30 April, 2007
SHANGHAI (AFP) - China's ZTE announced a 200-million-dollar deal with Ethiopia's state-owned telecoms group just ahead of the release of seven abducted Chinese workers in the African nation, a statement said Monday. more >>
by Emmanuel Goujon
29 April, 2007
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - Seven Chinese workers captured in an attack by separatist rebels last week on an oil plant in eastern Ethiopia in which 77 people died have been released, their kidnappers told AFP on Sunday. more >>
Oil companies suspend operations
29 April, 2007
The Somali Regional States' Police Commission, on Wednesday and Thursday, detained four suspects in the attack on oil exploration companies in the Ogaden basin, south east Ethiopia. more >>
28 April, 2007
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - Eight Ethiopians released this week after being held hostage for nearly two months in the remote Afar desert said they were "beaten" and "exposed to inhuman treatment," state media reported. more >>
28 April, 2007
Warnings for holidaymakers visiting Ethiopia were stepped up by the government
today.
The Foreign Office now advises holidaymakers against all travel within 50
kilometres of all of Ethiopia's borders. more >>
Some Observers See Similarities To U.S. in Iraq
By Stephanie McCrummen - Washington Post Foreign Service
27 April, 2007
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- Four months after Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi declared his own "war on terror" against an Islamic movement in Somalia, Ethiopia remains entangled in a situation that analysts and critics are comparing to the U.S. experience in Iraq. more >>
By Andrew Heavens
27 April, 2007
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Eight Ethiopians made a tearful return to Addis Ababa on Thursday, two months after being kidnapped at gunpoint with five Europeans in the country's remote northeastern Afar region. more >>
27 April, 2007
Ethiopian and government troops are in control of the Somali capital, Mogadishu,
after nine days of battles, the prime minister says.
Ali Mohamed Ghedi said the worst of the fighting against Islamists and clan
gunmen was now over. more >>
By Andrew Heavens - Analysis
26 April, 2007
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - A deadly guerrilla attack on an oil installation in Ethiopia's remote east has highlighted the growing penetration and perils of Chinese interests in the vast Horn of Africa nation and the continent as a whole. more >>
By Howard Lesser _ Washington, DC
26 April, 2007
Tuesday’s attack on a Chinese-run oil field in eastern Ethiopia is said to be one of the largest operations carried out by a regional separatist group known as the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF). more >>
By Andrew Heavens and Tsegaye Tadesse
25 April, 2007
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopian troops searched on Wednesday for seven Chinese and Ethiopian workers kidnapped in a rebel attack on an oilfield that killed 74 people in a remote and barren southeastern region. more >>
By MarketWatch
25 April, 2007
BEIJING (MarketWatch) -- China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (SNP : 88.69, +0.25, +0.3% ) , better known as Sinopec Corp., Wednesday said it won't scale back operations in Africa despite a fatal shooting of contractors at one of its exploration blocks in Ethiopia. more >>
25 April, 2007
Construction of houses by 101 associations has been suspended following a land dispute between the Oromia Regional State and the Addis Abeba Administration. more >>
25 April, 2007
Addis Abeba - As the Somali population of Mogadishu is facing decimation, Somali fighters against the Ethiopian and Somali interim government forces have taken over the city of Kisimayo. Nonetheless, Ethiopian prime minister Meles Zenawi said military operations to clean Somalia of Islamist extremists were going well. more >>
25 April, 2007
BEIJING, (Xinhua) -- China on Tuesday strongly condemned a violent armed attack on a Chinese oil company site in Ethiopia's Somali state. more >>
By Tsegaye Tadesse
24 April, 2007
DDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Gunmen killed 65 Ethiopians and nine Chinese on Tuesday in an attack on an oil field run by a Chinese company, and Ethiopia's government blamed rebels backed by regional foe Eritrea. more >>
24 April, 2007
9 Chinese workers were killed Tuesday morning in Ethiopia's Somalia
state.
·Another seven Chinese workers were kidnapped by the gunmen.
·The Chinese embassy in Ethiopia has formed an emergency team.
ADDIS ABABA, (Xinhua) -- The Chinese embassy in Ethiopia on Tuesday confirmed that a group of unidentified gunmen attacked a Chinese oil company's premises early in the morning in Ethiopia's Somali state, causing heavy casualties. more >>
24 April, 2007
THE United States accused Eritrea today of providing funding, arms and training to insurgents battling Somali forces and allied Ethiopian troops in Mogadishu. more >>
By Cathy Majtenyi - Nairobi
24 April, 2007
Kenya will ask Eritrea to re-join a regional grouping of countries that spearheads peace and development efforts in the Horn of Africa and East Africa. Eritrea withdrew from the organization Saturday widely believed to be because of peacekeeping policies in war-torn Somalia. Cathy Majtenyi reports for VOA from Nairobi. more >>
By Tsegaye Tadesse and Andrew Heavens
23 April, 2007
ADDIS ABABA, (Reuters) - Ethiopia said on Sunday that eight of its nationals kidnapped last month with a group of European travellers in a remote northern desert region had been released safely by its foe and neighbour Eritrea. more >>
22 April, 2007
ASMARA, (Reuters) - Eritrea said on Sunday it had suspended its membership in an east African regional body after a rift with arch-foe Ethiopia at a meeting on Somalia this month threatened to divide the region. more >>
20 April, 2007
Josette Sheeran, new executive director of the UN World Food Program (WFP), is scheduled to visit Ethiopia Monday and Tuesday in what is said to be her first international visit since taking office at the end of last year. more >>
20 April, 2007
Three Somali Islamic radical leaders threatened Ethiopia with "all out war." The three emphasized Somali "national resistance" to Ethiopia. more >>
20 April, 2007
San Francisco - Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates unveiled plans Thursday for a 3 dollar software suite for students in developing countries. The announcement marked the US software giant's most ambitious attempt to date to bridge the digital divide between technologically advanced and developing countries. more >>
20 April, 2007
Ethiopian Airlines is pleased to announce that the airline offers online (Internet) booking and electronic-ticketing services in all its 49 destinations as of April 2007. The expansion of these innovative services on all Ethiopian routes will provide our customers with greater convenience through simplified and fast booking, ticketing and check-in. more >>
19 April, 2007
Addis Ababa, (WIC) - Selam Bus Share Company disclosed that it has purchased 15 modern buses at a cost of 23 million birr to provide comfortable transport service for tourists visiting the country during the millennium celebrations. more >>
19 April, 2007
Addis Ababa, (WIC) – A National Information and Communications Technology Security Policy will be designed to prevent threats on data storage and dissemination, the Ethiopian Information and Communication Technology Development Agency said. more >>
19 April, 2007
Asmara – Somali leaders who have been holding a meeting here from April 10 to 17 on the objective situation in their country have called for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of the invading Ethiopian forces. more >>
19 April, 2007
The names of Abebe Bikila and Mamo Wolde hold a legendary aura in the history of the Olympics. The two Ethiopian runners gave their country an Olympic marathon monopoly in the 1960s, from Bikila’s barefoot victory along a torch lit Appian Way in Rome 1960 - Ethiopia’s first ever gold medal - and then his successful defence in 1964 in Tokyo - this time wearing shoes - to Wolde’s title win in Mexico City in 1968, when aged 38. more >>
19 April, 2007
ASMARA, Eritrea (AFP) - Eritrean President Issaias Afeworki on Wednesday named Osman Saleh as the country's new foreign minister, a task that will see him handle ties with the world and southern rival Ethiopia. more >>
18 April, 2007
ADDIS ABABA, (IRIN) - Ethiopia's Afar and Tigray regional states are so heavily mined that hundreds of thousands of people living there are exposed to danger from the ordnances, official statistics show. more >>
18 April, 2007
Reporters Without Borders called today on the Somali and Ethiopian governments to explain why two Eritrean state TV journalists had been held in secret after being arrested late last year along with several Somalis and foreigners near the border with Kenya. more >>
By Amber Henshaw - BBC News, Addis Ababa
18 April, 2007
Thousands of people have signed up to a campaign to free nine Ethiopians who were kidnapped along with a group of Europeans in Ethiopia more than six weeks ago. more >>
17 April, 2007
ADAMA, (IRIN) - Jemal Adem, a 20-year-old pastoralist, has spent every night in the last seven months away from home, often sleeping on dusty ground, and always surrounded by his camels. more >>
17 April, 2007
Addis Ababa - Leaders and representatives of Ethiopian Fine Coffee Sector, farmers cooperative unions and exporters as well as representatives of relevant government bodies are gathering in Addis Ababa to be trained in trademarking and licensing management. This will further strengthen the innovative new coffee partnership with international specialty coffee buyers and distributors. more >>
Ethiopian Reporter
17 April, 2007
Shell Ethiopia announced this week that it has brought one brand-new refueler while refurbishing another with state-of-the-art refueling vehicles worth well over six million birr to ensure and strengthen the efficiency of aviation fuel refueling activities at Bole International Airport. more >>
16 April 2007
To: European Union, UNO, USA Congress, Human Rights Watches, Amnesty International, ICRC, and UNHCR.
Dear Sirs:
I am writing you behalf of the Oromo Parliamentary Group. The Oromo Parliamentary Group (OPG) is made up of Oromo members of Ethiopia federal parliament and the parliament of the regional sate of Oromia and as representative of Oromo people and Ethiopian people as whole. more >>
By Jack Kimball
16 April 2007
ASMARA (Reuters) - Ethiopia and Eritrea's entanglement in Somalia has added a dangerous new element to their already tense relationship and diminished hopes they may resolve a border dispute seen as vital for regional stability. more >>
By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN and WILL CONNORS New York Times
14 April 2007
NAIROBI, Kenya — Amir Mohamed Meshal, an American terrorism suspect jailed in Ethiopia, appeared in front of a military tribunal there on Friday, but Ethiopian officials did not disclose the outcome. more >>
By Robert Walker - BBC News
14 April 2007
A member of Somalia's transitional government has accused Ethiopian troops in the capital Mogadishu of committing genocide since arriving in December. more >>
By C. Bryson Hull
14 April 2007
NAIROBI (Reuters) - East African states backed the Somali government and its ally Ethiopia on Friday, siding with Addis Ababa in a rift with Eritrea that is being played out through Somalia's crisis. more >>
14 April 2007
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia denied claims on Friday that it bought arms from North Korea in a violation of a U.N. Security Council sanctions resolution, but said it received items for its "military industry" from the Asian nation. more >>
13 April 2007
Corrects headline, first and second paragraphs in April 9 story to say eight journalists, instead of 25 journalists freed. Twenty-five refers to the total number of journalists and opposition members freed. more >>
12 April 2007
ADDIS ABABA, (IRIN) - Ethiopia has launched a national strategy on adolescent and reproductive health that aims to tackle the problems of early marriages and pregnancies, female circumcision, abduction and rape, and poor access to healthcare for 10- to 24-year-olds. more >>
12 April 2007
ASMARA (AFP) - Eritrea on Thursday accused the United States of blocking the implementation of a ruling on its border dispute with arch-foe Ethiopia. more >>
By ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY, Associated Press Writer
12 April 2007
NAIROBI, Kenya - Smiling broadly and wearing casual clothes, eight terrorism suspects have been paraded on Ethiopia's state television as the country faces mounting pressure to explain a controversial program to net alleged al-Qaida loyalists. more >>
11 April 2007
Addis Ababa - The Ministry of finance and economic development said it imposes a 10 percent surtax on some import items for unlimited period, with a view to creating the financial capacity needed to address the price hike and rising cost of living being observed in rural areas. more >>
By Sahal Abdulle
11 April 2007
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Government forces and clan militia clashed in northern Mogadishu on Wednesday, as continued insecurity in the Somali capital delayed a national reconciliation meeting seen as critical to a viable state. more >>
11 April 2007
Addis Ababa, A Sudanese economist participating in the ECA's Conference of Ministers, Dr. Wani Tombe Lako , said in Addis Ababa on Friday that at the current pace, it was unrealistic for African countries to imagine that they could achieve the MDGs, “even in 100 years”. more >>
by Addis Fortune
11 April 2007
On Tuesday, March 13, 2007, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi delivered a press conference at his office. The reason for the press conference was the recent kidnappings in the Afar region, the second on this subject. However, Fortune has chosen to reproduce the portions of the press conference related to the Ethiopian economy. more >>
10 April 2007
ASMARA (Reuters) - Eritrea dismissed on Tuesday allegations by the top U.S. diplomat on Africa, Assistant Secretary of State Jendayi Frazer, that it was trying to destabilize Somalia as a way of hurting its arch foe Ethiopia. more >>
10 April 2007
Ethiopia has been the target of international and local terrorism for quite sometime. A quick glance at the history of the Horn of Africa in the 1990s should make this obvious. more >>
Capital staff reporter
10 April 2007
On World Health Day, the British medical aid agency, Merlin, is highlighting the impact of a global shortage of four million health workers on some of the world's poorest countries. more >>
By Groum Abate - Capital
10 April 2007
Ethiopia’s mobile penetration rate stands as the lowest in Africa, at 1.4%, with ETC as one of the largest monopolies in the continent. more >>
10 April 2007
(CSRwire) WASHINGTON, DC - Ethiopia’s Trademarking Initiative took an important step forward today with the launch of its dedicated website: www.ethipiancoffeenetwork.com. more >>
By Tsegaye Tadesse
09 April 2007
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - An Ethiopian judge freed 25 journalists on Monday charged in a treason trial involving more than 100 opposition figures that has drawn international criticism as being politically motivated. more >>
09 April 2007
Addis Ababa - Trade and Industry Minister Girma Birru said Ethiopia would continue to be strong competitor in flower industry in global market. He also said 600 hectares of land is covered with flower farms currently. more >>
09 April 2007
Addis Ababa - A nine-member group of Ethiopian Muslims in Diaspora arrived here on Sunday to hold talks with government officials on ways of enabling the members of the Muslim communities living abroad to actively participate in the celebration of the Ethiopian millennium. more >>
Behailu Damte
09 April 2007
A report on New York Times detailed the rare visit of US officials to the war-torn Somalia, which has been without a functioning government since 1991. more >>
By MICHAEL R. GORDON and MARK MAZZETTI
09 April 2007
WASHINGTON — Three months after the United States successfully pressed the United Nations to impose strict sanctions on North Korea because of the country’s nuclear test, Bush administration officials allowed Ethiopia to complete a secret arms purchase from the North, in what appears to be a violation of the restrictions, according to senior American officials. more >>
08 April 2007
(NAIROBI) — Ethiopia was under pressure Thursday to release details of detainees from 19 countries held at secret prisons in the country, where U.S. agents have carried out interrogations in the hunt for al-Qaida in the Horn of Africa. more >>
By SALAD DUHUL, Associated Press Writer
07 April 2007
MOGADISHU, Somalia - The top U.S. diplomat for Africa made a surprise visit to Somalia Saturday to meet with the transitional government and help shore up a cease-fire in a conflict with Islamist insurgents that has left hundreds dead. more >>
07 April 2007
Addis Ababa - Ethiopia and Cuba signed here on Thursday an agreement that would enable to bring more than 42 Cuban health professionals. more >>
07 April 2007
Addis Ababa - The Addis Ababa Police Commission said it has been conducting investigations on looting suspects and exhibits seized during recent police campaigns to pre-empt possible crimes amidst the hustle and bustle of Easter celebrations. more >>
By C. Bryson Hull
07 April 2007
NAIROBI (Reuters) - A European Union security expert has warned that Ethiopian and Somali troops may have committed war crimes during a four-day battle in Mogadishu, adding to growing criticism of rights violations in Somalia. more >>
07 April 2007
Addis Ababa - The Interfaith Peace-building Initiative (IPI) appointed the tracks-legend Ethiopian Haile Gebreselassie Golden Rule Good will Ambassador. more >>
06 April 2007
Addis Ababa (WIC)– The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission appealed today to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to do its level best in rescuing the abducted Ethiopians in Afar State. more >>
06 April 2007
Addis Ababa - The Federal High Court passed a verdict here on Thursday on 19 defendants including Prof. Mesfin Wolde-mariam charged with dismantling of the national constitution through force under the file of Engineer Hailu Shawl to defend themselves against the first counts of six charges filed against them. more >>
By David Morgan
06 April 2007
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials have questioned suspected Islamist militants in Ethiopia in hopes of uncovering details about al Qaeda activities in East Africa, officials said on Wednesday. more >>
05 April 2007
Addis Ababa - The Federal High Court on Wednesday ruled that 22 defendants of treason who represented the CUD higher-echelon council continue defending. more >>
05 April 2007
Addis Ababa - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the upcoming millennium celebration is a good opportunity to let the world know that war and drought are not the true image of Ethiopia. more >>
By Sahal Abdulle
05 April 2007
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - The United States, Europe and African countries called on Tuesday for all fighting to stop in Somalia after battles in Mogadishu killed hundreds and the rest of the country struggled with an influx of 100,000 refugees. more >>
04 April 2007
Thousands of Aids and HIV patients are risking their lives by refusing medication in favour of holy water, Sky News can reveal. more >>
04 April 2007
The construction on the Adawa Bridge, in the Yeka District, by the Addis Ababa City Road Authority (AACRA), created the need for temporary housing as part of a compensation package for relocated families. more >>
04 April 2007
Chilean Food Safe SA is planning to grow cactus on 300,000ht of land in the Tigray Regional State. Having received the plot in the Raya Zone from the Regional Investment Bureau, the company is planning to export its products. more >>
04 April 2007
Addis Ababa - The Addis Ababa city care taker administration said it would start setting up committees in all sub-cities as of Wednesday that would facilitate the wheat distribution activities among the low income section of the public. more >>
03 April 2007
Somali Fadumo Hussein Mohamud, 50, tells the BBC News website how she managed
to flee the intense fighting in Mogadishu at the weekend for Abu Dhabi in
the United Arab Emirates but had to leave her two brothers behind.
My heart is with my brothers but I cannot do anything for them at this time. more >>
By Groum Abate - Capital
03 April 2007
Businesses that are based in border areas of the country complained about the directive that was implemented recently, limiting businesses in the area to a 100 km radius and a transaction cap of 5,000 dollars. more >>
By Andualem Sisay - Capital
03 April 2007
1,091 importers (91.2 per cent of all registered importers) and 292 freelance-customs agents have committed commercial fraud once or twice, according to the record of Customs Authority. The findings were presented at the first National Tax Conference held in Adama, Oromia Region on Wednesday, March 28th 2007. more >>
By Cathy Majtenyi - Nairobi, VOA
03 April 2007
The presidents of Eritrea and Uganda have discussed the deteriorating situation in Somalia during a meeting in Eritrea. Meanwhile, several-hundred additional Ethiopian troops have been deployed in the Somali capital to try to quell recent violence there that has killed dozens and sent thousands fleeing. Cathy Majtenyi reports for VOA from Nairobi. more >>
02 April 2007
The Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) and its Sudanese counterpart, the National Electricity Corporation of Sudan (NECS) have begun negotiations for the export of electricity to the neighbouring country. more >>
by Mustafa Haji Abdinur
02 April 2007
MOGADISHU (AFP) - Hundreds of Ethiopian troops entered the Somali capital on Monday, witnesses said, after four days of heavy fighting with Islamist rebels that left scores dead and forced thousands to flee. more >>
02 April 2007
A pressure group to campaign for the freedom of the eight Ethiopian hostages was formed yesterday. It is called the 'Free The Ethiopian Captives Committee'. The idea is to collect lots of signatures and members, then approach international organisations and ask them to do all they can to bring about the release. At the very least, it will aim to keep the eight in the headlines. more >>
02 April 2007
President Yoweri Museveni yesterday landed in the Eritrean port city of Massawa in what seems an unexpected return route from his Asia trip. Museveni and his wife, Janet, were received at the airport by Eritrean President Isaia Afeworki, according to a press release from state house. more >>