Neither of these Horn of Africa countries has an impressive human rights record, so members of the Ethiopian and Eritrean diasporas…initially speculated that the regimes had fabricated a clash in order to distract from a flurry of embarrassing reports published recently by the U.N. and the advocacy group Human Rights Watch.
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Africa’s Hottest Frozen Border Boils Over
Posted June 21st, 2016 at 10:18 am (UTC-4)
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Will Obama’s Africa Tour Dispel Disengagement Narrative?
Posted July 27th, 2015 at 3:33 pm (UTC-4)
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The conventional wisdom on President Barack Obama’s engagement with Africa is largely critical – his predecessor did so much more. Africans love Obama nonetheless, observers say. This trip includes some firsts: Obama will be the first sitting American president to address the African Union in Ethiopia, where he has already boldly called for political freedoms. And in Kenya, his father’s homeland, he spoke frankly about gay rights and corruption.
Is Genocide Inevitable?
Posted June 15th, 2015 at 11:26 am (UTC-4)
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Mass violence in countries such as Ethiopia, Somalia, Mali, Chad and Uganda, let alone genocide in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Sudan, continue to influence sub-Saharan Africa’s image.
From Rio to America, I Will Keep Fighting Ethiopia’s Oppression
On Aug. 21, when I reached the finish line of the men’s marathon at the Olympics in Rio, I crossed my fists above my head. This is sign of peaceful protest used by my people…I know if I go back to Ethiopia I will be killed, arrested…or never allowed to leave the country again.