Swedish TV4 said H&M was using cotton from areas in Ethiopia that are vulnerable to land grabbing — the buying or leasing of land in developing countries, often by foreign companies, without the consent of affected local communities.

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.

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.

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.