Ethiopia censors Mideast protests – CPJ
By Mohamed Keita | CPJ As news of Middle Eastern and North African protests swirl around the globe, satellite television… (more)
Ethiopia
Page 39540,000 Awasa residents to lose their homes
Deutsche Welle Amharic Service reports that 40,000 residents of Ethiopia’s southern town of Awassa have been asked to vacate their… (more)
Dictators in sub-Saharan Africa take preemptive actions
By Alex Thurston As protests continue across the Arab world, rumblings of political discontent have sounded in sub-Saharan Africa as… (more)
Massive protest in Djibouti, Police fire at protesters
Tens of thousands of people held a massive protest rally in Djibouti against the regime of President Ismail Guelleh. Opposition… (more)
Protesters take over Libya’s Benghazi Airport – BBC
Libya, one of the most repressive regimes in Africa, is unable to stop the wave of popular uprisings against dictators… (more)
Bahrain’s military largely made up of foreign recruits
Middle Eastern correspondent for CSM, Dan Murphy, reports that Bahrain’s small military is made up of foreign mercenary recruits. No… (more)