IPI criticises failure to afford journalists, bloggers due process International Press Institute An Ethiopian court this week delayed proceedings for an 11th time against six bloggers and three independent journalists, who were arrested in April in connection with their activities as part of the Zone 9 collective. The court at a hearing on Tuesday adjourned
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(RSF) – At least six publications have had to close in recent months and around 30 journalists have fled abroad since the start of the year as a result of the biggest crackdown on the privately-owned press since 2005, one reflecting a government desire to make a clean sweep of independent media before parliamentary elections
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Interim leader Lt Col Isaac Zida. Photo: 5 November 2014 (BBC)- Lt Col Zida was previously second in command of the presidential guard Burkina Faso’s interim leader has dismissed the African Union’s imposition of a two-week deadline to hand power to civilians. “We are not afraid of sanctions, we care much more about stability,” said
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The Jerusalem Post If you hail from Ethiopia, then teff is no stranger to you. In fact, it is the stuff that the local staple bread – injera – is made from. The 4,000-year-old teff, or by its botanical name Eragrostis tef (literally meaning “the grass of love”), is an annual grass indigenous to the
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By Alice Park @aliceparkny “We’re removing the doorway that HIV uses to get into cells” (Time)- Natural immunity is the most reliable way to protect yourself from viruses, bacteria and parasites. And the best way to acquire such immunity, in most cases, is to expose your immune system to the bug in question—either by getting
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By Michael Igoe Men and women on the steps of the Church of St. Mary of Zion in Axum, Ethiopia. A deeply religious nation, Ethiopians ascribe much of what happens in life — such as having a child who displays behavioral differences — to God’s will. Photo by: A. Davey / CC BY A church
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Press Release When Ethiopia opened its doors to the National Tour Association during a product development trip last month, it opened the eyes of NTA tour operators. “Ethiopia is a country like no other,” said Tim Ambrose, sales director for Washington, D.C.-based Academic Travel Abroad, who joined other tour operators and travel journalists on the
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HuffPost Germany | By Sebastian Christ When the crisis in Ukraine first escalated in February, many German experts on Russia were caught off guard. Almost none of them had foreseen that the revolution in Kiev would be followed by the events in Crimea. Not least because many journalists and scientists had misjudged Vladimir Putin. While much
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Associated Press JOHANNESBURG – An Angolan journalist and human rights campaigner says the African Union should move its headquarters out of Ethiopia because of concerns about freedom of expression there. Journalist Rafael Marques de Morais said Tuesday night in Johannesburg that the African Union, which represents 53 countries on the continent, is hypocritical to keep
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