Court remands bloggers, journos to another ten days in police custody
An Ethiopian court granted police another ten days remand of recently detained bloggers and journalists. The there bloggers and three…
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 @ 7:07 pm
Horn of Africa
China lends $500m for Welkait Sugar Mill project
China's state-owned Export-Import Bank will lend 500 million US dollar for the the Welkait Sugar Mill Project. The project, is…
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 @ 6:29 pm
Press Briefing session of PM Hailemariam and PM Li Keqiang
Prime Minister Hailemariam Premier Li Keqiangand gave a press briefing following the bilateral discussion to local and foreign journalists. On…
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 @ 2:09 am
Chinese FM Li Keqiang Arrives in Addis Ababa for Official Visit
In the afternoon of May 4, 2014 local time, at the invitation of Hailemariam Dessalegn, Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Mohamed…
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 @ 2:04 am
South Sudan’s Kiir Agrees to Meet Rival as UN Weighs Options
(Nicole Gaouette, William Davison and Sangwon Yoon) South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir agreed to hold talks with rebel leader Riek…
Sunday, May 4, 2014 @ 1:23 am
Briefing: US Secretary of State, John Kerry, visits Ethiopia
The US Secretary of State, John Kerry, arrived in Addis Ababa on Wednesday (April 30) on the first leg of…
Friday, May 2, 2014 @ 1:30 am
EU says African force only way to stop South Sudan killing
(William Davison) An East African force charged with preventing fresh fighting in South Sudan could have its first troops in…
Friday, May 2, 2014 @ 1:22 am
Bloggers’ arrest: EPRDF’s message to John Kerry
(Abdulbasit Abdusemed) The Ethiopian ruling party, EPRDF, had followed different ideological routes - from an adherent of Marxist and Maoist…
Thursday, May 1, 2014 @ 11:06 pm
Quick comment on the detention of bloggers, journalists
Ethiopia detained six bloggers and a journalist on Friday, as reported earlier. The subsequent day another two added to the…
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 @ 10:39 pm
Update–1 | Ethiopia detains online activists
Ethiopian government has detained several opposition activists and bloggers, according to sources close the detainees. The list of detainees reportedly…
Saturday, April 26, 2014 @ 3:24 am
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