Elections, Ethiopian style

Since the last election, the ruling party has exerted more control and increased its repression of basic liberties. Felix Horne is a Horn of Africa researcher at Human Rights Watch. This is what an election campaign looks like in Ethiopia, where the ruling coalition took 99.6 percent of parliamentary seats in the last national elections,

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Israeli Teacher suspended for telling student to ‘go back to Ethiopia’

Video surfaces showing racially charged argument in the classroom; lecturer says ‘Ethiopians are taking over the country’ College Peer Tafnit Holon suspended a lecturer Tuesday after a video surfaced of the teacher arguing with Ethiopian students, telling them, “You forget where you came from. Go back to Ethiopia.” The argument began Monday during a class

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Israel’s long history of racism: What exactly are Ethiopian Israelis protesting?

Ever since they began immigrating in 1984, Ethiopian Jews feel they have been discriminated against because of the color of their skin. Ethiopian Israelis clash with police officers in a protest in Tel Aviv The catalyst for the violent protests that brought thousands of Ethiopian Israelis out to the streets of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv

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Israel’s long history of racism: What exactly are Ethiopian Israelis protesting?

Ever since they began immigrating in 1984, Ethiopian Jews feel they have been discriminated against because of the color of their skin. Ethiopian Israelis clash with police officers in a protest in Tel Aviv The catalyst for the violent protests that brought thousands of Ethiopian Israelis out to the streets of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv

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Ethiopian Jews: Not Jewish enough

Ethiopian Jews: Not Jewish enough Discrimination has long been a problem in Israeli society – will these protests change anything? A wounded Israeli of Ethiopian origin during a protest against racism in Tel Aviv [EPA] “My blood is good enough for army service, but not good enough after,” shouted a woman at a line of

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Ethiopia: Democracy in action it is not

Ethiopia’s elections, scheduled for May 24, are shaping up to be anything but democratic. A country that has often been held up as a poster child for development has been stifling civic freedoms and cracking down on independent journalism for several years. It was consequently startling to hear the U.S. State Department’s undersecretary of state

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Ethiopian Jews clash with police at anti-racism protest in Tel Aviv

At least 20 officers were injured and a number of protesters were arrested during a rally on Sunday. The Ethiopian community now numbers around 135,500 out of Israel’s population of over 8 million [Reuters] The Ethiopian community now numbers around 135,500 out of Israel’s population of over 8 million [Reuters] Israeli mounted police have charged

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Italy says 10 migrants die, 4,800 rescued in ongoing mission

By Steve Scherer ROME (Reuters) – About 4,800 migrants were plucked from boats off the coast of Libya over the weekend and 10 bodies were recovered, Italy’s coast guard and navy said, in what looked to be the biggest rescue operation of its kind so far this year. Two weeks after nearly 900 boat people

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Despite Executions and Drowning, Ethiopians Still Dream of Europe

Gambling with your life for an illusive life in Europe Why does our youth only want to see or hear about the ten that made it to Europe but not the ninety that end up drowned or executed? Why gamble with life in exchange for an illusive life in Europe? By Karim Lebhour (for AFP),

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