By Mohammed Adow
BBC News, southern Ethiopia
31 August 2006
Naked children run and play around in the dusty makeshift camp of Oga near Omarade township in southern Ethiopia.
Weak and bare-chested women struggle to build makeshift shelters for their families.
Not far from the flooded Omo River, the camp is now home to more than 1,000 people displaced by the floods from their original homes near the border of Ethiopia and Kenya. more >>
By DERESE NIGATU - FORTUNE STAFF REPORTER
31 August 2006
A construction accident occurred at the construction site of the six four-storey buildings on Fikre Mariam Aba Techan Street, in Yeka, being built for the Ethio International Footwear Plaster Cooperative Society on Tuesday August 22, 2006. more >>
By WUDINEH ZENEBE - FORTUNE STAFF WRITER
31 August 2006
Meta Abo Brewery is starting a 90 million Br expansion project. Meta Abo is one of the three government breweries in the country and has a current production capacity of 400,000 litres annually. The expansion project is expected to increase its annual production by 40 per cent. more >>
31 August 2006
The false propaganda being disseminated by the extremist group that is operating hidden under the umbrella of Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) would not harm the relationship between Ethiopia and Somalia, which is built on a strong foundation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. more >>
Written by Don Feder - ChronWatch
31 August 2006
A passenger revolt occurred on a Malaga-Manchester flight. Vacationing Brits refused to fly with two Arabic-speaking men. This came in the wake of arrests of 21 British-born Muslims who were plotting to blow up as many as 11 trans-Atlantic flights. more >>
By Joe De Capua, Washington
30 August 2006
The World Health Organization says it’s concerned about a strong re-emergence of cholera in Africa. The latest outbreak of the water-borne disease is in Sudan. more >>
30 August 2006
ADDIS ABABA - President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda said the role Ethiopia has been playing to maintain peace in Africa is significant. more >>
30 August 2006
ADDIS ABABA - Flood caused by overflow of Awash River caused property damage valued at 60 million birr on Summit Agro Industry, a private company around Wonji area. more >>
29 August 2006
The Ministry of Revenues will start surprise searches looking for vehicles that came into the country with a duty free privilege but have been sold to a third party. more >>
29 August 2006
The Addis Abeba La garre Customs Office last week increased its working hours from eight to 16 hours a day, more than a century after its establishment. more >>
28 August 2006
Addis Ababa, August 27, 2006 (WIC) – The Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation disclosed that the number of beneficiaries of mobile telephone services in the country has doubled. more >>
26 August 2006
By Tedla Yeneakal
Tragedy struck the country again last week, as the flooding which has already killed hundreds and displaced thousands in Dire Dawa struck the Omo river, bursting its banks. The death toll is climbing, with official estimates in the two tragedies exceeding 1,000. Earlier this week, in Southern Omo Zone, the flooded Omo River prevented rescue crews from reaching thousands of stranded villages, including Bedashnech and Yangapon wordeas, the office of the Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Agency disclosed to Capital. more >>
26 August 2006
A Somali woman has been flogged in public for selling cannabis by Islamist
militias who now control the capital.
This is the first time a woman has received this kind of punishment since
the Union of Islamic Courts seized Mogadishu in June. She got 11 lashes. more >>
25 August 2006
Harris has announced a turnkey radio transmission sale to Radio Ethiopia, a segment of the Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency (ERTA). more >>
24 August 2006
ADDIS ABABA -- Two global rights groups Thursday expressed grave concern over the treatment of several Ethiopian prisoners detained for months since violent protests over disputed elections last year. more >>
24 August 2006
NAIROBI -- Eritrea Wednesday opposed the deployment of a peacekeeping force in Somalia, which is scheduled for next month, warning that its rival Ethiopia wants to use the opportunity to invade Somalia. more >>
23 August 2006
By Mohamed Ali Bile
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's powerful Islamist movement opened a militia training camp on Wednesday with trainers from Eritrea, Afghanistan and Pakistan, witnesses said. more >>
23 August 2006
Airline representation specialist AVIAREPS has expanded its service for Ethiopian Airlines. From now on the Swiss subsidiary Airlinecenter is appointed to be General Sales Agent for Ethiopian Airlines for the Swiss market. AVIAREPS already represents Ethiopian Airlines in the markets of Belgium, Austria and Latin America. General Manager Thomas Welti heads the Airlinecenter offices in Switzerland. One is located in Zurich and one in Geneva. more >>
23 August 2006
ADDIS ABABA (EH/ENA) - An Egyptian aircraft carrying a consignment of humanitarian assistance arrived here yesterday night at Bole International Airport. more >>
22 August 2006
BAIDOA, Somalia (AP) -- Ethiopian troops have arrived in the central Somali town of Galkayo, witnesses said Tuesday. Ethiopian officials denied their troops were there. more >>
22 August 2006
By Abraham Fisseha
Addis Ababa - Ethiopia on Monday stepped up evacuation warnings in low-lying areas as heavy rains threatened more of the flash floods that have already killed more than 600 people and affected tens of thousands around the country. more >>
21 August 2006
Somalia's interim prime minister has nominated a new cabinet, two weeks after the previous administration was sacked following mass resignations. more >>
21 August 2006
Beijing, China- As much as Ethiopian runner Tariku Bekele wants to avoid comparisons with his elder brother and multiple world 10000m champion Kenenisa, his victory in the 5000m race in Beijing was like a page torn from the latter’s distance running textbook. more >>
19 August 2006
By Tsegaye Tadesse
OMERATE, Ethiopia, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Ethiopians marooned on small outcrops above flooded plains refused to abandon livestock despite rescuers' pleas on Saturday. more >>
19 August 2006
ADDIS ABABA –– US soldiers on Saturday joined emergency efforts to assist tens of thousands of Ethiopians hit by devastating flash floods that have killed hundreds across the nation this month. more >>
18 August 2006
Thousands of flood victims remain stranded in drastic circumstances in south-west Ethiopia, relief staff say.
The River Omo burst its banks at the weekend, causing huge floods. About 900 have died in floods in several regions of Ethiopia in the past two weeks.
Poor weather and surging currents are hampering relief operations from the Arba Minch army base in the south-west. more >>
15 August 2006
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today pledged the world body’s continued support to Ethiopia as it works to assist victims of recent floods that took the lives of more than 350 people and displaced nearly 20,000 others. more >>
15 August 2006
Bad weather is preventing helicopters from reaching thousands of villagers marooned by southern Ethiopian floods.
At least 125 people died when the Omo River burst its banks on Sunday. Residents spent Monday night outside as houses in villages were submerged. more >>
15 August 2006
Addis Ababa - The government of Ethiopia and Committee of Intelligence and Security Services of Africa (CISSA) yesterday signed an agreement that would enable the latter to establish its headquarters in Ethiopia. more >>
15 August 2006
By Eskinder Michael
Capital
Though Ethiopia is not in danger of facing eminent war, Fiseha Shawel , Desk Officer for Somalia , says that if Ethiopia is provoked in a way that could disrupt peace, then ‘we will react'. more >>
15 August 2006
Arba Minch - Flood caused due to the overflow of Omo River killed 125 people in Omo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples State.
Officials of the administration told ENA that the flood burst-out from the Omo River flooded ten kebeles in Dasenech Woreda and killed 125 people until 3:00pm yesterday. more >>
14 August 2006
By Yonas Abiye
Addis Ababa
Ethiopian leather industry sector is showing the country's highest potential for the countries competitiveness, but needs some capacity building to fully satisfy the need in the world market, an expert said on Friday. more >>
13 August 2006
Ethiopia has warned that Somalia's transitional government is in danger
of being sidelined by the growth in power of the country's Islamic Courts.
The country's foreign ministry said much of the power within the Islamic Courts
has fallen into the hands of "terrorist" elements. more >>
By Pearse Lynch
Nairobi
11 August 2006
Ethiopia says its troops have engaged separatist rebels in the east of the country, killing 13 and capturing several senior commanders, after they crossed the border from Somalia. Ethiopia accuses both Eritrea and Islamic leaders in Somalia of fomenting civil unrest in Ethiopia. more >>
10 August 2006
ADDIS ABABA - World leaders and international agencies express heart-felt sorrow over the loss of human lives and properties in Dire Dawa town following the overflow of the Dechatu River, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. more >>
10 August 2006
A Three-member delegation of the Parliamentary Committee on Local Government, Rural Development and Environment has left for Ethiopia to interact with their Ethiopian counterparts to study how the local government system works in that country. more >>
10 August 2006
Addis Ababa - The death toll from weekend Ethiopia floods that devastated an eastern town rose to 250 Thursday as rescue efforts entered a fourth day, making it the worst flooding disaster ever in the impoverished Horn of African nation, officials said. more >>
09 August 2006
The dry valleys of eastern Ethiopia are home to a tall and rather tatty weed called vernonia. Its shiny, black seeds yield an extraordinary oil - potentially a living source of epoxy compounds that are currently produced entirely from petrochemicals. more >>
07 August 2006
Somalia's top leaders have ironed out their differences and agreed on how to stabilize the country's interim government, a government official said Monday. more >>
07 August 2006
The armaments support of Eritrea to the terrorist group under the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) emanates from the desire of the country to shift its border dispute with Ethiopia to Somalia and open another war front, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. more >>
06 August 2006
Flash floods have killed more than 191 people in eastern Ethiopia, sweeping away many of the victims in their sleep, after a heavy downpour caused a river to overflow, police said. more >>
05 August 2006
BAIDOA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's foreign affairs minister met top officials of Somalia's fragile interim administration on Saturday in an effort to help resolve a growing political crisis. more >>
04 August 2006
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi says his government has been conducting
"military sweeps" against rebels in Ethiopia's Somali region.
The push against Ogaden National Liberation Front rebels came after Somali
elders had gone to Europe and the US to meet them, he said. more >>
04 August 2006
An Ethiopian girl who became the face of African famine when she was filmed
starving and in tears in 1984 has graduated from college.
Birhan Woldu appeared as a healthy young woman at the Live 8 concert in London
last year alongside Madonna. more >>
03 August 2006
ADDIS ABABA - The motive of Eritrea in arming the Mogadishu based Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) is its desire to disrupt the prevailing peace in the Horn of Africa, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told the BBC. more >>
1 August 2006
Source: CBC News
Ethiopian Jews who fled their country recently seeking refuge in Israel are being forced to spend their first weeks living underground as rockets land in northern Israel. more >>
1 August 2006
By David Loyn
BBC Developing World correspondent
Aid thinking moves in policy cycles, and the dogma for now, at least for the big European donors, is to give aid directly to governments. more >>