UK diplomats clash over British man on death row in Ethiopia

Officials’ fury after Foreign Secretary claims he couldn’t ‘find time’ to help father-of-three facing execution By Ian Birrell for The Mail online Andargachew Tsege was snatched by officials at Yemen airport last June The 59-year-old was transferred to Ethiopia where he is thought to remain Father-of-three moved to London in 1979 from native African country

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‘Ethiopia’s media crackdown is bad news for Africa’

By Simon Allison, Guardian Without a free press in Addis Ababa, Africans are being locked out of the important decisions being made in their de facto capital, writes Simon Allison It’s not easy being a journalist in Ethiopia. In fact, it’s nearly impossible, according to a new 76-page Human Rights Watch report that documents the

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መትፋት ያስነውራል -አስፋ ጫቦ

መትፋት ያስነውራል አስፋ ጫቦ መግቢያ 1) ESAT tv ላይ በሰጠሁት ቃለ ምልልስ ምክንያት እዚህ Facebook የሚባለው ላይ ያገኘሁት ምላሽ ፈጽሞ በህልሜም በውኔም ልገምተው ከምችለውና ከማስበው በላይና ውጭ ሆነበኝ። “ጋሽ አስፋ ፤ዩኒቭርስቲ ታማሪ ሆኜ፤ ወጣት እያለሁ፤ አመለካከቴን የቀረጽክልኝ፤ ያሰፋህልኝ፤አገሬን እንደገና ልብ እንድላት ያደርግህ አንተ ነህ …”የሚሉ ናቸው። ጋሼ ስለሚሉኝ ዕድሜያቸውን በ35 ና በ45 መካከል መደብኩት። ዛሬ

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Confessed armed robber Solomon Teklie fools witnesses with race-changing mask

A side view of the mask worn by Solomon Zemichael Teklie. ALL of the witnesses — including his victims — described the suspect as “white” but this confessed armed robber was actually wearing an incredibly convincing race-changing mask. A Canadian court heard that Solomon Zemichael Teklie carried out a carjacking and two bank robberies before

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Six Eritrean journalists released after nearly six years in prison

By Reporters Without Borders Reporters Without Borders is happy to learn of the release on bail of six Eritrean journalists who had been held since a wave of arrests in February 2009. They are Bereket Misghina, Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu and Basilios Zemo of Radio Bana, Meles Negusse Kiflu, who worked for Radio Bana and Radio

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Ethiopians in Soweto South Africa appeal for help after looting

Johannesburg – Foreign nationals want the South African government to help them following attacks and looting of their shops in Soweto, they said on Thursday. – Are you there or have you been affected? Send us your eyewitness accounts and photos. “The government must help us. We have been attacked and left with nothing,” said

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Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah dies

BBC- Saudi King Abdullah speaks at his private residence in the Red Sea city of in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 27 June 2014 King Abdullah had been suffering from a lung infection Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has died in hospital, state TV says. The announcement, made early on Friday, said his brother, Salman, had become

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