(AFP )WASHINGTON – Global online freedom declined for a fifth consecutive year as more governments stepped up electronic surveillance and clamped down on dissidents using blogs or social media, a survey showed Wednesday. The annual report by non-government watchdog Freedom House said the setbacks were especially noticeable in the Middle East, reversing gains seen in
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By Tesfa-Alem Tekle Sudan Tribune (ADDIS ABABA) – The Eritrean government has urged the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to take measures against neighboring Ethiopia over territories the latter illegally occupies. Eritrea’s foreign affairs ministry, in a statement, said the UN was applying “double standards” over the long-standing border dispute between the two countries. The
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LONDON (AP) — Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has acknowledged that the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 was partly responsible for the emergence of the Islamic State militant group in the Middle East. But he insists that toppling Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein had been the right thing to do. Blair told CNN “there
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By Rodney Muhumuza | AP KAMPALA, Uganda — Five Ethiopian dissident groups in exile said they have formed an alliance to bring a change of government back home, describing Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn’s government as oppressive. The new group is called the People’s Alliance for Freedom and Democracy, according to a joint statement issued Friday in Oslo,
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AFP New York – The United Nations Security Council on Friday extended the arms embargo on Somalia until 15 November 2016 while reaffirming the country’s sovereignty over its natural resources, while also reaffirming its arms embargo on Eritrea. Adopting a new resolution by a vote of 14 in favour and 1 abstention (Venezuela), the Council
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A flight bound for Washington has made an emergency landing in Dublin Airport following an engine fault. The Ethiopian plane, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, had landed earlier today at the Airport for a short refuelling before heading on to the United States. Over an hour and a half into the flight, it reported one of
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Center For Aviation Ethiopian Airlines is planning further long-haul network expansion in 2016 with new destinations in Asia and North America. The expansion is made possible by the delivery of Ethiopian’s first batch of 343-seat A350-900s along with additional 270-seat Boeing 787-8s. New York is in line to become Ethiopian’s fourth destination in North America
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By Teshome M. Borago Twenty years after rebel-turned-politician Meles Zenawi promised us that all Ethiopians will soon eat three times a day, another famine is now approaching. In 2008, the famous Ethiopian-American economist Dr Eleni Gabre-madhin made headlines worldwide after the establishment of her Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) with the help of authoritarian premier Meles
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Juba (AFP) – Uganda’s army has begun its pull-out from neighbouring South Sudan, in line with a peace deal aimed at ending nearly two years of civil war, an official said Tuesday. Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni deployed troops to South Sudan in support of President Salva Kiir, who is fighting rebels led by former deputy
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Reprieve Organization The Foreign Office is hosting a high-level trade event for Ethiopia’s Foreign Minister tomorrow (21st), despite the ongoing detention of a British man kidnapped by the Ethiopian authorities 16 months ago. Foreign minister Grant Shapps will share a stage tomorrow with Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adanhom at the UK Ethiopia Trade Investment Forum,
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