On Monday 27 June, the Central High Court in Addis Ababa sentenced a medical professor and four other members of an opposition group, the All-Amhara People’s Organization (AAPO), to two years’ imprisonment.
“The five convicted prisoners appear to have been …
By Fikre Tolossa
“The Tigreans had Aksum, but what could that mean to the Gurage? The Agew had Lalibela, but what could that mean to the Oromo? The Gonderes had castles, but what could that mean to the Wolayita?” Meles …
By Ayalew Mandefro
It was in the late fifties continuing into the sixties when “the wind of change ” began to blow strongly across the continent of Africa. The sixties was a special decade because the torch of freedom and …
| Title | Alemitu Gebregiorgis v. Immigration and Naturalization Service |
| Publisher | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
| Country | Ethiopia | United States of America |
| Publication Date | 12 January 1994 |
| Reference | 92-70362; 92-70670 |
| Cite as | Alemitu Gebregiorgis v. Immigration and |
By Abebe Zegeye and Siegfried Pausewang
Ethiopia made a new start in 1991, but it is yet too early to give an objective assessment of the direction in which it is likely to move. The provisional government is facing a …