Jamaican-born activist lost his battle with a short illness on Oct 6 Written by George Ruddock 29/10/2014 04:57 PM PASSIONATE: Ras Seymour Mclean RAS SEYMOUR McLean, a well-known advocate for the return of priceless Ethiopian relics and hundreds of books and manuscripts of Ethiopian history, has passed away in London on October 6 after a short illness. He was also best ... Read More »
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Increasing military presence in Gambella
ESAT News October 28, 2014 Following the violent clashes between Mezhenger and government forces near the Southern and Gambella borders, which claimed the lives of local militia and at least 50 members of the Federal police members in the past few weeks, a large presence of the Ethiopian Defense Forces is now being observed. ESAT’s reporter said that there has ... Read More »
Ethiopia sentences yet another journalist Temesgen Dessalgn to three years imprisonment
October 27, 2014 Ethiopian journalist Temesgen Desalegn has today been sentenced to three years imprisonment by the Ethiopian court after Ethiopian police arrested him on October 13, 2014 for articles he wrote before 2013, De Birhan learns. The now de funct Mastewal Publishing and Advertising company that had been publishing Temesgen’s newspaper has been reportedly been fined 10,000 birr. The publisher ... Read More »
Drive-by shooting near Uptown Ethiopian restaurant in Northwest D.C. wounds the security
An American Flys unannounced to Ethiopia to Surprise his Ethiopian Girlfriend
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A lesson in Ethiopian architectural civilisation
The front view of Fasil’s Castle in Gondar City in north-western Ethiopia. PHOTO | BAMUTURAKI MUSINGUZI By BAMUTURAKI MUSINGUZI Posted Thursday, October 23 2014 at 20:09 IN SUMMARY According to Unesco, Fasil Ghebbi and the other remains in Gondar city demonstrate a remarkable interface between internal and external cultures, with cultural elements related to Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Ethiopian Jews and Muslims. This ... Read More »
Businessman found guilty of intruding Meles’ widow’s cousin email የይለፍ ሚስጥር ቁልፍ ሰብሮ መረጃ የሰረቀው ግለሰብ ጥፋተኛ ተባለ
October 25, 2014 Yonas Kassahun, an Ethiopian Diaspora businessman from Germany, who was involved in a business activity with Akiko Seyoum, the cousin of Azeb Mesfin, widow of the late Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, has been found guilty of intruding the private emails of Akiko Seyoum and deleting, forwarding and passing the information to a third party, Addis Abeba ... Read More »
David Cameron writes to Ethiopian PM on behalf of British political dissident on death row
Andargachew “Andy” Tsege from London was seized at an airport in Yemen in June 1 / 1 × JONATHAN OWEN Thursday 23 October 2014 The Prime Minister has personally intervened in the case of a British father-of-three facing the death sentence in Ethiopia, after the man’s children appealed for his help. David Cameron wrote to the Ethiopian Prime Minister in ... Read More »