UN: WHEN BLOGGING IS A CRIME

By Penelope Starr, UN As the global handwringing around freedom of expression continues unabated, with everyone from Pope Francis to Hollywood celebrities weighing in, a group of bloggers and journalists in Ethiopia is facing their 266th day in detention. In April 2014, six bloggers and three journalists were arrested and charged on suspicions of supporting and inciting terrorism.

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Locust-stricken Ethiopia to receive food aid from United Nations

By Catholic Online LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) – “We are concerned because there is the beginning of a locust invasion in the eastern part of the country, and if it’s not properly handled it could be of concern for the pastoralist population living there,” WFP spokeswoman Elizabeth Byrs said at a U.N. briefing in

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