CPJ While Ethiopia has proven to be a willing ally in the war on terror and partner in developing successful models to strengthen food security and community resilience, many aspects of its human rights record continue to raise concerns. In recent years there has been a disturbing trend towards repressive interpretations of laws, which have
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Newstime Africa NASA ADDIS ABABA (AA) – The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) has said it would provide assistance to various institutions in Ethiopia in the areas of science and engineering. The assertion came at a meeting between visiting NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom at the conclusion of
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By William Davison An Ethiopian court asked prosecutors to amend charges so they specify the acts of terrorism that 10 bloggers and journalists are alleged to have been plotting, a defense lawyer said. The order was made today at the Federal High Court in the capital, Addis Ababa, where nine out of the 10 accused
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አቶ ታምራት ላይኔ – 206 ሺሕ ብርና ስምንት ተሽከርካሪዎችን መረከቡን ገልጿል የሙስና ወንጀል ክስ ተመሥርቶባቸውና 18 ዓመታት በእስር እንዲቀጡ ተወስኖባቸው የነበሩት አቶ ታምራት ላይኔና ወ/ሮ ሻዲያ ናዲም ላይ መንግሥት በፍትሐ ብሔር መሥርቶ በነበረው ክስ በመርታቱ 18 ሚሊዮን ብር ገቢ ማግኘቱን ፍትሕ ሚኒስቴር አስታወቀ፡፡ እነ አቶ ታምራት በሕገወጥ መንገድ ከአገር በማውጣት 1000 ቶን ቡና ሸጠዋል በሚል፣
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Hennes & Mauritz , the world’s second-biggest fashion retailer, said on Tuesday that it made every effort to ensure its cotton did not come from appropriated land but could not provide an absolute guarantee. Swedish TV4 said H&M was using cotton from areas in Ethiopia that are vulnerable to land grabbing —
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Geldof’s right to fight ebola. But, for all its noble intentions, Band Aid’s done more harm than good, writes IAN BIRRELL By Ian Birrell for the Daily Mail Bob Geldof, left, and Midge Ure, right, have teamed up again on the 30th anniversary of Band Aid to re-record the single to raise money to fight
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By Ewnetu Sime November 2014 marks the one year anniversary of Ethiopian Migrant workers’ gross human rights violation in the Middle Eastern countries by autocratic regimes particularly in Saudi Arabia. It attracted worldwide attention. Unexpectedly with short time it brought together the Diaspora Community members, Religious Leaders, members of Civil Rights for Women group, Students,
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By Amnesty International Thousands of members of Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, the Oromo, are being ruthlessly targeted by the state based solely on their perceived opposition to the government, said Amnesty International in a new report released today. “Because I am Oromo” – Sweeping repression in the Oromia region of Ethiopia exposes how Oromos have
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Every chef has his or her own recipes and, it turns out, his or her own playlist. Most cooks casually fire up the iPod as they fire up the grill. But for some, music in the kitchen is almost as important as gas. “You can tell a lot about your cooks’ personalities by their music
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In 1954 Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia became the first foreign head of state to visit the Federal Republic of Germany. His visit brought a breath of the exotic to provincial Bonn, then the provisional capital. For the young Federal Republic of Germany it was both a great honor and a sensation when the Ethiopian
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