Two Swedish reporters who crossed the Ethiopian border with rebel forces, were arrested, and who subsequently told an Ethiopian court they came to report on the human rights situation there have been convicted on terrorism charges by the court. They could be
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Swedish Reporters Face Trial On Terrorism Charges
Two Swedish journalists are on trial in Ethiopia, charged with terrorism. They do admit to entering the country illegally but not to the terrorist acts. They had entered the country with some members of an opposition group, the Ogaden National…
Immigrant of the Day: Dinaw Mengestu (Ethiopia)
Dinaw Mengestu is an award-winning American novelist and writer, who was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In addition to two novels, he has written for Rolling Stone on the war in Darfur, and for Jane Magazine on the conflict in…
Recent SSRN Downloads
By propertyprof
In honor of the beginning of the month, here are the most downloaded property articles over the last 60 days. 1. [479 downloads] Federal Constitutions and Global Governance: The Case of Climate Change by Blake Hudson (Stetson)2. [177 downloads] The Constitution…
Congressional Briefing on Women’s Human Rights in Africa: Monday, March 28, 2011
World Water Day
Today, Tuesday, March 22, is World Water Day. The declaration of the first World Water Day in 1993 grew out of the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development in 1992 in Rio de Janiero. On this day in 2004, a…
In Between Things…
Happy New Year to everyone! For this land use prof, it's been a wild start so far. We travelled to the Grand Canyon last week and soon learned what 30 inches of snow falling in less than 48 hours looks like. …
Ethiopia Tries to Tackle its Reproductive Health Challenges
The Guardian International Development Journalism Competition 2010: Why family planning saves lives, by Stephanie Hegarty: On the top floor of a crumbling four-storey building in downtown Addis Ababa, Birhani Haile holds the floor in front of a 30-strong audience.…
Ethiopian Adoptions Buck Global Trend
By Family Law
From the Associated Press:
As the overall number of international adoptions by Americans plummets, one country — Ethiopia — is emphatically bucking the trend, sending record numbers of children to the U.S. while winning praise for improving orphans' prospects at
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Ethopia Accuses Eritrea
Ethiopia today accused Eritrea of continuing to undermine efforts to restore peace and stability in Somalia by arming insurgents battling the transitional Government in Mogadishu and urged the Security Council to strictly enforce existing sanctions against Eritrea. “Despite the sanctions,…