BETINEWS The 2014 Golden Pen of Freedom Award Winner Eskinder Nega of Ethiopia Swedish Journalist: Political Prisoners in Ethiopia Packed in Cells Like “Slaves” SKETCHES By Ana Marie Pamintuan (The Philippine Star) | TURIN – In the darkened auditorium in this Italian city, some forum participants could be seen dabbing at their eyes while others
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BY INDEPTHAFRICA by T. Goshu The very reason for me to come up with this piece of writing is the recent truly encouraging political step taken by the two major opposition political parties in Ethiopia, Unity for Democracy and Justice (Andinet), and All Ethiopian Unity Party (AEUP). I was one of many Ethiopians who were
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Sudan Tribune (JUBA) – South Sudanese president Salva Kiir has written to the East African regional bloc (IGAD) demanding an apology over remarks allegedly made by one of its officials. The letter, foreign affairs minister Benjamin Marial said, was delivered by a government minister to Ethiopia’s prime minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, who is the current IGAD
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BBC Boko Haram means “Western education is forbidden” in Hausa At least 21 people have been killed in a bomb blast in northern Nigeria as they were watching a World Cup match, a hospital source has told the BBC. Witnesses in Damaturu, in Yobe state, say a suicide bomber in a tricycle taxi detonated explosives
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Reuters ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The African Union (AU) ended the suspension of Egypt and Guinea Bissau from the grouping on Tuesday after the two countries elected new leaders, a senior AU official said. Egypt held an election in May after it was suspended from all the activities of the African body when the military
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Reuters ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The African Union (AU) ended the suspension of Egypt and Guinea Bissau from the grouping on Tuesday after the two countries elected new leaders, a senior AU official said. Egypt held an election in May after it was suspended from all the activities of the African body when the military
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By Reporters Without Borders Three journalists and six bloggers arrested in one swoop languish in prison Nine journalists who were arrested on 25 and 26 April continue to be detained pending trial. When the latest detention hearing in their case was held on 14 June, a judge gave the police yet more time to complete
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Ahram Online This is Egypt’s third cabinet since Morsi’s ouster nearly a year ago and the first under new president El-Sisi The first cabinet under Egypt’s new President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi was sworn in on Tuesday morning, headed by Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab. The new government — the third since the ouster of Islamist president Mohamed
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By Abebe Gellaw Addis Voice The criminal-minded Tewodros Baheru Under the brutal rule of the TPLF, courts are key instruments of repression. This is not an allegation. It is rather a well-documented and substantiated fact widely known across the world. One of the worst crimes the TPLF has committed in the last two decades is
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By Alemayehu G. Mariam Coca Cola is NOT the real thing Diaspora Ethiopians are expressing their outrage on social and online media and calling for a boycott of Coca Cola Company for its unethical, arbitrary and unfair dealings with Ethiopia’s pop music superstar Teodros Kassahun (Teddy Afro). They say the Coca Cola Company singled out Teddy
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