By Mahlet Fasil @mahletfasil Addis Abeba: Top former TPLF officials among prisoners being released, state media reported. Among the released include Sebhat Nega, Mulu G/Egziabher, Kidusan Nega, Ambassador Abadi Zemu, Abay Woldu. Families of Sebehat Nega told Addis Standard he is already released. They are among 20 senior TPLF leaders who were accused of organizing an …

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Eskinder Nega, founder of the opposition Balderas for Genuine Democracy, and his colleagues were released this afternoon. Earlier today senior officials from the Ministry of Justice including Fikadu Tsega, deputy attorney general, visited Kality Prison, where high level opposition political party prisoners including Bekele Gerba and Jawar Mohammed are currently held at. Eskeinder Nega, Sintayehu …

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Sidney Poitier arrives at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles in March 2014. Photo: AFP The Hollywood star’s death was confirmed to the BBC by the office of Fred Mitchell, the Bahamas’ minister of foreign affairs. Poitier was a trailblazing actor and a respected humanitarian and diplomat. He won the Academy Award for best actor for Lilies …

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Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia celebrating Christmas on Friday two weeks after it was celebrated in the West as Ethiopian Orthodox Church considers January 7th being the day of Jesus’ birth. The holiday is marking colorfully at historic city of Lalibela, Amhara region of Ethiopia. This small town is mostly famous for its architectural marvels, the …

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Professor Al Mariam interview on ETV in Addis Ababa  

US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman will step down from his post the role “in the coming days” after a year marked by deadly crises in Ethiopia and Sudan. Feltman plans to leave his post shortly after his current visit to Ethiopia, where more than a year of war in the …

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