By RSF Reporters Without Borders calls on the European Union to condition additional aid to Eritrea via the European Development Fund (EDF) on a significant improvement in fundamental freedoms, including freedom of information. The EDF is the main instrument for EU development assistance. Under the 11th EDF, the EU’s Eritrean “partner” is to get 312
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By Hassen Hussein Within a week, Ethiopians were hit with a quadruple whammy. On April 19, the Libyan branch of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) released a shocking video purporting to show the killings and beheadings of Ethiopian Christians attempting to cross to Europe through Libya. This came only days after
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A police officer in Holon viciously attacked an Ethiopian IDF soldier, Damas Pakada, on Sunday evening. The clearly unprovoked attack was caught in its entirety on camera by neighbors. The policeman also threatened to shoot the soldier in the head during the assault after Pakada tried to defend himself from the beating. The police officer
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Yikanu Yelma, mother of Ethiopian blogger Soliyana Shimeles, had her home searched after Shimeles was charged in absentia for her role in the Zone 9 blog. Human rights and press-freedom advocates say the arrests demonstrate a crackdown on critics of the government. Photograph: Simona Foltyn/Washington Post Group calling for greater rights and democracy faces terrorism
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Ethiopia appoint Yohannes Sahle as new coach of football team Ethiopia appoint Yohannes Sahle as new coach of football team. Sahle replaces Portuguese Mariano Barreto, who paid the price for failing to qualify the team for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. “I’m delighted to be given this role. I’m really grateful for the people.
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NEW DELHI: The enigmatic chief of Islamic State jihadist group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead, Radio Iran has reported on Monday. Earlier, a Guardian report quoting sources with inside knowledge of the group reported that al-Baghdadi was severely injured in a US-led coalition air strike in March. According to that report, al-Baghdadi was inujred at
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People across the continent are risking death through conflict and dangerous boat journeys to escape poverty at home. African migrants are risking death by drowning and in conflict in their attempts to reach Europe [AFP] AUTHOR :Catherine Wambua-Soi Charkos township in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa is no different from many other townships in Africa. The
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Juba (AFP) – A South Sudanese opposition leader who has spoken out against both sides in the civil war said Saturday he was spending a second day under house arrest without any explanation from the government. Opposition politician Lam Akol said his home in the capital Juba, which is under the control of the government
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Addis Ababa (AFP) – Swerving around potholes and speeding through chaotic traffic makes skateboarding the crowded streets of Ethiopia’s capital a risky game. Yet growing numbers of fans are taking up this once unknown sport in Addis Ababa and attracting the support of skateboarders worldwide. In the bustling market district of Shiro Meda, gangs of
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Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge won the men’s London Marathon, with Ethiopia’s Tigist Tufa victorious in the women’s race. Kipchoge, the 5,000m world champion in 2003, finished five seconds in front of another Kenyan athlete, Wilson Kipsang. Britain’s Paula Radcliffe, the women’s record holder, finished the race in her last competitive London Marathon. In the men’s wheelchair
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