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press release Nairobi — An appeals court in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, has reduced a 14-year prison sentence given to journalist Reeyot Alemu in January to five years and dropped most of the terrorism charges against her, according to local journalists. Reeyot, a columnist for the independent weekly Feteh, was sentenced in January and […]
Read More →Jailed Ethiopia Christians deported from Saudi Arabia for praying
CAIRO: At least 35 Christians from Ethiopia were deported by Saudi Arabia last week after having been detained for over 7 months for reportedly praying in the privacy of their own homes. International Christian Concern (ICC) wrote in a statement published on their website that “Saudi Arabia deported the last of the 35 Ethiopian Christians […]
Read More →Scottish charity Sciaf praises African drought response
The drought caused people to flee the worst-affected areas, including this Somali man who travelled to Kenya A Scottish charity has said it raised more than £1m from Scotland to tackle last year’s drought in the Horn and East of Africa. The Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (Sciaf) described the drought as the worst in the region […]
Read More →Ethiopia: Has Meles Gone AWOL?
By ALEMAYEHU G.MARIAM (Prof.)  What happens when a “prime minister†goes AWOL? That is, absent without constitutional leave of absence.  Dictator Meles Zenawi has disappeared from public view for several weeks now. He was last seen in public on June 19 at the G20 Summit in Mexico. His disappearing act has provided more grist for […]
Read More →In Ethiopia, a post-Meles future could bring end to water tension with Egypt
CAIRO: An Egyptian ministry of water and irrigation told Bikyamasr.com on Sunday morning that with the combination of Egypt’s new President Mohamed Morsi and the potential of seeing a new leader in Ethiopia, they hoped the tension over Nile River water could be resolved. “While this can in no way be official policy at this […]
Read More →Seven Minutes Of Terror To Precede NASA Mars Landing
Play Mars Landing Depicted as `Seven Minutes of Terror’ The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration is aiming to find out whether life forms can survive on Mars. First, they need to pull off a successful landing of a 1-ton rover namedCuriosity. Enlarge image This artist concept features NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover, a […]
Read More →Ethiopian appeal court reduces sentence of Reeyot Alemu
Nairobi, August 3, 2012–An appeals court in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, has reduced a 14-year prison sentence given to journalist Reeyot Alemu in January to five years and dropped most of the terrorism charges against her, according to local journalists. Reeyot, a columnist for the independent weekly Feteh, was sentenced in January and fined 33,000 birrs (US$1,500) […]
Read More →TPLF Messanger Amelework Wondemagegne jailed on drugs charges
A court in London has sentenced an Ethiopian embassy worker to 33 months inprison for trying to smuggle drugs. Amelework Wondemagegne was arrested last year with 56 kilograms (123 pounds) of cannabis at London’s Heathrow airport. The cannabis, packed in suitcases and sprinkled with chilli powder, had a street value of $249,000 (£160,000). The court ruled Wondemagegne was […]
Read More →One Spy for Every Person – Exiled Ethiopian Satirist Abebe Tolla
Abebe Tolla, (better known as Abé Tokichaw) was a newspaper satirist for Feteh newspaper in Ethiopia. He fled the country in November 2011, fearing imprisonment in retaliation for his critical news commentaries. Ethiopia is one of the repressive states in the world: the government uses very broad anti-terrorism legislation to clamp down on the free press and […]
Read More →Meles Zenawi is neither died nor recovering. He is alive but lost his mind. He is seriously ill.
Abraha Desta ON MELES ZENAWI There have been many rumor based debates on the health condition of Meles Zenawi: The opposition are almost in a position that Meles is already died, while the supporters claim that he is recovering. All in all, the debate revolves around his death and/or recovery. Yet according to my sources, […]
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