By Tesfa-Alem Tekle Addis Ababa — An Ethiopian court last week handed down prison terms to three British citizens convicted on terrorism-related charges. Sources at the ministry of justice... Read more »
An Ethiopian court sentenced three British citizens to prison after finding them guilty of trying to establish Islamic rule in the country through acts of “terrorism,” according to a... Read more »
News Home More from Local News Sunday, November 23rd 2014 07:40 Shelley Green visiting with the women in Korah who make the jewellery and scarves. Local moms are reaching... Read more »
Former detainees – who fled the country and were interviewed by Amnesty in neighboring Kenya, Somaliland and Uganda – described torture, “including beatings, electric shocks, mock execution, burning with... Read more »
Ethiopia has “ruthlessly targeted” and tortured its largest ethnic group owing to a perceived opposition to the government, Amnesty International has said. Thousands of people from the Oromo ethnic... Read more »
Ethiopia’s government illegally detained at least 5,000 members of the country’s most populous ethnic group, the Oromo, over the past four years as it seeks to crush political dissent,... Read more »
ADDIS ABABA— Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the country is protected at all times from attacks by the Somali militant group al-Shabab but is asking its citizens to... Read more »
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — A state-affiliated media group in Ethiopia says a court has found 13 people accused of establishing a secret terrorist network guilty over the issue... Read more »
A missionary couple with Kansas ties is recovering in a south African hospital after they were attacked by a group of armed bandits this week. John and Gwenyth Haspels... Read more »
Former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has decided to flee to Ethiopia to escape a likely attack by armed Houthi militias, after the group directed many threats at him... Read more »