ebba, a retired farmer and well-known community elder from the Oromia region in Ethiopia, could be the oldest living person ever. The Oldest Living Person Ever Found in Ethiopia!In an interview conducted by the state-run TV Oromiya and published
Ethiopia Records Two More Polio Cases As The Horn Of Africa Outbreak Reaches 191
Ethiopia has reported two additional cases of wild poliovirus 1 (WPV-1), bringing the total number of cases in the country to three as the outbreak on the Horn of Africa still climbs. The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) reports that the current outbreak in the region has reached 191 cases, which includes five new cases
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Sakharov and the fight for a free press in Ethiopia
By Mohamed Keita/CPJ Africa Advocacy Coordinator In 1968, Andrei Sakharov braved censorship and personal risk in the Soviet Union to give humanity an honest and timeless declaration of conscience. That same year, Ethiopia’s most prominent dissenter, Eskinder Nega, was born. In January 1981, a year into Sakharov’s exile in the closed city of Gorky, Reeyot
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Dr. Negaso Gidada and Ato Girma Seifu were released from detention after being arrested
The former Ethiopian President and the current Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) party chairman Dr. Negaso Gidada the only opposition party member of Ethiopian Parliament, vice chairman of UDJ Ato Girma Seifu; members of UDJ Executives’ Ato Asrat Tassie, Ato Teklie Bekele, Ato Seyoum Menegesha, Ato Shemeles Habtie, Ato Daniel Tefera and other
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Democracy, Tolerance, and G7’s position towards Eritrea
September 25, 2013 By Kirubeal Bekele On Sunday September 22, 2013, the Ginbot 7 leadership had a very revealing and open discussion in Washington DC meeting like it has never had before. As you know, the issue of working with Eritrea has been a bone in the throat for G7 as well as for its
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Ethiopia bans access to student’s critical article
Thursday, September 26, 2013 1:14 am Cristina Holtzer / Staff Writer The Pitt News/ University of Pittsburgh Abigail Salisbury is an enemy of the state of Ethiopia because of an op-ed column she published online. Salisbury, a student in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, spoke about her article to an audience of about
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A Journalist kidnapped, Threatened, and Beaten by Intelligence and Security Agents in Ethiopia
By Betre Yacob The Ethiopian journalist Bisrat Woldemichael was kidnapped, threatened, humiliated, and beaten by the Ethiopian intelligence and security agents on 28 August, 2013. He has reported this incident today to journalists. Bisrat reported that the dreadful incident took place at Gotera, a place in the capital Addis Ababa as he was walking home
No Human Rights = No Development – Oakland Institute
For Immediate Release September 26, 2013 Anuradha Mittal amittal@oaklandinstitute.org Emily Mattheisen emattheisen@hic.mena.org No Human Rights = No Development Oakland Institute and the Housing and Land Rights Network Submit Human Rights Report on Ethiopia to the United Nations OAKLAND CA- In a report submitted to the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on
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Nafkot – Candle Light Vigil to mark the 2nd year imprisonment of Eskinder Nega, Reeyot Alemu, and fellow other prisoners of conscience
Nafkot – Candle Light Vigil to mark the 2nd year imprisonment of Eskinder Nega, Reeyot Alemu, and fellow other prisoners of conscience Friday Sept 27, 2013 6:30PM Upper Senate Park, 200 New Jersey Ave NW, Washington DC