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BBC holds firm over Ethiopia famine funds report
Bob Geldof with Ethiopian children in
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08 March, 2010
The Guardian - The BBC is standing by a report that 95% of the $100m aid raised to fight famine in northern Ethiopia in 1985 was diverted by rebels and spent on weapons, despite denials by Bob Geldof and leading charities. more >>
Italian Team Repairing Collapsed Head-Race Tunnel at Ethiopian Dam
06 March, 2010
Engineering News - Within weeks of Ethiopia’s inauguration of the 420-megawatt Gilgel Gibe II hydro plant by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in January, a 15-meter section of its head-race tunnel collapsed. more >>
Rains Bring 'Drastic' Change in Ethiopia Food Outlook
06 March, 2010
VOANews - It's raining in Ethiopia. After three consecutive years of drought, weather watchers say this year's early season rains are promising. more >>
Ethiopia adoption ban lifted
05 March, 2010
ABC.net.au - The Federal Government has announced Australians will again be allowed to adopt children from Ethiopia. more >>
VOA Amharic Broadcasts Jammed in Ethiopia
04 March, 2010
VOA - International shortwave radio monitors have confirmed that VOA broadcasts in the Amharic language are being jammed. more >>
BBC's Ethiopia weapons report denied
04 March, 2010
Ethiopian officials and an aid agency have denied a BBC report that millions of dollars in aid for Ethiopian famine victims in the 1980s went to buy arms. more >>
Ethiopia famine aid 'spent on weapons'
03 March, 2010
Aid money intended for famine victims in Ethiopia in 1984-85 was stolen by rebels who used it to by weapons, the BBC learns. more >>
Boeing sued over Ethiopian Airlines crash in Lebanon
03 March, 2010
BEIRUT (AFP) – Relatives of passengers killed in an Ethiopian Airlines crash in Lebanon earlier this year have filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit in a US court against plane-maker Boeing, their attorney said Tuesday. more >>
Lebanese plan to sue Boeing for Ethiopian crash
03 March, 2010
BEIRUT (AP) – Relatives of those killed aboard an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed into the Mediterranean off Lebanon in January are planning to file a multimillion dollar lawsuit against American plane manufacturer Boeing in a U.S. court, their lawyer said Tuesday. more >>
Canada and Ethiopia Reach First-Ever Air Transport Agreement
02 March, 2010
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire) - Canada's Transport Minister John Baird and the Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, today announced the successful conclusion of the first-ever air transport agreement with the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. more >>
UK provides emergency funding for Ethiopia
02 March, 2010
DFID - An additional £20 million to help tackle the current food crisis in Ethiopia was announced today by International Development Minister, Gareth Thomas. more >>
Adoption watchdog suppresses Ethiopia findings
02 March, 2010
ABC News - A powerful international adoption overseer is refusing to release the results of its inquiry into the disturbing activities of American adoption agencies operating in Ethiopia. more >>
Ethiopia's main party bids to extend Meles' reign
28 February, 2010
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) – Thirty-five years after its founding, the TPLF -- now well entrenched in power in the EPRDF coalition -- celebrated its anniversary this week amid looming elections and pledges of economic prosperity. more >>
Ethiopian Airlines attacks Lebanon crash comments
24 February, 2010
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) – Ethiopian Airlines chief Girma Wake on Wednesday accused Lebanese authorities of making "misleading" comments on the cause of a crash that killed 90 people off Beirut last month. more >>
Al Jazeera's Jane Dutton conducts a rare interview with Isaisas Afwerki
21 February, 2010
Twenty years after the liberation from Ethiopia, Eritrea, Africa's youngest nation, has emerged as strategically vital to the stability of the region and the wider global agenda. more >>
