January 28, 2014 A security offensive to combat Boko Haram’s insurgency has been unable to put a stop to the violence A senior cleric has spoken of how suspected Islamist militants “slaughtered” some 30 churchgoers in north-eastern Nigeria on Sunday.…
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By ROBERT P. MARK January 28, 2014 The FAA notified Ethiopian aviation officials last week that their country had passed the agency’s five-day-long safety audit, allowing that African nation to retain its Category 1 safety status. The FAA allows foreign-carrier flights to the U.S. only from countries…
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Press Release: January 28, 2014 Oakland Institute For Immediate Release Oakland, CA – In a historic move, the US Congress has taken a stance on land grabs-related human rights abuses in Ethiopia. The 2014 Omnibus Appropriations Bill contains provisions that…
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TOM ODULA NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – A Kenyan court on Tuesday sentenced a Chinese man to seven years for ivory smuggling in the first case since the country passed a stringent new law to deter illegal trading in wildlife products.…
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TOM ODULA NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – A Kenyan court on Tuesday sentenced a Chinese man to seven years for ivory smuggling in the first case since the country passed a stringent new law to deter illegal trading in wildlife products.…
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Fuseworks news January 28, 2014 Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully and his Ethiopian counterpart, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, have signed an arrangement to improve agricultural cooperation and food security. The Food Security Cooperation Arrangement was signed following a meeting of…
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27 January 2014 ONLF Press Release Sulub Abdi abducted in Nairobi Somalilandsun – The Ethiopian security abducted Mr Sulub Ahmed and Ali Hussein, two senior ONLF leaders from Nairobi yesterday afternoon. The leaders, who were members of the ONLF…
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In January 2013, Israel acknowledged that medical authorities have been giving Ethiopian immigrants long-term birth-control injections, often without their knowledge or consent. The Israeli government had previously denied the charges, which were first brought to light by investigative reporter Gal Gabbay…
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WAN-IFRA 01/27/2014 Eskinder Nega, an Ethiopian publisher, journalist and blogger who is serving an 18-year jail sentence under anti-terror legislation, has been awarded the 2014 Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom prize of the World Association of Newspapers…
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David Rookhuyzen/Capital Journal Tamrat Layne, former Ethiopian Prime Minister, interacts with guests during the 10th Annual Governor’s Prayer Breakfast in Pierre on Friday. Layne spoke to legislators and others about his conversion to Christianity while being held as a political…
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