Africa
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News: Federal High Court found Kedir Mohammed Yusuf et.al guilty of terrorism, violating penal code
Addis Abeba Dec. 21/2016 – The federal High Court 19th criminal bench has today found 20 defendants, including two journalists,…
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The human cost of Ethiopia’s sweeping State of Emergency: “I never wanted to see tomorrow”
Addis Abeba Dec. 19/2016 – On Saturday Dec. 17, Siraj Fegessa, Ethiopia’s minister of defense and the secretariat of the…
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News: Body of a Kenyan tech engineer who died in Ethiopia jail arrives home
Addis Abeba Dec 12/2016 – The body of a Kenyan engineer who died while in an Ethiopian prison has arrived…
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Ethiopia: A new Human Rights Action Plan as country plunges in opposite direction
Addis Abeba Dec. 09/2016 – When the government unveiled a draft of its second National Human Rights Action Plan (NHRAP…
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News: Africa squandering its potential, IFAD president tells House of Lords
Addis Abeba Dec 08/2016 – Africa is a world leader in poverty and hunger due to a lack of committed…
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Ethiopia: A leadership in crisis unveiled by protests
Opinion Hamaa Loolaa Addis Abeba Dec. 07/2016 – It is now more than a year since the Oromo Protest for…
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News: Ethiopia security detain prominent opposition party leader Dr. Merera Gudina
Addis Abeba Dec. 1/2016 – Security forces implementing Ethiopia’s six-month State of Emergency have last night detained prominent opposition party…
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Somali Parliamentary Elections: Of the progresses and pitfalls
Mohamed Shire for Addis Standard In the past weeks or months, Somali political discourse was dominated by the 2016 parliamentary…
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News: Ethiopia charges 38 over prison fire, charge contradicts earlier government account
Addis Abeba, November 24/2016 – Ethiopian prosecutors have charged at least 38 inmates for “causing fire and beating 23 prisoners…
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Opinion – Beyond the timeless ‘Ethiopia Lezelalem Tinur’
Zecharias Zelalem, Special to Addis Standard An eternal slogan unapologetically shouted out loud with defiance and determination at rallies as…
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