Mohamed Abdi Farah
31 December 2006
(SomaliNet) Heavy gun battle has erupted on Sunday in the outskirt of Jilib town in southern Somalia between Islamic fighters and the Ethiopian backed interim government troops. more >>
By Sahra Abdi
31 December 2006
KISMAYU, Somalia (Reuters) - Somali government forces backed by Ethiopian troops, tanks and jet fighters edged toward the southern port town of Kismayu on Sunday to attack retreating Islamists who have dug in for a last stand. more >>
30 December 2006
MOGADISHU (AFP) - Somali government forces marched on the last stronghold
of the country's powerful Islamist movement, even as Prime Minister Ali Mohamed
Gedi called for dialogue with Islamist leaders.
Residents said fighter jets, believed to be Ethiopian, were flying over Kismayo,
about 500 kilometres (300 miles) south of the capital, prompting fears of
attacks on the city. more >>
By MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN, Associated Press Writer
30 December 2006
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Thousands of Somali and Ethiopian troops set off Saturday for a showdown with Islamic forces who have regrouped at a southern seaport since abandoning the Somali capital two days ago. more >>
By C. Bryson Hull
29 December 2006
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamad Gedi swept into Mogadishu in an armed convoy on Friday a day after his Ethiopian-backed forces drove Islamist rivals from the city they had ruled for six months. more >>
29 December 2006
Addis Ababa, December 28, 2006 (Addis Ababa) - Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has said the Union of Islamic Courts has simply melted away and its grassroots militia have surrendered and abandoned Mogadishu to their clan bases on Wednesday evening and Thursday morning hours. more >>
29 December 2006
Work on a home for sick street children in Ethiopia, being funded by 70-year-old
Monica Tonna Barthet, is on schedule.
Ms Tonna Barthet is building the home in Addis Ababa under the umbrella of
the Kebena Kidane Mihret Catholic Church. She bought the land earlier this
year, construction started soon after and the home should hopefully take in
its first children in March. more >>
29 December 2006
(SomaliNet) Somali’s interim Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi said that the military mission by the Ethiopia-Somalia forces against the Islamists was completed and the government would work out the peace and stability in the country vowing to hunt down the remnants of the defeated Islamic Courts Union. more >>
29 December 2006
Ethiopian-backed Somali government troops have taken over control of the
Somali's capital's port and airport.
Some protesters threw stones as convoys passed into Mogadishu, but after shots
were fired into the air their way was uninterrupted and other people cheered. more >>
By Guled Mohamed
28 December 2006
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Triumphant Somali government forces marched into Mogadishu on Thursday after Islamist rivals abandoned the war-scarred city they held for six months before an Ethiopian-backed advance. more >>
By Guled Mohamed
28 December 2006
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali government troops entered the outskirts of the capital Mogadishu on Thursday after Islamist rivals abandoned the city to chaos in the face of an Ethiopian-backed advance. more >>
by Mustafa Haji Abdinur
28 December 2006
MOGADISHU (AFP) - Islamist forces abandoned the Somali capital, Mogadishu, as Ethiopian-backed government troops bore down on the surrounded city where looting and gunfire has been reported. more >>
28 December 2006
The African Union has called on Ethiopia to withdraw thousands of troops
from Somalia immediately.
The call, supported by the Arab League and the east African grouping IGAD,
comes after Ethiopia intervened to support Somalia's interim government. more >>
Mohamed Abdi Farah
27 December 2006
(SomaliNet) The top leaders of Islamic Courts Union in the capital have announced on Wednesday that they resigned and are ready to hand over the administration to the people in Mogadishu to avoid destruction and bloodshed in the city. more >>
27 December 2006
DUBAI - Al Qaeda’s Iraq branch urged Muslims to support Islamist forces in Somalia as government troops backed by Ethiopia advanced toward the capital Mogadishu, in a statement posted on the Internet Wednesday. more >>
27 December 2006
ADDIS ABABA - Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said that Ethiopian forces and the forces of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia have broken the back of international terrorist forces in and around Baidoa, and the latter are now in full retreat. more >>
27 December 2006
MOGADISHU (AFP) - Ethiopian-backed Somali government troops have ousted Islamist forces from a key southern town and moved closer to the Islamist-held capital of Mogadishu as the conflict in the Horn of Africa nation entered its second week. more >>
By Patrick Goodenough - CNSNews.com Managing Editor
27 December 2006
(CNSNews.com) - As Ethiopian troops backing Somalia's weak interim government reported significant gains against Islamist forces with suspected links to al-Qaeda, a bloc of Islamic nations demanded that Ethiopia withdraw its forces from Somalia immediately. more >>
Aweys Osman Yusuf, Breaking News
27 December 2006
Mogadishu ( Sh.M.Network) Witnesses told Shabelle Radio that Islamic Courts Union fighters retreated from the town of Jawhar. “Islamist fighters along with their battlewagons left the town, waving good bye to residents. We are now waiting for the Ethiopian forces and Mohammed Dhere militias to penetrate the town”, Nor Bukhari, Shabelle reporter said. more >>
By Guled Mohamed
26 December 2006
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Ethiopia said on Tuesday it was halfway to victory against Somali Islamists and could seize their Mogadishu stronghold within days following a week of war in the Horn of Africa. more >>
26 December 2006
ADDIS ABABA, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Ethiopian troops are advancing on the Somali capital, Mogadishu, and could seize it within 24-48 hours, Somalia's envoy to Ethiopia said on Tuesday. more >>
By SALAD DUHUL, Associated Press Writer
26 December 2006
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Islamic fighters were in a tactical retreat Tuesday, a senior Islamic leader said, as government and Ethiopian troops advanced on three fronts in a decisive turn around in the battle for control of Somalia. more >>
26 December 2006
Somalia's Islamist militia are reported to have withdrawn from frontlines
after a sustained assault by government forces backed by Ethiopian troops.
Ethiopian jets fired at Islamist positions for a third day on Tuesday. more >>
26 December 2006
The African Union says Ethiopia has the right to intervene militarily in Somalia as it feels threatened by an Islamic militia operating there. more >>
26 December 2006
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - Ethiopia's government has vowed to use "any appropriate means" against Somalia's Islamist movement as deadly fighting raged on several fronts in the lawless African nation. more >>
25 December 2006
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Ethiopian fighter jets bombed two main airports in Somalia on Monday, in the first direct attack on the headquarters of an Islamic movement attempting to wrest power from the internationally recognized government. more >>
By Guled Mohamed
25 December 2006
MOGADISHU, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Ethiopian warplanes bombed the main airport in Mogadishu on Monday, wounding one person in Somalia's capital where Islamists have their stronghold, an airport official said. more >>
by Mustafa Haji Abdinur
24 December 2006
MOGADISHU (AFP) - Ethiopia for the first time has acknowledged that ground troops and tanks were fighting in Somalia as its troops attacked Islamist forces controlling much of the country and Ethiopian jets were reported to have bombarded Islamic positions. more >>
24 December 2006
Ethiopia has confirmed that its troops are fighting Islamic militiamen that
control much of Somalia.
Ethiopia's information minister said his country's forces had launched "self-defensive
measures" against the Islamic Courts Union (UIC). more >>
23 December 2006
The fundamentalist forces based in Mogadishu and their supporters are expecting Ethiopia to play their game on their own terms. Ethiopia, however, must demonstrate that it can never play their game and that has its own rules and strategies. more >>
23 December 2006
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A Somali Islamist defense chief appealed to foreign Muslim fighters for the first time on Saturday to join his movement's "holy war" against Ethiopia.
"We're saying our country is open to Muslims worldwide. Let them fight in Somalia and wage jihad, and God willing, attack Addis Ababa," said defense chief Yusuf Mohamed Siad, known as Inda'ade, a hard-liner who has given inflammatory remarks in the past. more >>
By Alisha Ryu - Nairobi
23 December 2006
The leader of the Somalia's powerful Islamist movement, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, says his country is now in a state of war with neighboring Ethiopia, fueling international concerns that it may be too late to avert a potentially catastrophic war in the Horn of Africa. From our East Africa Bureau in Nairobi, VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu looks at Ethiopia's pivotal role in the conflict. more >>
23 December 2006
Fighting continued outside Baidoa, despite peace negotiators in Sudan having agreed to stop the fighting. The problem is that there are several major factions in the Islamic Courts, and these factions often do not communicate with each other, or take orders from each other. more >>
By Hassan Yare
22 December 2006
BAIDOA, Somalia (Reuters) - Ethiopian tanks rolled to the battlefront on Friday as Somali Islamists and Somalia's pro-government troops pounded each other with artillery and rockets in a fourth day of clashes edging closer to all-out war. more >>
21 December 2006
Hundreds of Somalis are fleeing into Ethiopia following weeks of tension that exploded into fierce combat between the Islamic courts and Somalia's Ethiopia-backed government troops, officials said on Thursday. more >>
by Mustafa Haji Abdinur
21 December 2006
MOGADISHU (AFP) - Somalia's Ethiopia-backed forces and Islamic fighters have clashed near the seat of government in Baidoa for a second day with both sides claiming inflicting massive casualities. more >>
21 December 2006
Ethiopians residing abroad said they would exert maximum efforts to develop the country's economy through promoting the good images of Ethiopia during the Ethiopian Millennium celebration. more >>
21 December 2006
Being the chief proponent of and instrument to Sha’ebian made front of destruction, the fundamentalist force led by Sheikh Hassan Daher Aweis proved itself adamant to any other options than war with the latest assaults it launched on Tuesday against the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, said the Ethiopian Ministry of Information. more >>
21 December 2006
Somalia is the only country in the world without a functioning government. Fighting between Islamic militias and the remnants of a U.N.-backed national government threatens to leave half a million people stranded and engulf much of the Horn of Africa in war. FP sat down with Ken Menkhaus, a leading scholar on Somalia who has just returned from the region. more >>
by Mustafa Haji Abdinur
21 December 2006
MOGADISHU (AFP) - Somalia's transitional government claimed its Ethiopian-backed armed forces had inflicted heavy losses on Islamic fighters in an upsurge in a conflict threatening to embroil the entire region. more >>
By Stephanie McCrummen - Washington Post Foreign Service
20 December 2006
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- War or no war with Somalia, Mulunesh Abebayhu wants out. Out of her teaching job, where Ethiopian security forces constantly harass her because of her political views. Out of this city, where hundreds of protesters were killed by police bullets after disputed elections last year. And, if she can manage, out of this country that she believes has plunged into the abyss of dictatorship at the hands of its prime minister, Meles Zenawi, a staunch ally of the United States in the vulnerable Horn of Africa. more >>
By Catherine Maddux - Washington VOA News
20 December 2006
A recent report issued by the Council on Foreign Relations says unresolved tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea could inflame an already dangerous situation in neighboring Somalia. VOA's Catherine Maddux explains. more >>
GREG GARRISON - News staff writer The Birmingham News
19 December 2006
Leaders in Israel's effort to resettle Ethiopian Jews said Monday on a visit to Birmingham that they still hope to move another 10,000 Jews from Ethiopia to Israel, with help from Alabama. more >>
By our staff reporter - Capital
19 December 2006
A tourism policy compiled by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, which is expected to be ratified, is going to be presented to the Council of Ministers in a few weeks time. The policy entails that in order for it to be implemented, the Ministry will need to form a tourism fund and bank. more >>
By ANTHONY MITCHELL, Associated Press Writer
19 December 2006
BAIDOA, Somalia - A headless statue of a soldier stands guard at the entrance of Somalia's "City of Death" — a fitting monument in a place once more stalked by war. An Islamic movement, accused of having al-Qaida terrorists in its ranks, and a new U.N.-backed government struggling to end 15 years of anarchy are vying for control of this nation and girding for battle. more >>
By Andrew Heavens
19 December 2006
UNICEF’s flagship annual report, ‘The State of the World’s Children’, launched on 11 December, focuses this year on the double dividend of gender equality, which helps both women and children overcome poverty. Here is one in a series of related stories.
TURMI, Ethiopia, 18 December 2006 – The town criers had been out since dawn, walking around the domed, wood-framed huts, calling out and blowing their horns. more >>
18 December 2006
ADDIS ABABA - A renowned scholar urged Ethiopians all over the world to make use of the new Ethiopian millennium to change the negative image of their country to the whole world. more >>
18 December 2006
Ethiopian flower growers and exporters are keen to expand their business links with the Dubai Flower Centre (DFC) because of its geographical and logistical advantages in order to boost their supplies to Middle East and the Far East. more >>
BY BASHIR GOTH
18 December 2006
THE Mogadishu Islamists’ decision to ban Khat, the narcotic stimulant that millions of Sumalis use, seemed to run on the lines of the old maxim, “A word of truth used with an ill intention”. For long, Somalis have been using Khat as a pastime and for generating income to feed millions of children in a country where more than 43 per cent of the population lives on less than a dollar a day. Yes, Khat is a curse on the economy, health and family fabric of the Somali people. It props the economies of Somalia’s neighbouring countries; with Kenya exporting $250 millions worth of Khat to Somalia annually and Ethiopia earning $60 million a year from Somaliland alone. Most of this money is the remittances sent by overseas Somalis to feed their loved ones back home. more >>
The Daily Monitor (Addis Ababa) - By Hayal Alemayehu
16 December 2006
Some 289.7 million birr is required to finance projects proposed to mark the Ethiopian new millennium, according to the Ethiopian Millennium Festival National Secretariat's draft strategic plan. more >>
15 December 2006
The Washington Post's Stephanie McCrummen sat down this week with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to discuss rising tensions with Somalia's Islamic Courts, and the state of democracy inside the country. more >>
15 December 2006
The Ethiopian government should take appropriate and proportional defensive measures if the extremist leaders of the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) and other anti-peace forces are not ready to resolve the crisis in Somalia through peaceful means, scholars said. more >>
15 December 2006
Addis Ababa - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group said on Wednesday that it would support the Ethiopian governments’ proposal to upgrade the Jima-Mizan road in the South-Western part of the country with a loan of about $98mn. This was approved on Wednesday by the Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the AfDB Group. more >>
15 December 2006
The U.S. is pushing for creation of an African force to train and protect the transition government but is opposed to military intervention by Somalia's neighbors, including Ethiopia, against the Islamic militants. more >>
by Mustafa Haji Abdinur
15 December 2006
MOGADISHU (AFP) - Somalia's powerful Islamists have accused the United States of seeking to divide their movement by claiming it had been taken over by Al-Qaeda militants. more >>
By Vision Reporter
15 December 2006
Two flower-exporting farms are in final stages of relocating to Ethiopia because of investment incentives offered there, sources have said. more >>
By Andualem Sisay - Capital
14 December 2006
Ethiopian journalists working in both private and state owned media founded Thursday the Nile Media Network-Ethiopia Chapter in Hilton Addis. more >>
Aaron Glantz - OneWorld US
14 December 2006
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 14 (OneWorld) - Human rights advocates are cheering the genocide conviction of former Ethiopian leader Mengistu Haile Mariam. more >>
14 December 2006
A fire fighter rescuing a young woman from an aviation disaster: it was a full scale airport emergency exercise held on November 28, 2006, inside Bole International Airport for the third time. International civil aviation law requires airports all over the world to have such a full blown exercises every two years, to test their preparedness for emergencies. The exercise was pronounced successful as fire fighters travelled three kilometre distance from its terminal to the site of the accident in two minutes, which is internationally required. more >>
14 December 2006
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said Wednesday the country's new millennium will have to be a millennium, in which Ethiopians would reclaim their rightful place in world civilization. more >>
By MacDonald Dzirutwe
13 December 2006
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe said on Wednesday it was not considering the extradition of former Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam, who was found guilty of genocide following a trial in absentia in his homeland. more >>
By Hassan Yare
13 December 2006
BUUR HAKABA, Somalia (Reuters) - Ethiopia on Wednesday brushed off an Islamist ultimatum to leave Somalia in a week, as troops dug in on a slim frontline separating the powerful religious movement and the Ethiopian-backed government. more >>
13 December 2006
ADDIS ABABA- Ethiopia and Somaliland have agreed to work together to maintain peace and security along their common border which is in jeopardy due to Al-Ithad, Al-Islamya and other breeding disreputable threats. more >>
Reporters Without Borders put Ethiopia and Eritrea near the bottom of
its 2006 Worldwide Press Freedom Index.
By Scott Baldauf | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
13 December 2006
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – For more than 40 years, Ababa Tesfaye has been Ethiopia's answer to Mister Rogers, entertaining children on state-run television with magic tricks, fairy tales, and gentle words of advice.
But on June 2006, the grandfatherly Mr. Tesfaye was fired, after a young child on his program uttered a derogatory word for one of Ethiopia's main ethnic groups. more >>
By MacDonald Dzirutwe
12 December 2006
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe had no official comment on Tuesday after one of its most notorious foreign guests was found guilty of genocide, but the opposition said Ethiopia's Mengistu Haile Mariam should be sent home to face justice. more >>
12 December 2006
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - Ethiopia's exiled former dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam was convicted of genocide by a court in his homeland after the marathon trial of a regime that killed thousands of people. more >>
12 December 2006
Somalia's powerful Islamist group has given Ethiopian troops a week to leave
the country or face a "major attack".
Ethiopia has denied having any troops fighting in Somalia but admits sending
hundreds of military trainers to help government forces. more >>
The Daily Monitor (Addis Ababa)
12 December 2006
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said that it has conducted two-week training for trainers course on the international Humanitarian law (IHL) for instructor officers of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces. more >>
The Associated Press
11 December 2006
Enter the cubs' next savior, President Girma Wolde-Giorgis. He learned about the orphaned cubs and found them a new home in the country's eastern, fertile Awash Valley, more than 600 kilometers (373 miles) from Addis Ababa. more >>
By Sahal Abdulle
11 December 2006
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's Western-backed interim government sounded the alarm on Monday over recent clashes with Islamist rivals which it said could spread into a regional conflict involving foreign Muslim radicals. more >>
By Katherine Nichols - knichols@starbulletin.com
11 December 2006
A vintage battle between the two superpowers of distance running -- Ethiopia and Kenya -- added a fresh and exciting element to an often-predictable mix in a marathon that resembled a world-class track meet for a few minutes yesterday. more >>
Radical Islamists are preparing to take control of the impoverished country and start a regional war in East Africa.
By Garrett Jones, Garrett Jones is a retired CIA case officer who has served in the Middle East, Africa and Europe.
10 December 2006
TO MOST Americans, Somalia is the place where "Black Hawk Down" happened, or the place with the pictures of the starving African children, or, for some, the biblical land of Punt. (Scholars quibble about locating Punt.) Americans tend to confuse African countries with one another except when our soldiers are dying there, and the violence in Sudan, Uganda, Congo or Zimbabwe can seem indistinguishable. But the anarchy in Somalia, which straddles the strategic Horn of Africa, is in a class by itself. more >>
The Daily Monitor (Addis Ababa) - By Yonas Abiye
10 December 2006
A new research that assessed policies and practices of the right to housing in four urban areas, namely Addis Ababa, Adama, Bahir Dar and Awassa, found out that the majority of urban dwellers in Ethiopia, estimated at over 80 per cent, are living in "woeful conditions" in slums and squatter houses. more >>
The Daily Monitor (Addis Ababa) - By Hayal Alemayehu
09 December 2006
Brewing dispute between labor union and management led Nazareth School to suspend classes for an unlimited period of time beginning Tuesday, The Daily Monitor has learnt. more >>
08 December 2006
ADDIS ABABA - President Girma Wolde-Giorgis said nations, nationalities and peoples of Ethiopia should stand in unison in reversing the threat posed by the Union of Islamic Courts in Somalia, the Eritrean government, and other anti-peace forces to disrupt the peace and sovereignty of Ethiopia and to disregard the right of self-determination in the country. more >>
08 December 2006
MOGADISHU (AFP) - Fierce fighting has erupted between Somalia's weak Ethiopian-backed government and powerful Islamists south of the government's seat of Baidoa, the two sides have said. more >>
08 December 2006
NEW YORK, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- EthiDolls(TM), developer of African signature dolls and accessories that teach history and tradition and celebrate cultural diversity introduced its Makeda(TM), Queen of Sheba doll, storybook and CD today in New York City. Available exclusively at ethidolls.com more >>
By Eskinder Michael - Capital
08 December 2006
ENGSKO, the first of its kind Ethio-Scandinavian joint venture that produces grinding mills for the Ethiopian market, has announced that it would completely move to Ethiopia. more >>
08 December 2006
Ethiopia on Thursday hailed a UN Security Council resolution to dispatch a regional peacekeeping force to Somalia, saying that the resolution proves the correctness of the policies the Ethiopian government has been pursuing with regard to Somalia. more >>
07 December 2006
New Vision (Kampala)
INTERVIEW
By Catherine Namuddu - Kampala
ETHIOPIAN Airlines has developed "Vision 2010" where it aims at becoming Africa's world-class carrier. Catherine Namuddu talked to Girma Wake, the chief executive officer. more >>
07 December 2006
Addis Ababa - The government of Germany would increase its assistance to Ethiopia in technical, vocational and engineering sectors, among others, member of the German parliament said. Marina Schuster also announced that 350 German experts would come to Ethiopia to offer training in various fields. more >>
07 December 2006
MOGADISHU (AFP) - Somalia's powerful Islamists have warned that a UN Security Council decision to deploy peacekeepers will multiply "the number of graves" in the country as it threatened to step up a conflict against the weak Somali government. more >>
07 December 2006
Addis Ababa, The newly appointed US Ambassador Donald Yamamoto said that Ethiopia plays key role in ensuring peace and stability in the Horn of Africa and Africa as a whole. more >>
07 December 2006
The Security Council today authorized the establishment of an African protection and training mission in Somalia to help defend the troubled country’s Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs). more >>
By Tsegaye Tadesse
06 December 2006
ADDIS ABABA, (Reuters)- The long-awaited verdict in Ethiopia's more than decade-old genocide trial of former Marxist ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam will be issued next week, officials said on Wednesday. more >>
06 December 2006
Here are portions of an article being distributed by OneWorld US.
One Dollar a Day Vs. Four Dollar Lattes
by Aaron Glantz
Starbucks CEO Jim Donald traveled to Addis Ababa to meet with Ethiopia's prime minister Meles Zenawi this week in an effort to head off what's becoming an increasingly public dispute over the Ethiopian government's efforts to trademark the country's best-known coffee blends. more >>
06 December 2006
ADDIS ABABA – A regional conference that discusses the situation of public-private partnership (PPP) in adult literacy with the participation of eight East African countries, including Ethiopia, opens here today. more >>
06 December 2006
ADDIS ABABA- The Prime Minister of the Transitional Government of Somalia Ali Mohammed Geedi told journalists that his government is in a position to protect the people and government of Somalia from the possible attacks of the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) and its accomplices who have strong link with the Al-Qaeda terrorist network. more >>
06 December 2006
Clover Natural Stone, an Italian company, approached the National Mining Corporation (NMiC) in an interest to purchase a rare blue marble, which is only found in Ethiopia and Brazil. more >>
05 December 2006
NEW YORK CITY -- December, 2006 -- Frommer’s Travel Guides, one of the world’s leaders in travel planning guides and resources, and Frommers.com, an essential online destination for those planning the perfect travel excursions, have announced that Ethiopia is one of the top ten travel destinations for 2007. more >>
05 December 2006
The United Nations refugee agency has voiced concern at the detention in Yemen of 126 Ethiopians now threatened with deportation after crossing by boat from Somalia. more >>
05 December 2006
Adama – Information Minister Berhan Hailu said that enhancing information communication works is vital in realizing development efforts geared towards benefiting the public through economic development. more >>
04 December 2006
In its endeavour to match the increasing number of passengers, Ethiopian Airlines has signed an agreement with International Lease Financing Corporation (ILFC) based in California; North America to lease GE powered Boeing 767-300ER aircraft. more >>
04 December 2006
In Ethiopia, the Donkey Sanctuary works in partnership with the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the Addis Ababa University. The two opened up a hospital 45 kilometres southeast of the capital 20 years ago. more >>
04 December 2006
ADDIS ABABA – State Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekedda Alemu said that efforts are continuing on the Ethiopian side to seek diplomatic solutions to the threat posed by the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC).
In a press briefing he gave to local journalists on the issue of Somali Islamists yesterday, the State Minister said that Ethiopia has always chosen peaceful path to solve the looming threat the UIC posed against the country since early on. more >>
04 December 2006
ADDIS ABABA - The Addis Ababa Police Commission said it is on alert to prevent any destructive acts which might be attempted by the Somalia fundamentalists in the central part of the country. more >>
03 December 2006
By surging away from double World Championship Marathon gold medallist Jaouad Gharib of Morocco and defending Fukuoka titlist Dmytro Baranovsky of Ukraine at 39Km, Ethiopian distance running legend Haile Gebrselassie won today’s running of the 60th Fukuoka Marathon, Fukuoka, Japan, in 2:06:52. more >>
By Eskinder Michael - Capital
02 December 2006
The House of People's Representatives in its 6 th Session held Tuesday approved two loan agreements signed between the Ethiopian government and the International Development Association (IDA) worth over USD 129 million. more >>
02 December 2006
Addis Ababa, The Development Bank of Ethiopia has reportedly been implementing a new loan policy with a view to expediting the country's economy and encouraging developmental investors. more >>
02 December 2006
Addis Ababa, Two institutions have reportedly won the Red Ribbon Award for their efforts in the fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS. more >>
02 December 2006
Three of Ethiopia's banks have been listed among Africa's top ranking 100 banks this year, according to this month's African Business, a London-based business magazine on Africa. more >>
01 December 2006
ADDIS ABABA – The Telethon and Luncheon Subcommittee of the National Committee that solicits fund to rehabilitate flood victims announced that preparations to hold a fundraising telethon Sunday have been finalized. more >>
01 December 2006
Two Mi-8 helicopters carrying emergency supplies left Thursday to deliver humanitarian assistance to hundreds of thousands of people stranded by another spate of floods this month in southeast Ethiopia's Somali state. more >>
By SARAH SKIDMORE - The Associated Press
01 December 2006
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Ethiopian woman has filed a $1.1 million lawsuit against a Salem family she worked for, saying they lured her to the United States with the promise of a good job and then exploited her. more >>