On A DAY LIKE TODAY

Maggie Fick | August 14, 2018 | The Christian Science Monitor ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Ethiopia has released thousands of prisoners as a new prime minister reverses decades of security abuses. No-one knows how many were tortured. But some of those torture victims are now talking openly – to the media, to their relatives, and to their friends – about what happened to them … [Read more...] about As Ethiopia embraces forgiveness, government victims call for justice

Alexia Underwood | Jul 31, 2018 | Vox After 20 years of conflict, the two countries have reconciled. But what happens now? On July 21, Eritrea appointed an ambassador to Ethiopia — the first one in 20 years. It’s the latest positive step in a series of shocking moves that signal a new peace between the two countries, which have spent the past two decades mired in … [Read more...] about The sudden end of the Ethiopia-Eritrea war, explained

25 Aug 2018 | Aljazeera In first press conference since taking office in April, Abiy Ahmed also says 2020 election will be free and fair. The World Bank will provide $1bn in direct budget support to Ethiopia in the next few months, the prime minister has said, more than 13 years after the body and other donors suspended budgetary help over a disputed election in … [Read more...] about World Bank to give Ethiopia $1bn in budgetary assistance: PM

Neil Hauer | 27 August 2018 | The Atlantic Wagner, the elusive private military company, has made its way to Africa—with plenty of willing young Russian volunteers. In Russia, journalism is far from the safest profession—even more so when the subject of investigation happens to be a private mercenary army engaged in multiple active conflicts abroad. On July 30, three … [Read more...] about Russia’s Favorite Mercenaries