Germany commits 750,000 euros to help refugees in Ethiopia By Tesfa-Alem Tekle, Sudan Tribune 24 August 2014 Germany has contributed 750,000 euros to provide ongoing humanitarian assistance to hundreds of thousands of refugees in Ethiopia, mostly from South Sudan. In a statement issued on Saturday, the German embassy said that the donation would go directly to support relief operations by the World Food Program (WFP), which had been facing a funds

Ethiopia hosts largest number of refugees in Africa As South Sudanese flee to Ethiopia, concerns are growing that its capacity to help displaced people may be overstretched  By Mark Anderson, The Guardian 20 August 2014   Ethiopia has overtaken Kenya to become Africa’s largest refugee-hosting country after hundreds of thousands of South Sudanese arrived in the country this year. The total refugee population has reached almost 630,000, raising

FAA Prohibits US Planes in Ethiopian Airspace North of 12 Degrees Latitude   By Tadias Magazine   July 19th, 2014   Tadias Magazine News Update   New York (TADIAS) – The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced that it has prohibited all U.S. air carriers and commercial operators from flying in Ethiopian airspace north of 12 degrees latitude as precaution following the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in eastern

Bodies in the Desert By Tsega Gebreyesus, John Hopkins Public Health July 11, 2014 Thousands of asylum-seeking Eritreans, Ethiopians and Sudanese have been kidnapped and tortured in the Sinai Peninsula. Survivors suffer years of mental anguish and live a stateless, hand-to-mouth existence. The human trafficking chain must be stopped. The truck stopped at 2 a.m. somewhere in the Sudanese desert. The trafficker called to the six women in the back

Ethiopia: ONLF officials wary of the new tensions between brotherly nations of Afar and Ogaden region. By Ahmed Abdi, CNN iReport June 16, 2014 Ogaden National Liberation Front's Official, Rayal Hamoud, urged the two brotherly nations of Afar and Somalis from Ogaden region to take more precautions on the Tigray People's Liberation Front's old tactics of turning one nation against another. "I urge the two brotherly people of Afar and Somalis to be

Ethiopia: Telecom Surveillance Chills Rights
 Human Rights Watch 25 March 2014 Foreign Technology Used to Spy on Opposition inside Country, Abroad

 (Berlin, March 25, 2014) – The Ethiopian government is using foreign technology to bolster its widespread telecom surveillance of opposition activists and journalists both in Ethiopia and abroad, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.

 The 100-page report, “‘They Know Everything

The Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia (SMNE) condemns the massacre of Oromo Students, Afar Pastoralists and crackdown on journalists by the government of Ethiopia:   A Call to Action for All Ethiopians to Stand Strong for a Better Future!:   We in the Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia (SMNE) strongly condemn the horrific killing of innocent Oromo students, peacefully protesting at various universities in Ethiopia. They were decrying the

http://www.goolgule.com/the-extractive-industries-transparency-initiative-eiti-rejected-eprdfs-application/ Washington, DC, February18, 2014 “Civil Society Cannot Exist in Ethiopia!” SMNE Calls for Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Board to Reject Ethiopia’s Re-application for Membership PRESS RELEASE. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 18, 2014. Washington, DC--. Ethiopia is once again applying for membership in the Extractive

Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa, with a population of over 80 million; it is the second most populous country in Sub-Saharan Africa.  More than eighty five percent of the country’s population lives in rural areas.  It is one of the world’s poorest countries with a per capita income of only $1,000 (2010 est.) per year.  Ethiopia has a turbulent history of famine, drought, civil conflict and war.  Despite its volatile history,