Category: Politics

David Cameron writes to Ethiopian PM on behalf of British political dissident on death row

Andargachew “Andy” Tsege, a critic of the Ethiopian regime, was kidnapped in Yemen. The Independent By JONATHAN OWEN The Prime Minister has personally intervened in the case of a British father-of-three facing the death sentence in Ethiopia, after the man’s children appealed for his help. David Cameron wrote to the Ethiopian Prime Minister in a bid

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South Sudan Asks Its Ambassador To Ethiopia To Return Within 72 Hours

Sudan Tribune By Tesfa-Alem Tekle October 22, 2014 (ADDIS ABABA) – South Sudan government has unexpectedly recalled its ambassador to Ethiopia in a move an official described as “a normal administrative practice”. South Sudan foreign affairs spokesperson Mawien Makol (Photo credit: citizen-news) Family sources told Sudan Tribunethat David Dang Kong was asked by the foreign

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Ethiomedia- “When are you to pull out of Eritrea?” Dr Berhanu – “Why should we?”

Ethiomedia Dr Berhanu Nega (right) with Ethiomedia editor Abraha Belai Dr Berhanu Nega, chairman of Ginbot 7, the Movement for Freedom, Justice and Democracy, was in Seattle recently. He addressed Ethiopians on the progress of Ginbot 7 as well as the overall political situation in Ethiopia. Later in the evening, some friends met Dr Berhanu

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Ethiopia needs Centralism not Ethnic Federalism: Yeharerwerk Gashaw

SBS By Kassahun Seboqa (Yeharerwerk Gashaw-iPJ) Yeharerwerk Gashaw, Sociologist and Political Activist argued that Ethiopia needs centralism not ethnic federalism.  

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Hailemariam Desalegn slams ICC

Source: World Bulletin The Ethiopian premier said his country was implementing railway and manufacturing projects worth a total of $6.4 billion. Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on Thursday defended his government’s policies and accused the International Criminal Court (ICC) of “intimidating” African leaders. “Proof of this is the economic performance that made Ethiopia one of

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Ethiopian-American Mohammed Tahiro Running for US Senate in Texas as a Write-in Candidate

Tahiro2014.org Mohammed Abbajebel Tahiro was born in Ethiopia in 1964. After completing his elementary and secondary education, he enrolled at Addis Ababa University with an academic interest in theoretical physics. Due to political upheaval and social instability, he left the country for a brief sojourn in Nairobi, Kenya before making the long journey to the

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In Ethiopia, foreign investment is a fancy word for stealing land

Colonialism never left. (Photo by Alfredo Bini) BY Daniel A. Medina@dmedin11 Quartz It’s been called by some to be a new form of colonialism. Others say it isoutright theft. Since 2000, over 37 million hectares of land, mainly in the world’s poorest nations, have been acquired by foreign investors “without the free, prior, and informed consent of communities”

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Ethiopia’s alleged terrorists: vocal bloggers and independent journalists

OpenDemocracy By YORDANOS ABEBE In attempting to minimize the risks attendant to human rights work in an authoritarian setting, Ethiopian NGOs have been hesitant to support young activists who face government persecution. Iain Levine of Human Rights Watch has noted that “an essential element of human rights work is to fulfill the moral imperative of

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Kofi Annan: The world ignored Ebola until it spread from Africa

AFP Photo by Berit Roald for Agence France-Presse. Wealthy countries were slow to tackle the Ebola epidemic as it began in Africa, former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan said in tough criticism of the response to the crisis on Thursday. “I am bitterly disappointed by the response… I am disappointed in the international community

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