Paris ( DIPLOMAT.SO) – At least six publications have had to close in recent months and around 30 journalists have fled abroad since the start of the year as a result of the biggest crackdown on the privately-owned press since 2005, one reflecting a government desire to make a clean sweep of independent media before parliamentary elections next May, local analysts say.
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Opposition member faces ‘terrorism’ charges
MEKELLE, Northern Ethiopia – Police and security forces on November 5 jailed opposition figure Shishai Azanaw, a source told Ethiomedia by phone on Sunday.
A current member of Andenet opposition party, Shishai was previously a founding and Central Committee member of the Mekelle-based Arena opposition party.
Ethiopian protesters shut down busy street in Brussels
It was a busy day for Belgian police today, Ethiopians from all over Europe who gathered at Brussels city center shut down a busy street briefly.
Britain suspends aid to Ethiopian police amid human rights outcry
Document warning that aid programme posed ‘high’ risk to human rights deleted from Government website as £27 million aid scheme axed
By Matthew Holehouse, Political Correspondent
31 Oct 2014