Meseret Defer breaks record in Stuttgart (Eurosport)

The Ethiopian 5,000 metres Olympic gold medalist blitzed the field with a world best time of 8 minutes 27.93 seconds, having set the world's fastest time of 8 mins 23.72 seconds over the same distance at the same venue the year before....more

Ethiopia: "Mum, Were We Meant to Suffer All Our Lives?"(Allafrica)

Nadifo Gababa fled to Kenya from her home in Ethiopia in 2005. The Ethiopian authorities claimed that she was financially supporting the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) -- an organization formed in 1973 to fight for the rights of the Oromo people of Ethiopia. OLF accuse the Ethiopian government of decades of human rights abuses against the Oromo. Gababa feared arrest....read more

West 'embraces sham democracies'(BBC)

HRW said the West was often unwilling to criticise the autocrats for fear of losing access to resources or commercial opportunities, or because of the perceived requirements of fighting terrorism. Read more