Ethiopia PM warns anti-hunger effort at risk

30 April, 2009

Telegraph - Ethiopia's prime minister has warned that a British-backed effort to stave off starvation in the country is in danger of collapse without a dramatic increase in international aid. more >>

Swine flu dominates at Ethiopia health conference

29 April, 2009

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Health officials from seven African countries are discussing a response to swine flu at a conference in Ethiopia, organisers said on Wednesday. more >>

Exiled Ethiopian Opposition Leaders Charged in Coup Plot

28 April, 2009

VOA News - Relatives of two prominent exiled Ethiopian politicians are among 35 people jailed in connection with an alleged plot to overthrow Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s government. more >>

Ethiopian Government forms security team to defuse religious tensions

27 April, 2009

Capital - Conflict between Muslim and Orthodox Christian followers has prompted the Federal Government to team up with regional security officials to get the situation under control before it worsens. more >>

Bahrain ban Maids from Ethiopia

27 April, 2009

MANAMA khaleejtimes — Recruitment agencies have confirmed what immigration officials remain mum about — a ban imposed on Ethiopian maids since last week. more >>

Ethiopian State Grain Firm Dips into Coffee Export Trade

27 April, 2009

Fortune - The Ethiopian Grain Trade Enterprise (EGTE) signed its first agreement to sell 12,000Qtls of coffee to a Germany based company more than a week ago, officials of the enterprise disclosed. more >>

Ethiopia says arrests 35 coup plotters

26 April, 2009

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia said on Saturday it had arrested 35 people it accused of plotting a coup planned by an Ethiopian-American university professor. more >>

Ethiopia holds state funeral for ‘legendary’ vocalist Tilahun Gessesse

23 April, 2009

APA - Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) Ethiopia is hosting a state funeral for its “legendary” artist with thousands of people gathered at the Mesquel Square in Addis Ababa for the ceremony. more >>

The Ethiopian veteran vocalist, Tilahun Gessesse, passed away

20 April, 2009

The popular Ethiopian singer, Tilahun Gessesse, has died at the age of 68. He had been the most dominant figure in Ethiopian music for more than half a century and will receive a state funeral later this week. more >>

Israelis warn of Eritrea flashpoint

19 April, 2009

Timesonline - Security sources say Israel and Iran are conducting rival intelligence operations in Eritrea, the poor African state on the Red Sea. more >>

Ethiopian Dreamliner financiers pull out

18 April, 2009

Reporter - Financiers of the Ethiopian Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, DVB and ING, have pulled out as the result of the current global credit crunch. more >>

Eighty Ethiopian women are currently in detention in Tripoli

17 April, 2009

BEIRUT (IRIN) - Eighty Ethiopian women have been in Tripoli Women’s Prison in north Lebanon for over a year, accused of not having a passport which was either taken from them when they started as domestic workers, or which they never had in the first place. more >>

Ethiopians stage first protest since '05 violence

16 April, 2009

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopians marched on Thursday to demand the release of a jailed opposition leader in the first political protests since a disputed 2005 election ended in street violence that killed 199 people. more >>

Church group to train Ethiopian future leaders

16 April, 2009

NEW TESTAMENT - Church of God leader Bishop Eric Brown will be taking a group of church leaders to Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to run leadership training, music workshops and church crusades. more >>

Ethiopia May Prosecute Coffee Exporters

14 April, 2009

VOA NEWS - Ethiopia is considering legal action against coffee exporters who withheld beans from the market in response to unfavorable market conditions, causing a drop in the country's revenue. more >>

Saudi Arabia places ban on meat imports from Ethiopia

14 April, 2009

Meat International - Saudi Arabia has suspended the import of meat from Ethiopia, reports state. According to reports, the imports were banned due to health concerns more >>

Ethiopia destroys mines stockpile

14 April, 2009

BBC NEWS - Ethiopia says it has destroyed its stocks of anti-personnel mines, in line with an international treaty. more >>

Ethiopia was supposed to help America in the war on terror, But it's only made matters worse.

12 April, 2009

Newsweek - Few people outside Ethiopia have ever heard of Birtukan Mideksa. And that's just how the government wants it. Since December, Birtukan has been kept in solitary confinement, one of hundreds of political prisoners there. Her apparent crime? Organizing a democratic challenge to the increasingly iron-fisted rule of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. more >>

Ethiopian firm signs $300 million tea estate deal

11 April, 2009

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - An Ethiopian firm has signed a $300 million joint venture deal with a Dubai company to develop a 5,000 hectare (12,360 acre) tea plantation, a government official said on Friday. more >>

Ethiopian Eco-Shoes

08 April, 2009

GreenMuze - Just in time for the warmer weather comes stunning and sustainable footwear from Ethiopian soleRebels. The soleRebels Collective makes some of the most stylish and green footwear on the planet. more >>

Ethiopia Has No Plans to Nationalize Coffee Industry

07 April, 2009

(Bloomberg) -- Ethiopia won’t nationalize its coffee exports after seizing the warehouses of six of the country’s largest exporters two weeks ago and suspending their export licenses, Communications Minister Bereket Simon said. more >>

Ethiopia's first Dry Port at Mojo to Start Operations in Few Weeks

07 April, 2009

Fortune - A Dutch maritime company based in Rotterdam, Steder Group B.V. Liner Agency, will takeover the management of Ethiopia's first dry port facility put up on the outskirts of Mojo town, 73Km east of the capital, in just a week. more >>

CRBC Addis halts construction on three roads

07 April, 2009

Capital - CRBC Addis Engineering Plc, the Chinese government construction firm subsidiary company based in Ethiopia, halted construction of three main roads in Addis Ababa, in relation with its accruing serious financial problem owing to its client's Addis Ababa Road Authority (AACRA) failure in servicing the firms due payments. more >>

National Bank of Ethiopia alerts large amount of counterfeit money on the market

06 April, 2009

Capital - The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) is to issue a directive to control money laundering in view of restraining terrorist transactions. more >>

Ethiopia and Ghana in bamboo firewood, charcoal programme

05 April, 2009

GNA - The International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR), in collaboration with the European Union (EU), and other partners will launch the bamboo firewood and charcoal programme in Ghana and Ethiopia on Monday April 6, 2009. more >>

Africa's voice was heard at G20: Ethiopia

04 April, 2009

ADDIS ABABA (AFP) – Africa's voice was heard and surprising progress was achieved at the G20 summit, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who represented the continent in London, said Saturday in a statement. more >>

Coffee-trade switch in Ethiopia disappoints importers

03 April, 2009

Seattle Times - U.S. coffee importers and roasters are worried that a new auction system in Ethiopia makes it almost impossible for them to buy coffee from the particular farmers whose beans they want. more >>

G20 must give money to Africa

02 April, 2009

BBC NEWS - Aid group Oxfam has told the BBC the G20 summit of world leaders must commit to a $580bn rescue package for Africa. more >>