VOA
March 11, 2010
Peter Heinlein
Addis Ababa
The U.S. State Department’s annual human rights reports says Ethiopia is holding several hundred political prisoners, including the leader of one of the country’s largest opposition parties. Ethiopia has reacted strongly to past U.S. criticisms of its rights record.
The 2009 human rights report says Birtukan Mideksa, president of Ethiopia’s [...]
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US Rights Report Lists Ethiopian Opposition Leader as Political Prisoner
March 12, 2010 – 11:09 am
U.N. rejects claims aid diverted to Somali rebels
February 21, 2010 – 2:59 pm
Reuters
February 17, 2010
Frank Nyakairu
* U.S. fears aid benefits al Shabaab, withholds funds
* U.N. could fail to raise required $900 mln for Somalia
NAIROBI The U.N.’s food agency on Wednesday rejected claims some of its staff had diverted aid to hardline Somali rebels and the country’s U.N. humanitarian coordinator called on the United States to free up [...]
Ukraine supplying weapons to Darfur rebels through Eritrea: report
February 21, 2010 – 2:57 pm
Sudan Tribune/Kyiv Post, France/Ukraine
February 16, 2010
(KHARTOUM) – A Ukrainian weapons company has been shipping arms to rebels fighting in Sudan’s Western region of Darfur, according to a Russian newspaper.
Vremya Novostei reported that according to the data that appeared in Kiev, Ukrainian company Ukrspetsexport supplied artillery systems and small arms with assistance of intermediaries through the [...]
Dibaba falls short in world record bid at Reebok Boston Indoor Games
February 8, 2010 – 8:42 am
Athletics Weekly, UK
February 7, 2010
Steven Mills
Ethiopia’s Tirunesh Dibaba won the 5000m in 14:44.53 but the double Olympic 10,000m champion did not threaten Meseret Defar’s world record
DOUBLE Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba fell short of regaining her world indoor 5000m record at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games on February 6 but the Ethiopian set a world-leading mark [...]
Somalia’s booming piracy trade
January 27, 2010 – 8:46 pm
The Star, Malaysia
January 24, 2010
BUNN NAGARA
IT was supposed to be an ordinary Somali pirate hijacking for ransom, but that was not to be during the week for the Greek supertanker Maran Centaurus.
A band of pirates had been holding the vessel since hijacking it on Nov 29, along with its 28 crew members and US$150mil (RM500mil) [...]
U.S. Transfers 12 Guantanamo Detainees, Six to Yemen
December 23, 2009 – 2:09 pm
Bloomberg
December 23, 2009
William McQuillen
The U.S. transferred 12 detainees from Guantanamo Bay, sending half the prisoners home to Yemen and the others to Afghanistan and the Somaliland region.
Yemeni detainees Jamal Muhammad Alawi Mari, Farouq Ali Ahmed, Ayman Saeed Abdullah Batarfi, Muhammaed Yasir Ahmed Taher, Fayad Yahya Ahmed al Rami and Riyad Atiq Ali Abdu al [...]
Sponsors and (Ethiopian) Runners wanted for NY Half Marathon!
December 17, 2009 – 9:38 pm
THE FRESH AIR FUND
NYC Half-Marathon
Participate in this year’s NYC Half-Marathon on March 21, 2010! If you’d like to get involved with the race in any way, please email kbrinkerhoff@freshair.org. Thank you!
Congratulations to our 2009 Fresh Air Fund-Racers who completed the NYC Half-Marathon and raised almost $90,000 this summer! On August 16th, the Fresh Air [...]
Somali piracy tribunals unlikely, despite calls
December 12, 2009 – 11:08 am
Reuters
December 10, 2009
Reed Stevenson
* Efforts to establish piracy tribunal unlikely to succeed
* Prosecuting and policing pirates seen as main obstacle
THE HAGUE – Efforts to establish an international court to prosecute Somali pirates face complex laws governing the seas and national sovereignty as well as the lack of an effective police force, experts said on Thursday.
In [...]
Ethiopia convicts 27 over coup conspiracy
November 19, 2009 – 9:09 pm
Reuters
November 19, 2009
Barry Malone
* Government says group planned assassinations
* Convicted men guilty of charges carrying the death penalty
* Relatives say convicted men were tortured in prison
ADDIS ABABA – An Ethiopian court convicted 27 serving and former soldiers on Thursday of planning a coup and found them guilty on other charges which also carry the death [...]
Ethiopian Jews Celebrate a Festival, Gain Israeli Attention for Their Traditions
November 19, 2009 – 9:04 pm
Forward, US
November 19, 2009
Nathan Jeffay
NATHAN JEFFAY
Pious Swaying: Worshipers in the crowd moved their hands back and forth as they celebrate Sigd, a festival that marks a recommitment to the Torah. A crowd about 10,000 gathered in Jerusalem for the prayers, speeches and celebration. Sigd was a national holiday in Israel for the first time this [...]
