Ethiopian News and Politics Journal
Ethiopia and Sudan agree not to harbor rebel groups
Jan 8th
Sudan Tribune: In the past years Khartoum stopped Eritrea based rebel groups from Oromo from crossing through the Sudanese border to Ethiopia. Also many Ethiopian activist were arrested in eastern Sudan and the Sudanese capital. Addis Ababa, according to different sources, was keen to not irritate Khartoum or allow any rebel presence insides its territory. Read More…
Abuses can no longer be ignored
Jan 8th
By Ali Saeed (Winnipeg Free Press): To the Right Honorable Prime Minister Stephen Harper: Mr. Prime Minister I am writing to you as a Canadian citizen and the Secretary General of the Solidarity Committee for Ethiopian Political Prisoners. I wish to raise concerns about injustices being perpetrated against the people in my country of origin, Ethiopia. More particularly, I wish to voice my outrage about how these injustices are being aided and abetted by the Canadian government through the provision of bilateral aid to the Ethiopian government. Read More…
Mossad spy network allegedly busted in Mauritania
Jan 6th
By Joseph Fitsanakis : The letter also alleges that al-Banna helped Mossad carry out a bombing of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET409, which blew up in mid-air on January 24, 2010, five minutes after taking off from Beirut’s Rafiq Hariri International Airport, en route to Addis Ababa. Al-Huriyeh reports that al-Banna’s letter suggests the Mossad blew up the plane in order to kill one or more Hezbollah targets who were on board. Read More…
