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Pope Francis condemns Isis killings of Ethiopian Christians Pontiff says ‘continuing martyrdom’ of victims from Africa to the Middle East and Asia cries out to ‘everyone who can still distinguish between good and evil’ (The Guardian) Pope Francis has condemned the “continuing martyrdom” of Christians by Isis militants after 30  Ethiopians were shown being shot and beheaded in Libya . “With great distress and sadness I learn of the further shocking violence perpetrated against innocent Christians in Libya,” Francis said in a message to Patriarch Abuna Matthias of the Ethiopian Tewahedo Orthodox Church. The Islamic State video, in which militants call Christians “crusaders” who are out to kill Muslims, showed about 15 men being beheaded on a beach and another group of the same size being shot in the head in a patch of scrubland. “I reach out to you in heartfelt spiritual solidarity to assure you of my closeness in prayer at the continuing martyrdom being so cruelly inf...

U.S. Wrong to Endorse Ethiopia's Elections Washington In response to today’s comments by Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Wendy Sherman, in which she referred to Ethiopia as a democracy and the country’s upcoming elections free, fair, and credible, Freedom House issued the following statement: “Under Secretary Sherman’s comments today were woefully ignorant and counter-productive,” said Daniel Calingaert, executive vice president of Freedom House. “Ethiopia remains one of the most undemocratic countries in Africa. By calling these elections credible, Sherman has tacitly endorsed the Ethiopian government’s complete disregard for the democratic rights of its citizens. This will only bolster the government’s confidence to continue its crackdown on dissenting voices.” Background:  Since coming into power in the early 1990s, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) has dominated politics through a combination of...