By JASON McLURE ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — An opposition candidate for Ethiopia’s Parliament was stabbed to death early Tuesday in what opposition leaders said was part of a widening campaign of repression ahead of May elections.…
The Unity for Democracy and Justice Atlanta chapter was invited to address the Georgia Association of Black Elected officials (GABEO) winter conference in Athens, Georgia on February 27, 2010. At the conference luncheon, about 200 elected officials, activists, community organizers and invited guests were present.…
VOA News Ethiopia’s main opposition bloc is reconsidering whether to contest the May parliamentary elections following brutal attacks on two candidates, one of them fatal. Opposition leaders are blaming Ethiopia’s ruling party for inflaming passions in the tense Tigray region, where the attacks occurred.…
Eskinder Nega (Addis Ababa) The opposition in election 2010 Ask me what the distinctive trait of the opposition is in this year’s election apart from the provocative imprisonment of Birtukan Mideksa, and my response would not be amidst the proverbial list: weak organization, lack of preparedness, appallingly low finance (pundits…
In churches, schools and meeting halls around Minnesota, the state’s sizeable population of Ethiopian refugees is rallying to free a heroine to them who is wasting away in a prison hellhole in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital.Birtukan and supporters (from freebirtukan.org Web site) By Douglas McGill, TC Daily Planet January…
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