Ahead of Obama’s visit, imprisoned Ethiopian journalists freed
2Comments MAJOR GARRETT CBS NEWS Jul 27, 2015 7:49 PM EDT ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopian journalistsEdom Kassaye and Zelalem Kibretwere released from prison just before President Obama’s visit here, after charges of inciting terrorism and violence were mysteriously dropped. Kassaye says she was abused in prison. “Slapped, beaten,” he said. The two wrote for a blog […]
Read More →Obama differs from top aides over Ethiopia’s democracy
Getty Visiting the country, the president refers to the government as `democratically elected’ while his top aides do not. By EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE 7/27/15 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – President Barack Obama diverged from top aides and most outside observers here Monday by declaring twice that he thinks Ethiopia’s government was “democratically elected.” Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn’s party […]
Read More →BREAKING – SUFIAN AHMED ELIMINATED FROM THE RACE FOR AFDB PRESIDENCY
ADDISSTANDARD Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on emailShare on pinterest_shareMore Sharing Services Sufian Ahmed, Ethiopia’s Finance Minister, lost his candidacy at the ongoing Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) at the Election for the Office of President of the Bank. Sufian was the second cadidate to be […]
Read More →US admits supporting Dictators.
US admits supporting Dictators. Wendy Sherman US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs has openly admitted the desire to help dictators and mass killers in the horn of Africa. On April 16,2015 in Addis Ababa , the capital of Ethiopia, has the Secretary given a press briefing praising the Ethiopian ruthless dictatorial regime EPDRF […]
Read More →Afar Human Rights Organisation: Statement on the Situation of Ethiopians in South Africa, Libya and Yemen
The Afar Human Rights Organization would like to express our deep sorrow and pain on the gruesome crime committed on Ethiopians in Libya, South Africa and Yemen. These latest shocking inhuman killings of innocent Ethiopians in South Africa,.
Read More →Egypt on Nile: It’s Ours
RANKINGS Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, middle, on the far left table seated, addresses the Ethiopian parliament on Wednesday in Addis Ababa Ethiopia. Egypt on Nile: It’s Ours Egypt’s president defends his country’s claims to Nile waters in speech to Ethiopian parliament. Mar 25, 2015 By ELIAS MESERET, Associated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — […]
Read More →The SPY CABLES documents come from intelligence agencies around the world,
The Spy Cables: A glimpse into the world of espionage Secret documents, leaked from numerous intelligence agencies, offer rare insights into the interactions between spies. Al Jazeera Investigative Unit | 23 Feb 2015 08:23 GMT | Africa, Europe, US & Canada,Middle East, Asia Pacific Story highlights The Spy Cables are one of the most wide-ranging leaks of intelligence papers ever, taking […]
Read More →Rising misery as Ethiopia struggles to stem ethnic tensions
More than a million people have been displaced due to ethnic conflict in southern region of Gedeo state and west region of Oromia state The verdant, rolling hills of this southern region, are where some of the world’s best coffee is grown. It is also the most densely populated part of the country, with residents […]
Read More →Ethiopian Airlines Is Adding JFK to Its Network
Ethiopian Airlines announced that it has finalized preparations to launch three times weekly flight to John F. Kennedy (JFK) Airport in New York via Abidjan, as of June 17, 2019. With the addition of the new three times weekly service to JFK Airport to the already operating 4 times weekly service to Newark via Lome, […]
Read More →Institute of Educational Research (IER) at Addis Ababa University, in the verge of collapse
In the previous article entitled: ‘’Addis Ababa University: Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, a Battle Field of Academic Revenge’’, I have got a number of comments from readers for which I am thankful. Now, I am having another experience in the process of publishing an article in the Ethiopian Journal of Education. Institute of […]
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