April 3, 2014 BBC ZunZuneo was reportedly introduced with information about everyday topics such as sport and weather The US created a text-message social network designed to foment unrest in Cuba, according to an investigation by the Associated Press news…
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02/04/2014 euractiv Gay Pride marchers. South Africa, October 2013. [Niko Knigge/Flickr] Imprisoning gays and lesbians for their sexuality is a “disgrace” that should disqualify offending countries from EU aid, the president of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, told a joint…
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Monday 31 March 2014 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) An Ethiopian opposition figure says his government won’t allow him to travel to the United States. Yilikal Getnet, the chairman of the opposition Blue Party, said Monday that security forces tore pages…
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By Tesfa-Alem Tekle Sudan Tribune March 31, 2014 (ADDIS ABABA) – South Sudanese who recently entered Ethiopia from Kenya have accused the Ethiopian embassy in Nairobi of allegedly denying them travel visas. The refugees who originally fled the current conflict…
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30 March 2014 The Daily Mail The farmer claims aid is funding a despotic one-party state in his countryAlleges regime is forcing thousands from their land using murder and rapePrime Minister David Cameron says donations are a mark of compassionIf…
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29 March 2014 Madote Eritrea will attend the 4th EU-Africa Summit which will take place in Brussels on 2-3 April 2014, according to an Eritrean diplomat. The summit will bring together African and EU leaders, as well as the leaders…
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Mar 28, 2014 By Jeremy Wagstaff SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Twenty-one of the world’s top-25 news organizations have been the target of likely state-sponsored hacking attacks, according to research by two Google security engineers. While many internet users face attacks via…
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Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu) 27 MARCH 2014 Today’s good news is, more than 24,000 people across the world signed a petition launched by the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) for the release of Somali Journalist Mohamed Aweys Mudey, who was…
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Thursday, March 27, 2014 ADDIS ABABA – An Ethiopian foreign ministry spokesman has lashed out at longstanding rival Eritrea, accusing the latter of destabilizing the East Africa region, while also blasting Egypt for the latter’s “malicious” media campaign against Ethiopia’s…
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26 March 2014 News Week By Pete Guest In the courtyard of a small compound in Geta, 1.7 miles above sea level in southern Ethiopia, members of a local farming cooperative pound and sift barley, the chaff picked up by the…
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