An Ethiopian Dream Becoming True: An Eyewitness Account
To live in a politically, socially, economically, and bio ecologically transformed, strong, peaceful, and prosperous new Ethiopia has been a dream of generations of Ethiopians.
View ArticleWorkers rights tied to colleges
Tefere Gebre, executive vice president of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organization, expresses his concern about the current state of workers' rights and how student...
View ArticleEthiopian Security forces arrest six bloggers and a journalist in...
Friday morning April 25 2014 was a distributing day The Ethiopian government has arrested six independent bloggers and a journalist in what human rights group Amnesty International has called a...
View ArticleSix Ethiopian Bloggers And A Journalist Arrested In Widening Crackdown
Over the weekend, security apparatus in Ethiopia detained six opposition bloggers and social media-based activists, including a freelancer for local newspapers, in a move that caught many by surprise.
View ArticleEthiopia: Thirty Six Hours Later, No Official Statement About...
Thirty six hours after the unprecedented arrest by Ethiopian security forces of six independent bloggers writing for Zone9 blog post and three journalists no official statement was given by concerned...
View ArticleEthiopia: Arrests Upstage Kerry Visit
The Ethiopian authorities should immediately release six bloggers and three journalists arrested on April 25 and 26, 2014, unless credible charges are promptly brought, Human Rights Watch said today.
View ArticleEthiopia: Govt Intervenes in Access Real Estate Fiasco
Representatives of the Ethiopian government including, Mekuria Haile, Minister of Urban Development and Construction, Kebede Chanie, Minister of Trade and Director General of the Federal Police...
View ArticleLeading surgeons from Nottingham University Hospital went on mission to Ethiopia
A team of leading spinal surgeons from Nottingham University Hospital - Queen's Medical Centre went to Ethiopia this weekend to collaborate with local surgical teams and perform much needed spinal...
View ArticleRowan Williams, Former Archbishop Of Canterbury, Calls Britain 'A...
Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams receives an honorary degree at St Andrews University in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland on September 13, 2013.
View ArticleSouth Sudan peace talks resume
Peace talks between South Sudan's government and rebels aimed at ending a four-month-old civil war resumed in the Ethiopian capital on Monday, amid mounting global outrage over a wave of atrocities.
View ArticleSPLM-N speaks of deal to negotiate framework agreement, as Sudan says rebels...
April 28, 2014 The Sudan People's Liberation Movement North announced that they agreed with the Sudanese government to negotiate a framework agreement, while the latter described the move negatively "a...
View ArticleAl-Basher voices solidarity with Ethiopian intellectuals on the Nile -...
Addis Ababa, 29 April 2014 - Field Marshal Omar Hassan Al-Bashir, President of the republic of Sudan voices his solidarity for Ethiopian intellectuals in utilizing the Nile water for development.
View ArticleEthiopia: Journos held in crackdown 'criminals'
Defiant MDC Secretary General Tendai Biti has reportedly declared he is the only person now in legal control of the opposition after he staged a daring attempt to oust party leader Morgan Tsvangirai.
View ArticleEthiopia: Ethiopia Jails Nine Journalists, Renews Press Crackdown
The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the Ethiopian government's arrests of nine journalists in one of the worst crackdowns against free expression in the country.
View ArticleCelebrity Musicians Can't Feed the World
I was browsing in a used record store in the small town of Bowling Green, Ohio, about a year ago when I found what to a foreign aid wonk is comparable to an original Rolling Stones album.
View ArticleWoman Trapped In Wells Cathedral Bell Tower After Fall Is Rescued By Helicopters
A dangerous scene unfolded high above Somerset's Wells Cathedral today after a 68-year-old woman on a tour fell 30 feet into a space between two walls of the bell tower, reports The BBC.
View ArticleAfrica: Trade and Conflict Resolution On Agenda of Kerry Visit to Africa
US Secretary of State John Kerry will focus on human rights, crisis aid and economic cooperation on his six-day trip to three African countries.
View ArticleEthiopia: Deviations in Public Purchasing Prove Problematic Once More
Purchases deviating from established procedures in 43 public institutions have accounted for a total of 165.9 million Br, the Federal Auditor General's report to Parliament on public institutions...
View ArticleKerry to promote peace, sanctions in South Sudan
Forecasts for a third day of killer tornados in the South and Midwest didn't pan out, leaving many in the South and Midwest with new concerns about flooding Wednesday.
View ArticleLeaders' power struggle destroying S.Sudan -UN rights chief
In this 2013 file photo Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, South Sudan's then Vice-President Riek Machar and President Salva Kiir pay their...
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