Category: Politics

US Embassy in Addis Ababa Warning to Americans of Somali Origin Traveling to Ethiopia

U.S. Embassy in Addis Abeba As stated in Ethiopia’s Country Specific Information, following the failed October 2013 bombing attempt in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for which the U.S. government-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization al-Shabaab claimed responsibility, the U.S. Embassy received reports that ALL individuals of Somali origin, including naturalized American citizens, were being stopped for questioning when

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US Embassy in Addis Ababa Warning to Americans of Somali Origin Traveling to Ethiopia

U.S. Embassy in Addis Abeba As stated in Ethiopia’s Country Specific Information, following the failed October 2013 bombing attempt in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for which the U.S. government-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization al-Shabaab claimed responsibility, the U.S. Embassy received reports that ALL individuals of Somali origin, including naturalized American citizens, were being stopped for questioning when

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Teddy Afro again responded to Coca Cola’s statement

Teddy Afro’s Facebook page Until the last second of the opening ceremony of the World Cup. We issued a press release on May 31,2014 regarding our position on the unwarranted prevention of the release of the Ethiopian Version of the World Cup Anthem. So far, Coca Cola or its Agent, Manadala TV, have not given

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Teddy Afro again responded to Coca Cola’s statement

Teddy Afro’s Facebook page Until the last second of the opening ceremony of the World Cup. We issued a press release on May 31,2014 regarding our position on the unwarranted prevention of the release of the Ethiopian Version of the World Cup Anthem. So far, Coca Cola or its Agent, Manadala TV, have not given

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2014 Golden Pen of Freedom Awarded to Eskinder Nega of Ethiopia

By Larry Kilman Secretary General WAN-IFRA | Paris, France Jailed Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega has been awarded the 2014 Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom prize of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA). The award was presented Monday in Turin, Italy, during the opening ceremonies of the 66th World Newspaper Congress, 21st World

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Who is afraid of the E(thiopian) bloggers?

By Alemayehu G. Mariam Who is afraid of  Eskinder Nega, Reeyout Alemu, Woubshet Taye, Zone Nine bloggers…? The “dean” of independent Ethiopian journalists and blogger extraordinaire, Eskinder Nega, is serving an 18 year sentence for blogging. The late Meles Zenawi personally ordered Eskinder’s arrest and even determined his sentence. Meles Zenawi feared and hated Eskinder Nega

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አንድነት ለፍትህና ለዴሞክራሲ ፖርቲ በአዳማና ደብረ ማርቆስ የጠራው የተቃውሞ ሰልፍ ተካሄደ

Fanabc አዲስ አበባ፣ ሰኔ 1፣ 2006 (ኤፍ.ቢ.ሲ.) አንድነት ለፍትህና ለዴሞክራሲ ፖርቲ ዛሬ በአዳማና ደብረ ማርቆስ ከተሞች የጠራው የተቃውሞ ሰልፍ ተካሄደ። የፖርቲው አባላትና ደጋፊዎች በአዳማ ከተማ በዋና ዋና የአስፋልት መንገዶች በመዘዋወር ተቃውሟቸውን አሰምተዋል፡፡ ሰልፈኞቹ በልማት ሰበብ የዜጐች ሰብአዊና ዴሞክራሲያዊ መብቶች እንዲታፈኑ አንፈቅድም፣ መብራት ውሃና ትራንስፖርት ማግኘት የህዝብ መብት ነው፣ ገዢው ፖርቲ ለሰላምና ለእርቅ ዝግጁ ይሁን፣ የኑሮ

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Eutelsat Blames Ethiopia as Jamming Incidents Triple

By Peter B. de Selding PARIS — Satellite fleet operator Eutelsat said intentional interference, which accounted for just 5 percent of the disruptions to its fleet in 2010, was responsible for 15 percent of the signal disruptions in 2013. The tripling of intentional interference events, tied in part to the expansion of Eutelsat’s fleet serving

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Eutelsat Blames Ethiopia as Jamming Incidents Triple

By Peter B. de Selding PARIS — Satellite fleet operator Eutelsat said intentional interference, which accounted for just 5 percent of the disruptions to its fleet in 2010, was responsible for 15 percent of the signal disruptions in 2013. The tripling of intentional interference events, tied in part to the expansion of Eutelsat’s fleet serving

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Ethiopian FM arrives in Egypt for Sisi’s inauguration

Relations between Egypt and Ethiopia soured last year over Ethiopia’s construction of a $6.4-billion hydroelectric dam on the upper reaches of the Nile River. World Bulletin / News Desk Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom arrived in Cairo early Saturday, leading a high-level delegation to attend the inauguration of Egypt’s president-elect Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday. The

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