Archive for: April, 2016

Abdullahi Hussein, Whistleblower: – There Will Come a Day When Everyone Stands in Front of Justice

20th April 2016  By Melody Sundberg 0  Abdullahi Hussein’s story is quite remarkable. As the head of the media in Ogaden, Ethiopia, he had insight into a region that is closed to all other media. Working for the region’s President, he found out about horrible crimes against human rights. He risked his […]

 
 

Human Rights in Ethiopia -An Update. Statement by Anuradha Mittal, Executive Director of the Oakland Institute

Statement by Anuradha Mittal, Executive Director of the Oakland Institute Congressman Ellison, members of the Tom Lantos Commission, thank you for this opportunity to provide an update on land-related human rights issues to you. Ethiopia—one of the poorest countries—is the world’s fifth largest recipient of development aid, and the largest […]

 
 

Greater Seattle: Somali refugee shines light on forgotten conflict

Mohamed Shidane spent most of his life in the Dagahaley refugee camp in Kenya, where he fled with his family after civil war broke out in Somalia. “I remember one time, I think 1998, it rained and half of the refugee camp was underwater,” Shidane recalls. “One moment you’re crying for rain, the […]

 
 

European Parliament resolution of 21 January 2016 on the situation in Ethiopia

European Parliament resolution of 21 January 2016 on the situation in Ethiopia (2016/2520(RSP)) The European Parliament, –  having regard to its previous resolutions on the situation in Ethiopia and to the most recent plenary debate on the matter, of 20 May 2015, –  having regard to the statement of 23 December 2015 […]

 
 

Genocide by ‘Joint Criminal Enterprise’. The international community to act in any ongoing grave violations of international humanitarian law, whether Ogaden, Ukraine, Myanmar and Syria/Iraq.

The international community to act in any ongoing grave violations of international humanitarian law, whether Ogaden, Ukraine, Myanmar and Syria/Iraq. Click here to read more

 
 

ONLF: China has not learned from its Obolle mistake, the Ogaden incident that shook China nearly a decade ago

ONLF: China has not learned from its Obolle mistake, the Ogaden incident that shook China nearly a decade ago POLY-GCL head visiting Ogaden Basin The governments of Djibouti and Ethiopia have signed an agreement with the partially Chinese state owned company the POLY-GCL Petroleum Group Limited to start construction of […]

 
 

Dismantling Ethiopia

Dismantling Ethiopia

NAIROBI. March 13. 2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. By Berhane Woldu. To build a Nation State in Africa has done little advancement. The continuum has been endless conflict, bloodshed and the misery that it has brought on the innocent population. This is true in today’s Ethiopia. Abyssinians with expansion […]

 
 

Ogaden: Over 25 People Kil

While just a few weeks ago El-Nino-inspired droughts were causing havoc in Ogadenia, now heavy rains are triggering severe flooding in Ethiopia’s eastern­most region. When the Fafen river, which flows through Ogaden’s capital Jigjiga, burst its banks on 2 April 2016, 25 people were reportedly killed, at least 84 sustained […]

 
 
 
 
 

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