CPJ The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the detention of a journalist without charge since Monday and calls on Ethiopian authorities to release him immediately. An Ethiopian court on Tuesday extended by 14 days the pre-trial detention of Elias Gebru, according to a statement from the CPJ on Wednesday. “The detention without charge of Elias
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Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC On behalf of the government and the people of the United States, I send my best wishes to the government and people of Ethiopia as you celebrate your national day on May 28. It was a great pleasure to return to Addis Ababa earlier this month
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Sudan Tribune Egypt’s presidential front runner Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said he would be keen to resolve the long running Nile water dispute with Ethiopia through dialogue if he is elected as the new president of the North African nation. Al-Sisi said he was ready to visit Ethiopia for talks over the massive hydro plant project the
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By Mikael Wossen, PhD “Your Education today is your Economy tomorrow” Andreas Schleicher (OECD). In Face to Face Africa or (Face2Face), April 2014 issue, there is an uplifting article entitled “African Immigrants Excel Highest in US Academies.” It caught my attention. The article speaks of the high educational attainment and academic success of Africans in
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By Alemayehu G Mariam On May 2, 2014, BBC reportedthat the security forces of the regime in Ethiopia had massacred at least 47 university and high school students in the town of Ambo 80 miles west of the capital Addis Ababa. The regime dismissed the massacre and tried to sweep it under the rug claiming that a
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Xinhua The African Union (AU) on Sunday celebrated Africa Day with different activities in Ethiopia’ s capital Addis Ababa. The celebrations included a marathon dubbed the Great Run Africa, the 10th Anniversary of the Peace and Security Council of the AU, and the Africa Re-imagination Creative Hub (ARCH) exhibition. Erastus Mwencha, Deputy Chairperson of the
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By Hend Kortam Daily News Egypt Egyptian foreign ministry says no explanation was provided by the Ethiopian side and demanded one ShareThis Facebook Tweet Print Email Egyptian citizen Hamdy Al-Anany was deported from Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, an incident which prompted the Egyptian Foreign Ministry to express “deep regrets”, in a statement on Sunday, and demand an
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By Liesl Louw-Vaudran, M&G HI.M. Haile Selassie (C) and Ghana’s first President Kwame Nkrumah (L) at the OAU (1963) Africa Day is on Sunday. How close has the continent come to achieving the integration the OAU founders had in mind when they formed the body in 1963? In 1978 Jamaican reggae artist Hugh Mundell had a
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Fanabc በጥላሁን ካሳ አዲስ አበባ ፣ ግንቦት 16 ፣ 2006 (ኤፍ.ቢ.ሲ.) የኢትዮጵያ ፌደራላዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ አንድነት መድረክ ፓርቲ ዛሬ በአዲስ አበባ የጠራው የተቃውሞ ሰልፍ ተካሄደ። የፓርቲው አባላትና ደጋፊዎች መነሻቸውን ግንፍሌ ወንዝ ድልድይ ቅዱስ ማቲዎስ አንግሊካን ቤተክርስቲያን አድርገው ፥ በህንድ ኤምባሲ በመታጠፍ አቧሬ አደባባይን ፣ አድዋ ድልድይን በማቋረጥ ማጠቃለያቸውን የካ ክፍለ ከተማ ወረዳ 08 በተለምዶ ታቦት ማደሪያ
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Opride (OPride) — My grandfather Ayana Debosie Halo had a habit of making the entire family tune into his favorite radio station: The Voice of Oromo Liberation (better known by its Oromo acronym SBO). Began in late 1980s, SBO is a shortwave radio run by the Oromo Liberation Front, a political organization that struggles for
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