ADDIS ABABA, May 7 (Reuters) - Eritrean opposition groups meeting in Ethiopia on Wednesday said they had agreed to join forces and launch a popular uprising in their Red Sea state.
The groups, brought together in the Eritrean Democratic A (Read more...)
Will Meles Run Another Term? His Advisor Asks, "Why Not?&qu
Will Prime Minister Meles Zenawi run yet again for a fourth term of office, come national elections in 2010?
The Prime Minister has given conflicting signals to various audiences: He has been telling the foreign media that he "has had en (Read more...)
Ethiopia bans citizens from seeking work in Lebanon
ADDIS ABABA: On the occasion of Labor Day, Ethiopia has officially banned its citizens from traveling to Beirut in search of jobs, the African country's Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs has disclosed. (Read more...)
Oromo:Struck By Worst Drought For Years
Millions continue to be at risk as drought wracks Ethiopia and the surrounding area – so far the response has been slow, but it must speed up if a crisis is to be stopped. (Read more...)
China and Africa: Growing Pains
As the political crisis in Zimbabwe spirals into bloodshed and chaos, its ruler, Robert Mugabe, seems to have endless tricks up his sleeve. (Read more...)
Alleged head of al-Qaida in Somalia said killed in airstrike
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The man believed to be the head of al-Qaida in Somalia was killed in an overnight airstrike along with eight other people, an Islamic insurgent group said Thursday. (Read more...)
Ethiopia army slit throats in Somali mosque -Amnesty
NAIROBI, April 23 (Reuters) - Amnesty International accused Ethiopian soldiers on Wednesday of killing 21 people, including an imam and several Islamic scholars, at a Mogadishu mosque and said seven of the victims had their throats slit.
(BY WARDOFFA BANTI - A VIEW FROM THE SILENT DIASPORA)What we hear nowadays are tales of the astounding and uncontrollably yawning economic gap amongst Ethiopians. That is between the too little “haves” and all the rest “have-nots”. (Read more...)
Ethiopia Inflation Accelerates to 29.6% in March on Food Costs
April 18 (Bloomberg) -- Ethiopia's annual inflation rate increased to 29.6 percent in March, the highest in over a decade, as rising food costs continued to push up consumer prices. (Read more...)
Ethiopia blames rebels for blasts that killed 3
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia blamed rebels backed by arch-foe Eritrea on Tuesday after two bombs killed three people and wounded more than a dozen in the capital. (Read more...)
UEDF’s Election Boycott Heralds the Advent of a New Chapter
UEDF, in its statement issued on April 10, 2008, has made it clear that it is no longer taking part in the forthcoming local elections in Ethiopia on the ground that “The whole process is an illegal process”. (Read more...)
Ethiopia - U.S embassy set to issue record high student visas
The Embassy of the United States of America in Addis Ababa has announced that it is to increase the number of visas issued for qualified students accepted by universities in the US for the coming academic year to a record high.
April 7, 2008 (ADDIS ABABA) — The National Bank of Ethiopia is offering for sale a range treasury bills valued at 2.534 billion birr ($266.5 million), it said on Monday. (Read more...)
Once Again on Hyperinflation in Ethiopia
The recently presented report of the Prime Minister “on economy” has induced a new wave of alarm and has rightly triggered a heated debate among Ethiopians living both in the country and abroad. (Read more...)
Peerless Kenenisa, Dibaba sisters win at Edinburgh
Ethiopia's Kenensia Bekele (C) runs with other competitors during the men's senior race at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Edinburgh, Scotland, March 30, 2008. (Read more...)
Oromo Martyrs Monument built with close to 64mln birr inaugurate
Adama, March 26, 2008 (WIC) - President Girma Woldegiorgis underscored that the newly inaugurated Oromo Martyrs Monument should not only be a memorial to those who scarified their lives to get rid of oppressors but also a center where we renew our (Read more...)
Coal Mining Company on the Edge of Extracting Coal
Derba East Coal Mining Plc, a joint venture of Debra MIDROC and East Africa Holdings, has finally acquired legal status and registered at the Public Notary Office in December 2008. (Read more...)
Report on Economy or Evasion on Inflation
Prime Minister Meles Zenawi had recently presented Sixth Month Performance Report on Economy to the House of People’s Representatives. (Read more...)
Ideas for ending the endemic governance crises in Ethiopia
(By Mammo Muchie) March 21, 2008 — Any Ethiopian who loves ones people, country and nation must feel huge discomfort listening to successive shocking stories coming out of that far too much abused land. (Read more...)
Country Hit By Severe Drought
Many parts of eastern and southern Ethiopia are experiencing severe drought after the rains failed last year. One of the worst hit regions is Borana, some 650 kilometres south of Addis Ababa in Oromia state, which neighbours Kenya. (Read more...)
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