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James Jeffrey

GlobalPost
A mass of protesters wearing white and carrying Ethiopian flags gather in the street
Religion
Uptick in church burnings raises alarm in Ethiopia
Djibouti City port, sundown.
Global Politics
Living among superpower enemies: Just another day in the life of Djibouti locals
a street scene in addis ababa, ethiopia
Global Politics
US-Ethiopia relationship changing amid Horn of Africa power struggle
chicago
The convention chaos Democrats wish never happened
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerk embrace
Conflict
Historic breakthrough between Ethiopia and Eritrea shows no sign of slowing down
A photographic contact sheet of images of Robert F. Kennedy in 1968
Politics
The liberal ideal that died with Robert Kennedy
An open book of the Maqdala manuscripts.
Arts
Why the debate continues over repatriating looted Ethiopian treasures
Two months previously at Ebenezer Baptist Church, on Feb. 4, 1968, King gave his famous “Drum Major” sermon. At his widow's request, King eulogized himself, with a recording of the “Drum Major” sermon played at the funeral.
Conflict
Laying an American saint to rest
Overlooking the camps for Somalis displaced by ethnic violence in the lee of the Kolenchi hills in the Somali region.
Conflict
Social media users in America are stoking Ethiopia’s ethnic violence
Sixty-four soldiers from the 3rd Battalion of the 24th United States Infantry, a predominantly black unit, were tried in the largest court martial in US military history over their roles in the Camp Logan riot. Thirteen were sentenced to death.
Justice
Remembering the black soldiers executed after Houston’s 1917 race riot
At a camp for displaced Ethiopians outside Dire Dawa, it's claimed that this Somali boy lost the sight in his left eye after Oromo police threw a rock that hit him in the face. Ethiopia is experiencing one of its worst population displacements due to viol
Conflict
Hundreds of thousands of displaced Ethiopians are caught between ethnic violence and shadowy politics
Students at the University of Texas at Austin visit the Jefferson Davis exhibit at the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
Conflict
In Texas, a model of what to do with unwanted Confederate statues
An Eritrean refugee girl plays with clay in front of a shelter in Mai-Aini refugee camp near in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, Feb. 10, 2016.
Conflict
As Western nations shut out migrants, Ethiopia’s doors are open — even to its enemy
Agence France-Presse
A plan to revolutionize the Horn of Africa — starting with 5,000 animal skins
Agence France-Presse
How a mild stimulant generates hundreds of millions of dollars a year
Djibouti port
Conflict
China is building its first overseas military base in Djibouti — right next to a key US one