In July 2012, an Ethiopian court charged the prominent journalist Eskinder Nega with conspiring to commit terrorist acts. He was sentenced to 18 years in prison under a broad and ill-defined law. His crime? Writing about the Arab Spring and calling for peaceful protests. A frequent critic of the government and a prominent journalist, Nega
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The mother and sister of Getahun Abraham, an Ethiopian activist who committed suicide a month before May 24 elections. Photographer: William Davison/Bloomberg By William Davison Bloomberg News A month before Ethiopia’s elections, opposition activist Getahun Abraham walked into a compound of government offices in the southern town of Gimbichu, doused his body in gasoline and
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Election victory for governing EPRDF a certainty, but why it will win is still subject to debate. The EPRDF’s six million plus members, huge resources and support networks give it an advantage When Ethiopia’s ruling party and its allies won 99.6 percent of the parliamentary seats in the country’s last elections five years ago, some
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By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s ruling party wrapped up its campaign for Sunday’s election with a thunderous rally of fireworks and mock guerrilla battles, paving the way for Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn to secure a landslide victory in the Horn of Africa giant. About 30,000 government supporters waved party flags and sang
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By Mohammed Ghobari CAIRO (Reuters) – Saudi shells hit an international humanitarian aid office in northern Yemen on Thursday, killing five Ethiopian refugees and wounding ten, a local official said. Artillery fire and air strikes hit the town of Maydee along Yemen’s border with Saudi Arabia in Hajja province, a stronghold of the Iran-allied Houthi
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By Marthe van der Wolf, VOA ADDIS ABABA — The only international observers during Ethiopia’s elections Sunday will be from the African Union, with opposition parties already feeling the AU observers are not demanding enough in their criticism of Ethiopia’s election process, which is dominated by the ruling party. Nine long-term AU observers (LTOs) arrived
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Gayle Smith, President Barack Obama’s nominee to run the U.S. Agency for International Development, boasts a glowing list of credentials after spending two decades in Africa as an aid worker and award-winning journalist. But to critics, she is a sympathizer of repressive regimes in Africa who has done little to improve living conditions for people
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Absorption Ministry puts kibosh on Interior Ministry’s permit to allow infantrymen to bring relatives to Israel By GEDALYAH REBACK Sergeant Chalacho Mekunan receives a citation for service during Operation Protective Edge from southern commander Sami Turgeman this past February (IDF Spokesperson’s office) Two Israeli soldiers born in Ethiopia are accusing the state of dragging its
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