The Washington Post’s View WHILE ENJOYING its status as an international development darling, Ethiopia has been chipping away at its citizens’ freedom of expression. The country now holds the shameful distinction of having the second-most journalists in exile in the world, after Iran. That combination of Western subsidies and political persecution should not be sustainable.
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Andy Tsege is accused of being part of a ‘terrorist organisation’ that wants to overthrow the Ethiopian government Dissident was kidnapped in Yemen last June and now is facing the death penalty By JONATHAN OWEN, The Independent Ethiopia has refused to allow a delegation of parliamentarians to visit a British dissident facing the death penalty
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Jpost.com Although the suffering of many immigrants from Ethiopia in the past 30 years is well documented, treatment for their resulting psychological trauma has been minimal. Members of the Ethiopian Jewish community in Israel mark the holiday of Sigd in Jerusalem November 20, 2014. (photo credit:REUTERS/AMIR COHEN) Psychotrauma certainly isn’t new to the Jewish People.
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By Tesfa-Alem Tekle ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia on Thursday announced it will send more peacekeepers to Somalia, South Sudan and to Abyei, a disputed region claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan. According to the Ethiopian International Peace-keeping Training Centre, the horn of Africa’s nation will deploy 600 additional peace keepers in the stated countries
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In July 2014, the population of Ethiopia stood at around 88 million, making the country the second most populous in Africa. World Bulletin / News Desk Ethiopia’s population is projected to hit 90 million this year, the country’s state Central Statistical Agency (CSA) said Friday. The announcement was made in a press conference by CSA
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The United States Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) has removed the prohibition that it placed on US carriers and commercial operators from overflying some parts of Ethiopia. The ban was placed in 2000 for north of 12 degrees north latitude during the Ethiopia and Eritrea border conflict, the FAA says. The removal of the ban was
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Djibouti (HAN) February 7, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Press Release from Press Office of the President of Djibouti. Republic of Djibouti to Receive Ethiopian Prime Minister in Historic State Visit. State visit to Djibouti by an Ethiopian Prime Minister, Visit aimed at formalising economic integration The President of the Republic of Djibouti, Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, will
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ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s inflation rose to 7.7 percent year-on-year in January from 7.1 percent in the previous month, the statistics office said on Friday. The Central Statistics Agency attributed the jump to higher prices of food and non-food items. Prices for such items as meat, dairy products, vegetables and fruit increased 7.1 percent
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Worku Abiy, 23, lost his parents at a young age and could never imagine he would one day serve as an officer in the IDF; ‘For me, service is an honor,’ says Abiy. By Omri Efraim Among hundreds of excited cadets at an officer training course graduation ceremony on Wednesday stood one soldier who felt
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By Edmund Blair ADDIS ABABA, Feb 4 (Reuters) – Ethiopian banks and microfinance firms are launching mobile money services, helping reach swathes of the population that now have little access to branches or services, the mobile technology providers and banks said. The launch of the services, which allow customers to make payments or receive money
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