Blood and Terror in Ethiopia as Protests Sweep the Streets

By Justine Boulo | for AFP, Two lifeless bodies lay on the ground as the terrified crowd, armed only with sticks against gun-toting Ethiopian security forces, fled the fierce crackdown on protesters. Blood seeped through a sheet covering one of the bodies on the road outside Wolenkomi, a town just 60 kilometres (37 miles) from […]

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Ethnic Tigrayan Killings Spiraling in Ethiopia

By TesfaNews, NINE ethnic Tigrayans have been slaughtered to death last week in Assosa town, Benishangul region of Western Ethiopia while scores wounded when an ethnic based rebel group attacked a vehicle carrying 28 Tigrayans, according to Abraha Desta, a Tigrayan and member of the ARENA/MEDREK opposition party. Mr. Abaraha said all the victims were Tigrayans […]

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Abebe Gelaw Did it Again; This Time to President Obama

By Anonymous, U.S. PRESIDENT Barack Obama has agreed with journalist Abebe Gellaw’s demand to support freedom in Ethiopia and help free bloggers, journalists and political prisoners jailed by the tyrannical regime. While Obama was wrapping up his speech last night at a glitzy Democratic National Committee reception in San Jose’s Fairmont Hotel, journalist and activist Abebe […]

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Ethiopia: Human Rights, Repression, Carrots, and Sticks

By Fikrejesus Amahazion, AS U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visits Ethiopia, the recent spate of harsh crackdowns in the country has raised serious questions about the U.S. and international community’s ongoing support for the Ethiopian government. Days ago, Ethiopian authorities arrested nine journalists and bloggers, subsequently denying them access to lawyers, family, and colleagues. They […]

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Ethiopia: One Killed, 70 Injured in Haramaya University Explosion

By TesfaNews, IN AN apparent escalation of the ongoing protest by ethnic Oromo students in about a dozen Oromia towns, an explosion went off at Haromaya University late Wednesday night killing one and injured more than 70 students. According to eyewitness reports, the explosion occurred when a hand grenade was thrown at students watching a football match. […]

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