Ethiopia: Where Do We Go (or not go) From Here

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On the road to democracy unity? For some time now, I have been heralding Ethiopia’s irreversible march from dictatorship to democracy. In April 2011, I...

Ethiopian: Annihilation of the Ogaden People – OpEd

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February 8, 2013 Besieged, abused, ignored   In the harsh Ogaden region of Ethiopia, impoverished ethnic Somali people are being murdered and tortured, raped, persecuted and displaced...

Djibouti: An open letter to the international media

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5 February, 2013 On behalf of the Union for National Salut (USN) I am writing this letter to the international media to condemn the...

Ethiopia: They Shall Inherit the Wind

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Sandcastles and Dams of African Dictators All dictators on the African continent have sought immortality by leaving a legacy that will outlive them and endure...

Ethiopia: ‘Special Police’ Execute 10

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May 28, 2012, Nairobi (Human Rights Watch) – An Ethiopian government-backed paramilitary force summarily executed 10 men during a March 2012 operation in Ethiopia’s...

Ethiopia: The Silent World of Hippos on Planet Cheetah

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In my first weekly commentary of the new year, I "proclaimed" 2013 “Year of Ethiopia’s Cheetah Generation” (young people). I also promised to reach,...

Djibouti:The eve of the parliamentary elections held in February 2013

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The FIDH publishes a paper written jointly with ACP association on the situation of human rights in Djibouti. -          An article published on 17.01.2013 in...

Ethiopia: The Irresponsibility of the Privileged?

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Alemayehu G Mariam Recently, Naom Chomsky, MIT Professor of Linguistics and arguably America’s foremost public intellectual, gave an interview to Al Jazeera on the social...

Africa: South Sudan: Bashir, Kiir to Meet in Ethiopia This Week

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Khartoum — Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has agreed to meet with Salva Kiir, president of South Sudan, next Friday, 4 January in Addis Ababa,...

SOMALILAND: President secretly flies to Djibouti, Ethiopia and France

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HARGEISA (Somalilandpress) -- President Dahir Rayale Kahin has flown out off the country on Thursday to the Djibouti Republic for a surprise visit to...