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Easter Should be celebrated in Good Deeds:
Ethiopian Religious Leaders Various Ethiopian religious leaders said that Ethiopian Christians should celebrate Eastern in good deeds.
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church’s patriarch Abune Matias...
Ethiopia: Church activists who claim ‘gays rape children’ drop planned protests
Religious groups which deem being gay “dangerous” and claim that gay people “rape children” have been forced to abandon plans to demonstrate in Ethiopia’s capital.
A demonstration on 26...
Government drops plans to make homosexuality non-pardonable offence
The Ethiopian government has backed away from plans to further criminalise homosexuality, saying that it is “not a serious crime”.
Government spokesman Redwan Hussein confirmed that...
Planned anti-gay rally in Ethiopia is cancelled
Officials say that plans for an anti-gay rally in Ethiopia's capital have been cancelled.
Two groups had been planning to hold a large anti-gay rally in Addis Ababa on April 26. But Dereje Negash,...
U.S Embassy in Addis Ababa warns Americans to avoid Anti-gay demonstration route
Security Message for U.S. Citizens: Event and Demonstration Planned for April 12 and April 26 April 11, 2014
On April 12, a panel discussion described as “Fighting Homosexuality in Ethiopia”...
Iraq ready to legalise marriage for children under the age of nine
Children in Iraq could be legally married before the age of nine under sweeping legislation tabled on Tuesday that introduces new religious restrictions on women's rights.
As almost its last act...
Africa’s anti-gay movement spreads to Ethiopia; gov’t, church group plan demonstration [Associated Press]
ADDIS ABBA, Ethiopia – Two groups in Ethiopia say they will hold an anti-gay demonstration in the capital.
Ethiopia appears set to become the latest African country to increase the public...
Schulz: Cut aid to African countries with anti-gay laws
Imprisoning gays and lesbians for their sexuality is a “disgrace” that should disqualify offending countries from EU aid, the president of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, told a joint...
Ethiopians by birth but not by culture: The identity crisis in foreign education
Filling out an online horoscope chart, Ruth Mengistu, 23, types in Italy as her place of birth.
This might not have been a surprise if she was actually born in Italy, but she was born in Ethiopia....
Ethiopia Anti-Gay Bill Expected to Pass Next Week
Ethiopia is joining an increasing number of African countries that are hardening anti-gay laws that affect their gay and lesbian citizens. Last week a bill was endorsed by Ethiopia’s Council of...
AddisFortune Gossip: A new culture of corporate generosity cropping up in Addis Abeba
There appears to be a new culture of corporate generosity cropping up in Addis Abeba, gossip observed. Yet it is a far detached from the traditional corporate responsibility, whereby companies share...
Ethiopian lawmakers to pass bill deemed anti-gay
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia's lawmakers are set to pass a bill that puts homosexuality on a list of offenses considered "non-pardonable" under the country's amnesty law, a measure that...
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