Ethiopia: Thoughts for Revitalizing the Resistance

By Tesfaye Demmellash (PhD) The dawn of the New Year, 2015, got me thinking about the renewal of the Ethiopian struggle to end the scourge of ethnic dictatorship. I thought about the possibility of infusing our sluggish national resistance with innovative élan and activism by tapping selectively into parts of our past revolutionary experience, whose

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Saudi Star To Restart Rice Project on Disputed Anuak Lands in Ethiopia

By Fatima Hansia , CorpWatch Blog Saudi Star Agricultural Development plans to pump $100 million into a rice export project in Gambella region of Ethiopia despite allegations of human rights violations surrounding the “villagization” program under which the land has been taken from indigenous Anuak pastoralists to lease to foreign investors. 

 The company is

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EPRDF is gearing up to deploy about 2000 forces to South Sudan

ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia’s Defence Forces have confirmed that the government of Addis Ababa is amassing forces of 2000 soldiers supported by 4 fighter jets and over 35 tanks are set to be deployed in the war torn South Sudan as early as March next year to provide security and maintain stability around Juba, Paloch

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EPRDF is gearing up to deploy about 2000 forces to South Sudan

ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia’s Defence Forces have confirmed that the government of Addis Ababa is amassing forces of 2000 soldiers supported by 4 fighter jets and over 35 tanks are set to be deployed in the war torn South Sudan as early as March next year to provide security and maintain stability around Juba, Paloch

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British security guard faces death penalty in Ethiopia

 Ali Adorus claims he was targeted by MI5 over alleged links to Islamic extremism before leaving Britain, and that a ‘confession’ was was beaten out of him in prison By ROBERT VERKAIK, The Independent A British man who claims he was tortured in an Ethiopian prison is facing the death penalty after being found guilty of terrorism

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Ethiopia Blackmails Serbia Over Kosovo

Serbia’s ally from the time of Tito – Ethiopia is threatening it will recognize the independence of Kosovo if Belgrade insist that the country repays the debt of about USD 100 million, unofficially learned Serbian Daily “Novosti”. Serbia has good relations with the state, but also two unsolved issues that could affect the change of

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እኛ አገር እኮ ሰው ሲሞት አይቀበርም•••

አንድ ቻይናዊ ኢንቨስተር አዲስ አበባ ውስጥ ድርጅት ለመክፈት የመስክ ጉብኝት እያረገ ነው… ከመገናኛ ሳሪስ አቦ በተዘረጋው ቀለበት መንገድ ሲያልፉ ሰፊ መሬት አየ… ” ይሄ ሰፊ መሬት የማን ነው ? ” ሲል ከኢንቨስትመንት ቢሮ ሊያስጎበኘው የመጣውን ባለስልጣን ጠየቀ…. ባለስልጣኑ: ” ይሄ የቅዱስ ዬሴፍ ቤ/ክ የቀብር ስፍራ ነው ” ቻይናዊው: በመገረም ” ይሄ ሁሉ መሬት ለመቃብር ?

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እኛ አገር እኮ ሰው ሲሞት አይቀበርም•••

አንድ ቻይናዊ ኢንቨስተር አዲስ አበባ ውስጥ ድርጅት ለመክፈት የመስክ ጉብኝት እያረገ ነው… ከመገናኛ ሳሪስ አቦ በተዘረጋው ቀለበት መንገድ ሲያልፉ ሰፊ መሬት አየ… ” ይሄ ሰፊ መሬት የማን ነው ? ” ሲል ከኢንቨስትመንት ቢሮ ሊያስጎበኘው የመጣውን ባለስልጣን ጠየቀ…. ባለስልጣኑ: ” ይሄ የቅዱስ ዬሴፍ ቤ/ክ የቀብር ስፍራ ነው ” ቻይናዊው: በመገረም ” ይሄ ሁሉ መሬት ለመቃብር ?

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Ethiopian journalists must choose between being locked up or locked out

By Nicole Schilit/Journalist Assistance Associate Journalists who fled to Nairobi over security fears perform a traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony in one of the cramped apartments they share. (CPJ/Nicole Schilit) A sharp increase in the number of Ethiopian journalists fleeing into exile has been recorded by the Committee to Protect Journalists in the past 12 months.

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