30 April, 2008
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - Ethiopia's rich athletics tradition will be showcased at the 16th African track and field championships, the country's biggest-ever sporting competition, which gets underway here on Wednesday. more >>
30 April, 2008
MOSCOW (IPS) - After several months of trade negotiations in the joint Russian-Ethiopian economic commission, Russia is considering allowing Ethiopia to bring in its different brands of aromatic coffees on a preferential basis. more >>
29 April, 2008
DJ Phatsu, one of Ethiopia’s upcoming young disco jockeys, will be the official music composer of the 16th CAA African Athletics Championships, organizers announced today. more >>
27 April, 2008
The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) today announced that it is ready to perform both in-competition and out of competition tests during the 16th CAA African Athletics Championships in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. more >>
26 April, 2008
Last weekend, a successful operation was undertaken in the outskirts of Northern Mogadishu against Al-Shabaab. The terrorist group suffered heavy losses, many of their senior commanders having been killed or wounded. more >>
26 April, 2008
ADDIS ABABA, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopia on Friday voiced its strong objections to linking the Olympic Games with politics, saying that the Beijing Olympics is very important for both China and the rest of the world. more >>
26 April, 2008
NAIROBI (AFP) - Amnesty International on Friday called on Ethiopia to investigate allegations that its troops killed at least 21 people, including 11 unarmed civilians, in a mosque in the Somali capital. more >>
26 April, 2008
The Houston International Festival and the Lucy exhibition at the Museum of Natural Science highlight the positive aspects of the African nation of Ethiopia. Knowingly or not, however, both iFest and the museum have been complicit with the government of Ethiopia in shunning a large segment of the Ethiopian population in Houston. more >>
26 April, 2008
NAIROBI (AFP) - Eritrea on Friday denied accusations that its troops had crossed the border into neighbouring Djibouti and begun building defences. more >>
24 April, 2008
ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia on Thursday launched a commodities exchange market, aimed at boosting fair trade and stabilising its food market. more >>
24 April, 2008
DDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia rejected on Thursday accusations by Amnesty International that its soldiers killed 21 people at a Somali mosque as "lies" and "propaganda". more >>
24 April, 2008
PRETORIA (AFP) - Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai won a clear victory over President Robert Mugabe in last month's disputed elections in Zimbabwe, the top US envoy to Africa said on Thursday. more >>
23 April, 2008
Ethiopia's most popular pop singer, Teddy Afro, has pleaded not guilty to causing the death of a young man in a hit and run incident 18 months ago. Thousands of young people mounted an impromptu protest after the High Court hearing, running through the streets, shouting, "Teddy is innocent". more >>
23 April, 2008
Members of the Ethiopian community in Qatar yesterday said they hoped that political relations between Doha and Addis Ababa would improve and ties return to normal as early as possible. more >>
23 April, 2008
DOHA - Qatar said on Wednesday it was surprised by Ethiopia's decision to cut diplomatic ties with the Gulf state, and rejected as unfounded the accusation that it sought to destabilise the Horn of Africa. more >>
21 April, 2008
THE LOOK OF THINGS TO COME AT THE GHION: This architectural design illustrates the desire by a consortium of prospective investors from Nigeria and Dubai on how they would transform Ghion Hotel in Addis Abeba, should the government give them a joint venture opportunity. more >>
21 April, 2008
The Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has decided to break diplomatic relations with the State of Qatar. This decision has been taken after long observation of Qatar’s activities in the Horn of Africa. more >>
21 April, 2008
Ethiopia's government has announced it is breaking off relations with Qatar. The Foreign Ministry said it was because of "Qatar's attempts to destabilise the sub-region and its hostility towards Ethiopia itself". more >>
20 April, 2008
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia: Ethiopians chose local representatives Sunday in nationwide elections marred by a boycott by the two largest opposition parties and criticized by a prominent international human rights group. more >>
20 April, 2008
Addis Ababa (ENA) - Voting for local people’s deputies began Sunday morning all over Ethiopia. more >>
20 April, 2008
NAIROBI - Police on Saturday clashed with cattle rustlers who had crossed into northern Kenya from Ethiopia, killing 15 of the outlaws, a police commander said. more >>
Ethiopian leather goods are being showcased at fashion weeks around the world. Ethiopia has been one of the world's leading producers of leather for decades, now, a company producing quality bags is trying to break into the retail leather market in the West. more >>
19 April, 2008
ASMARA (Reuters) - Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki has said the continued presence of U.N. peacekeepers in the Red Sea state's border with arch-foe Ethiopia was illegal, government media reported on Saturday. more >>
17 April, 2008
Ethiopia’s sensational stage performer, Tewodros Kassahun – popularly known as Teddy-Afro - is sent today, April 16, 2008, to the Addis Abeba Central Prison Centre after the Federal High Court eighth criminal bench, adjourned to rule over his appeal for right of bail on charges of murder. more >>
17 April, 2008
NAIROBI (AFP) - Kenya on Thursday swore in a power-sharing government to end a bloody post-election crisis which claimed at least 1,500 lives, with new Prime Minister Raila Odinga vowing to bring power to the people. more >>
17 April, 2008
The increasing sophistication of coffee drinkers is good for producers, Ethiopia is the largest African producer. Its coffee sales last year were $425m, representing 36% of export earnings. more >>
15 April, 2008
ASMARA (Reuters) - Eritrea has cut off diesel supplies to U.N. agencies in the Red Sea state, but the move may not be politically-motivated, the world body said on Tuesday. more >>
15 April, 2008
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Explosions at two national oil company gas stations killed two people in the Ethiopian capital, police said Tuesday. more >>
14 April, 2008
A halo around the sun startled people in Ethiopia during Sunday's local elections, with many seeing it as a miracle or a sign from God. The ring of light caused by sunlight refracted by ice crystals hung in the sky for almost an hour before it finally faded and disappeared. more >>
14 April, 2008
The biggest opposition party that participated in Ethiopia's nationwide elections Sunday is planning to boycott the second part of the voting, charging the first half was rigged. more >>
14 April, 2008
The former Coalition for Unity and Democracy majority supreme council members, who are forming a new party, Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ), have managed to collect over six thousand signatures, four times than the 1500 signatures needed to form a new national party. more >>
14 April, 2008
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki strode out of State House in Nairobi with the opposition leader, Raila Odinga, alongside him in a symbolic display of unity. more >>
14 April, 2008
DDIS ABABA (Reuters) - A new commodities exchange will open in Ethiopia on Tuesday that its backers hope will improve relations between producers and buyers of crops including coffee, wheat, maize and sesame. more >>
13 April, 2008
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's opposition accused the government of intimidation on Sunday as voters went to the polls for the first time since deadly post-election protests three years ago. more >>
13 April, 2008
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - Ethiopia on Sunday holds elections for the first time since deadly 2005 poll violence, but accusations of fresh repression against the opposition make the results a foregone conclusion. more >>
13 April, 2008
Voting has begun in Ethiopia's first elections since 2005, when the polling ended in violent protests and the arrest of most opposition leaders. Local councils are being elected, as well as many of the seats in parliament which were won by the opposition CUD in 2005 and later declared vacant. more >>
12 April, 2008
Days before the voting is set to begin, the main opposition United Ethiopian Democratic Force (UEDF) said it was withdrawing, and urged voters to stay away from the polls. more >>
Jason McLure Newsweek Web Exclusive
11 April, 2008
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is easily Washington's most important African ally in its war on terrorism. In 2006, the United States quietly helped Zenawi's forces invade neighboring Somalia after a U.S.-financed coalition of warlords lost the capital of Mogadishu to an Islamist alliance known as the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC). more >>
10 April, 2008
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's biggest opposition party in parliament pulled out of a round of local elections due next week, accusing Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's government of intimidating its supporters. more >>
10 April, 2008
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia introduced power rationing on Thursday due to a shortage caused by increased demand and late rains, officials said. more >>
09 April, 2008
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Aerospace giant Boeing said Wednesday it was delaying its 787 Dreamliner launch by several months for "unanticipated rework" of the aircraft and further problems with suppliers. more >>
08 April, 2008
A study conducted by the Addis Ababa City Water Sewerage Authority (AAWSA), indicates that there is a problem of water supply and distribution in Addis Ababa City. more >>
08 April, 2008
The Port of Djibouti is congested. This is the short and clear message its officials conveyed to members of the Ethiopian business community last week, following the two day visit by the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Port, Jerome Martins Oliveira, and the Commercial Director, Aboubaker Omar Hadi. more on >> www.addisfortune.com
07 April, 2008
KAMPALA, UGANDA – With increased revenue coming out of the East and central Africa region traffic route, Ethiopian Airlines is now targeting to expand its cargo capacity and business. more >>
07 April, 2008
Ethiopia’s lagging human development indices are slowing its pace in progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), according to Salil Shetty, director of the MDG campaign at the United Nations. more >>
04 April, 2008
Addis Ababa (ENA) - The Federal High Court on Friday passed down sentences ranging from death penalties to 19 years in jail on 19 genocide convicts while having deferred the sentence of one convict who is standing trial at an appeal court. more >>
04 April, 2008
Ethiopian-born Mohammed Al Amoudi is the richest Black person in the world with a total net worth of $9 billion. Al Amoudi is ranked 97th on the Forbes list and followed by billionaire Blacks such as Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote ($ 3.3 billion), America’s Oprah Winfrey ($2.5 billion), London-based Sudanese national Mohamed ìMoî Ibrahim ($2.5 billion) and South African Patrice Motsepe ($2.4 billion). BET founder Robert Johnson’s divorce dropped him to just a $1 billion fortune. more >>
03 April, 2008
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Troubled by a difficult case, doctor Asfaw Atnafu decides to seek advice. He walks into a consulting room at Black Lion Hospital in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa and greets a doctor at the Care Hospital in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad. more >>
03 April, 2008
America and Ethiopia need each other, but their needs are not equal From The Economist
THE alliance between the United States and Ethiopia was born of pragmatism. In another time, they might have been enemies. Ethiopians do not like American soldiers tramping on their soil. Americans dislike Ethiopia's bad human-rights record. more >>
01 April, 2008
NAIROBI (AFP) - The United States has issued a fresh travel warning to Eritrea, due to domestic travel restrictions and the large number of troops massed along its border with arch-rival Ethiopia. more >>