Day: July 9, 2014
- Africa
US Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration visits Ethiopia, South Sudan
Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Anne C. Richard traveled to Ethiopia and South Sudan from July 8-15th, 2014, the US Department of State office of the spokesperson said in a statement. While in Ethiopia, Ms. Richard traveled to the Gambella Region in Western Ethiopia to visit South Sudanese refugees living in camps and to observe…
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Ethiopia admits detaining senior opposition leader, conducts fresh crackdown against opposition party members
Ethiopia’s National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) and Federal Police Joint Counter-terrorism Taskforce finally admitted it had detained Andargachew Tsige, second-in-command of Ginbot-7, an outlawed opposition party based in the US, since June 23. According to a joint statement from the NISS and the taskforce, Andargachew was detained at Sena’a airport, Yemen, on June 23, while in transit to Eritrea…
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