The urban hyenas that attack rough sleepers in Addis Ababa

02/22/14 By Martin Fletcher Urban hyenas are becoming a dangerous problem in the Ethiopian capital, where they attack rough sleepers. It is late evening in Addis Ababa. Stephen Brend, a zoologist with the Born Free Foundation, is driving me to

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Ethiopia says rehabilitates Saudi returnees

By: Apa  February 21, 2014  The Ethiopian government on Friday said it had admitted142,000 returnees from Saudi Arabia into over one hundred skill acquisition centers to enable them make a living. Mr. Solomon Tesfaye, a senior official in charge of Administration,

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Pregnant Ethiopian woman gang-raped in Sudan now faces death penalty

02/20/14 The Daily Mail By SARA MALM A nine-months pregnant teenager who claims she was raped by seven men in Sudan is now facing the death penalty after being charged with adultery. The married Ethiopian woman was just 18 years old,

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Ethiopia: Land, Water Grabs Devastate Communities

FEBRUARY 18, 2014 HRW Ethiopia can develop its land and resources but it shouldn’t run roughshod over the rights of its indigenous communities. The people who rely on the land for their livelihoods have the right to compensation and the

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Thrown by unseen enemies, Ethiopian Air hijacker waltzes into Swiss jail

The pilot who stole his own jet and sought political asylum in Geneva was from a solid middle-class family. School friends remember a calm presence; a sister suggests darker emotions. Christian Science Monitor  By Will Davison A fateful mix of paranoia,

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Thrown by unseen enemies, Ethiopian Air hijacker waltzes into Swiss jail

The pilot who stole his own jet and sought political asylum in Geneva was from a solid middle-class family. School friends remember a calm presence; a sister suggests darker emotions. Christian Science Monitor  By Will Davison A fateful mix of paranoia,

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Why co-pilot might have taken extreme steps to leave

Mon 17 Feb 2014 Telegraph.co.uk By David Blair Repression, rigged elections and bans on leaving the country mean it’s no surprise that a co-pilot wanted out, writes David Blair Desperate migrants go to extreme lengths to leave their homelands, but hardly any

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Why co-pilot might have taken extreme steps to leave

Mon 17 Feb 2014 Telegraph.co.uk By David Blair Repression, rigged elections and bans on leaving the country mean it’s no surprise that a co-pilot wanted out, writes David Blair Desperate migrants go to extreme lengths to leave their homelands, but hardly any

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Campaign Update: US Withdraws Funding from Land Grabbing in Ethiopia

February 15, 2014 Cultural Survival An Anuak woman walks toward Abol village which has become an isolated island surrounded by leased land. © Photo by Felix Horne. After Cultural Survival supporters sent thousands of emails via our and other websites

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Horror of Ethiopian bride abduction shown at Berlin festival

Fri Feb 14, 2014 By Michael Roddy BERLIN (Reuters) – “Angelina Jolie presents” is the first thing on screen in the Ethiopian movie “Difret”, but the true story of a 14-year-old girl’s abduction, rape and trial for killing her abductor

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