May 16, 2013, ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (VOA News) — An Ethiopian journalist has been arrested and interrogated for writing an article about the wife of late prime …
Read More »OSA’s Appeal Letter to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon about the Conflict in Eastern Oromia
P.O Box 32391, Fridley, MN 55432 www.oromosudies.org His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General Office of the Secretary General of United Nations 885 Second Avenue New …
Read More »UN: 3,000 Ugandan and Burundi Soldiers Killed in Somalia
May 12, 2013 (VOA News) –A top U.N. official says up to 3,000 African Union soldiers have been killed in Somalia over the past few years fighting the …
Read More »Cry the beloved country
Women in South Africa are at greater risk of being raped than getting an education. In an essay written for DN Kultur, South African …
Read More »Ethiopia: Terrorism Law Decimates Media
Ethiopia’s journalists shouldn’t be spending World Press Freedom Day in jail on trumped-up terrorism charges. Freeing these journalists would be an important step toward improving …
Read More »Needs of Ethiopia’s Street Children not Met, Aid Group Says
May 1, 2013, ADDIS ABABA (VOA News) — Shelter is among the many things Ethiopia’s street children long for. But a study by the international …
Read More »Several dead in explosion in Damascus
Syrian state television report that 13 people were killed and 70 injured in an explosion in central Damascus. According to the opposition Syrian Observatory Human …
Read More »All adult Americans should be HIV tested
An influential American committee calls for HIV screening of all Americans aged 15 to 65 years, irrespective of whether they are considered as high-risk individuals …
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