Meles Zenawi

Does the World need another Martyr? The Case of Birtukan Mideksa

Reporters Uncensored | Posted 12.12.2009 | World


Reporters Uncensored

As the election gets nearer, grim news of corruption and abuses coming out of Ethiopia increases with tremendous frequency.

Witness for the Future

Alemayehu G. Mariam | Posted 11.17.2009 | World


Alemayehu G. Mariam

We have a duty to bear witness against those who commit crimes against humanity. To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.

25 Years After Band Aid, Diminished Foreign Aid and Drought Threaten Ethiopia's Food Security

Chloe Malle | Posted 11.08.2009 | World


Chloe Malle

International aid agencies predict this winter may bring the worst food crisis to Ethiopia since the infamous famine of 1984-85.

Africa Threatens To Walk Out Of Climate Talks If Views Ignored

allafrica.com | Posted 10.19.2009 | World


Africa's climate negotiators led by Ethiopian Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi, threatened to walk out of talks if the December climate summit in Copenhag...

Ethiopia Convicts 13 In Absentia, Including US-Based Professor Berhanu Nega, Over Alleged Coup Plot

Reuters | Barry Malone | Posted 09.07.2009 | World


A U.S.-based university professor is among 13 men convicted in absentia by Ethiopia for plotting to overthrow the government, the state news agency sa...

Human Rights Watch Faults US For Supporting Dictators

Washington Post | Nora Boustany | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


A leading human rights group said Thursday that the United States has lost its moral authority by supporting autocratic governments in strategic count...