July 2014

Sudan death sentence woman in Italy

News / July 24, 2014

ROME (AP) A Sudanese woman who was sentenced to death in Sudan for refusing to recant her Christian faith arrived Thursday in Italy en route to the United States along with her family, including an infant born in prison. Italian Premier Matteo Renzi welcomed Meriam Ibrahim at Rome’s Ciampino airport, calling it “a day of …

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World Bank Urges Ethiopia to Devalue Birr to Boost Exports

News / July 23, 2014

By William Davison Jul 22 Ethiopia’s birr is overvalued and the country would benefit from a devaluation to boost export revenue and accelerate economic growth, the World Bank said. Reducing the currency’s value by 10 percent in real terms may lead to a 5 percent increase in stalled export earnings and a 2 percent increase …

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Hookah Smoking Among Teens On The Rise, Despite Health Ravages

Health / July 21, 2014

More and more teens appear to be spending their high school years in a fog. According to a new study published in the journal Pediatrics, nearly one in five U.S. students availed themselves of a hookah in the last year. The research suggests smoking from a hookah — essentially a water pipe that uses charcoal …

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Lawyer for detained Ethiopia bloggers challenges detention

News / July 17, 2014

The lawyer for a group of detained Ethiopian bloggers and reporters said Thursday he was filing a civil suit against the country’s police for holding them without charge for nearly three months. The six members of the blogging collective Zone Nine and three journalists were arrested in April and accused by the government of unspecified …

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Ethiopia: The Crime of Extraordinary Rendition (Alemayehu G. Mariam)

ANALYSIS, OPINION & MORE / July 14, 2014

Alemayehu G. Mariam | July 13th, 2014 Last week, the regime in Ethiopia announced its abduction of Andaragatchew Tsgie, General Secretary of the Ethiopian opposition group known as Ginbot 7 Movement for Justice, Freedom and Democracy, with smug delight. According to the regime, the “Ethiopian national security service coordinating with its Yemeni counterpart had detained …

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Sudan death sentence woman in Italy

World Bank Urges Ethiopia to Devalue Birr to Boost Exports

Hookah Smoking Among Teens On The Rise, Despite Health Ravages

Lawyer for detained Ethiopia bloggers challenges detention

Ethiopia: The Crime of Extraordinary Rendition (Alemayehu G. Mariam)

Nigerian comentator Adeola takes UK gov’t to ask over the kidnapping of Andargachew Tsige

ESAT RadioTV July 05 2014

ESAT Radio: 04 July 2014

ESAT Radio Thursday July 3, 2014

Abebe Gellaw on Andargachew Tsege (Video)

ESAT Special about Andargachew Tsige – July 03 2014

ESAT Radio July 2 2014