29 June, 2007
Ethiopian Aviation Academy has graduated 18 pilots of Ethiopian nationals that have completed two years of training on Commercial Piloting with Instrument and Multi-Engine Ratings from its Pilot Training School (PTS). more >>
by John Rivera www.crs.org
29 June, 2007
In the small village of Kufanzic, nestled on the side of a hill in the Kersa Woreda area of eastern Ethiopia, life has — for generations — revolved around the daily chore of walking long distances to find water, fill a 5-gallon jerry can and carry it back home. more >>
29 June, 2007
Accra, Ghana - The African Union (AU) Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) has maintained sanctions against six countries which failed to pay their membership contribution arrears by 14 June 2007, an official source disclosed here Thursday. more >>
By Stephanie McCrummen - Washington Post Foreign Service
29 June, 2007
NAIROBI -- Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said Thursday that his government "made a wrong political calculation" when it intervened in Somalia, where Ethiopian troops are bogged down in a fight against a growing insurgency. more >>
29 June, 2007
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi slammed on Thursday calls by Western diplomats for the release of 38 opposition officials as "shameful". more >>
By Tsegaye Tadesse
28 June, 2007
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia said on Thursday it was making military preparations for any possible invasion by arch-foe and neighbour Eritrea with whom it fought a devastating border war in 1998-2000. more >>
By ANITA POWELL, Associated Press Writer
28 June, 2007
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Ethiopia's prime minister said Thursday he is building up the army's capabilities because he fears an imminent attack by Eritrea, which he also accused of arming rebel groups inside his country. more >>
Daily Monitor - By Endale Assefa Addis Ababa
28 June, 2007
Ethiopian artists, authors and musicians residing in the capital jointly urged on Sunday for unity and harmony among the people and government of Ethiopia to avert possible harmful consequences from the already 'divided Diaspora.' more >>
28 June, 2007
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic - Haile Gebrselassie set a world record in the rarely run men's one-hour race Wednesday, running 21.285 kilometers (12.77 miles) at the IAAF Grand Prix Golden Spike meet. more >>
27 June, 2007
50 more detained low ranking leadership members of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) party have requested pardon, sources disclosed. more >>
27 June, 2007
World premiere Lucy's Legacy: The Hidden Treasures of Ethiopia
opens Aug. 31
Discover five-million-year history of Cradle of Mankind
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ethiopia is the cradle of mankind, the birthplace of coffee, the purported resting place of the Ark of the Covenant—and home to legions of Bob Marley fans. more >>
27 June, 2007
Over a hundred young Ethiopian women will be be spending the next three months working with UNESCO under a pilot project launched today. more >>
By Brendan Sobie
27 June, 2007
Ethiopian Airlines chief executive Girma Wake says a new codeshare with Lufthansa, signed in June, brings it "a step nearer" to joining Star. But he adds: "We have yet to start the process" of applying for membership. more >>
26 June, 2007
The Ethiopian Airlines bought four double-engine and ten single-engine trainer planes from the US-based Cessna Aircraft Company, Captain Lemma Tekaligne, the airline's pilot training school manager, told The Reporter on Tuesday. more >>
By Tedla Desta - Capital
26 June, 2007
Ethiopia is expected to earn around from 13 - 14 billion birr as a result of its millennium celebration, a study yet unofficial reveled. more >>
By Tedla Desta - Capital
26 June, 2007
As the preparations of the new Ethiopian millennium are underway, a local company called SEDNet General Business Plc has announced that it started an online Guest house reservation system together with the City Government of Addis Ababa Millennium Secretariat. more >>
26 June, 2007
Senior Ethiopian government official, Siraj Fegessa, minister of Federal Affairs, suffered a stunning car accident in Saudi Arabia last week. more >>
25 June, 2007
Agree to partial responsibility
Detained Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) leaders are expected to be out of prison, as all have on Saturday afternoon signed a legal document in which they have taken partial responsibility for the turmoil that ensued after the May 2005 elections, reliable sources told The Reporter. more >>
25 June, 2007
A group of 38 Ethiopian opposition leaders found guilty of links to violent election protests is to be freed, they have told their families. more >>
25 June, 2007
(ADDIS ABABA) — 38 Ethiopian opposition activists convicted after violent protests in the wake of contested 2005 elections have admitted their "mistakes", their lawyer said Sunday. more >>
25 June, 2007
The Ethiopian Airlines, the country's national airliner, on Sunday launched a new flight to Bahrain, which will operates four times a week, according to the management. more >>
24 June, 2007
The Addis Ababa Police Commission Traffic Control and Inspection Department said that it would start to purge car decorations, seregent Daniel Tadesse, Public Relations Expert at the Commission told Capital. more >>
23 June, 2007
China Qingdao Folk Art Troupe, an outstanding artistic group established in 1960, will stage a succession of performances in Ethiopia from July 5 to 11 in connection with the Ethiopian millennium celebration, the Chinese embassy said Friday. more >>
22 June, 2007
University of Nottingham scientists have been instrumental in helping to establish a pioneering branch of chemistry in Ethiopia. more >>
Sole Ethiopian telecom provider chooses Telrad for maintenance and support
21 June, 2007
Lod, Israel - Telrad Networks, an expert developer of carrier-grade telecommunications equipment, announced today that ETC (Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation) has signed an agreement with Telrad for support and maintenance for their wireline infrastructure. more >>
21 June, 2007
(CSRwire) ADDIS ABABA and SEATTLE – Representatives of the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and senior leaders from Starbucks Coffee Company today announced that they have concluded an agreement regarding distribution, marketing and licensing that recognizes the importance and integrity of Ethiopia’s specialty coffee designations. more >>
20 June, 2007
Addis Ababa - Foreign Affairs Minster, Seyoum Mesfin said the General Assembly of the United Nations has recognized the celebration of the Ethiopian Millennium as a unique African occasion. more >>
20 June, 2007
Addis Ababa - The UNESCO World Heritage Center on Tuesday signed a contract with Lattanzi SRL Construction Company to begin the re-erection of the Aksum obelisk. more >>
20 June, 2007
Journalist Jeffrey Gettleman of the New York Times recently vented his rage at the Ethiopian authorities for arresting him for his illegal venture as a secret agent in the unstable Ogaden. more >>
19 June, 2007
Addis Ababa - The House of Peoples' Representatives has endorsed by majority votes a motion providing for the prolongation of the tenure of the Addis Ababa Caretaker Administration's board, and a bill providing for the amendment of the charter of the DireDawa Administration. more >>
19 June, 2007
Forecasts GDP Growth at 9.5pc, Projects Inflation Declines to 15pc
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has praised Ethiopia’s consecutive economic growth for the past three years as “the fastest in Ethiopia’s recent history”. more >>
18 June, 2007
Ashraf Industrial registered with a $360 million capital
Ashraf Industrial Group, a Sudanese company with investment projects in Bahir Dar, Arba Minch and Ambo, said that its operations were being frustrated by “sluggish inefficient and insensitive” bureaucratic procedures it has come to face in various responsible government institutions. more >>
18 June, 2007
In a period of nine months of the current fiscal year, the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) grossed profits nearly the amount it made last year, sources told The Reporter. more >>
16 June, 2007
Meseret Defar of Ethiopia smashed her own 5,000m world record by nearly eight seconds and Jamaica's Asafa Powell cruised to a victory in the men's 100 at a Golden League meeting here on Friday. more >>
By LINDSAY HOLMWOOD, Associated Press Writer
16 June, 2007
UNITED NATIONS - Eritrea dismissed Ethiopia's announcement that it has accepted a U.N. commission's ruling over a disputed town, saying Friday that Ethiopia attached conditions that undermined the spirit of the decision. more >>
15 June, 2007
MOGADISHU (AFP) - Ethiopia and Somali forces on Friday displayed the largest haul of weapons recovered since swooping into lawless Mogadishu districts last week. more >>
by Emmanuel Goujon
15 June, 2007
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - Thousands of Ethiopian Jews who left their native villages to relocate to Israel have been camping for months or even years in the capital, waiting in vain to get to the Promised land. more >>
15 June, 2007
POTSDAM, Germany, June 15 (Reuters) - Two Germans were acquitted on Friday of assaulting an Ethiopian-born man in the eastern city of Potsdam last year in a case that triggered a debate in Germany about racism and integration. more >>
By LINDSAY HOLMWOOD, Associated Press Writer
15 June, 2007
UNITED NATIONS - After years of conflict and a tense border dispute, Ethiopia has accepted a U.N. commission's ruling to turn over a disputed town to Eritrea. more >>
13 June, 2007
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopian opposition members found guilty this week of charges related to violent protests refused to defend themselves in court despite repeated calls on them to do so, a government official said on Wednesday. more >>
13 June, 2007
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Tuesday it was very concerned by an Ethiopian court's guilty verdict of 38 opposition officials and said it was watching the situation very closely. more >>
13 June, 2007
ABIDJAN (AFP) - Software giant Microsoft is to launch a huge programme to recycle computers, which will be reconditioned, reprogrammed with its software and redistributed in Africa, a company official said Monday. more >>
13 June, 2007
ADDIS ABABA - The Ethiopian Telecommunication Corporation announced that is expanding mobile telephone service in connection of the celebration of the Ethiopian Millennium. more >>
13 June, 2007
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - An Ethiopian judge adjourned Tuesday a trial launched by prosecutors seeking a death sentence for Mengistu Haile Marian, an exiled former dictator already sentenced to life in prison. more >>
12 June, 2007
Authorities at the Nazareth branch of the Ethiopian Customs Authority intercepted a truck full of contraband merchandise estimated to be worth 300,000 Br two weeks ago. more >>
12 June, 2007
The Ethiopian defense force has played a crucial role to bring about peace and stability in Somalia and to foil threat posed by terrorists to the region, a top UN official said Monday. more >>
12 June, 2007
A United Nations-backed polio immunization drive conducted by the Ethiopian Government is seeking to protect more than 14 million children under five there from the devastating disease. more >>
By Groum Abate - Capital
12 June, 2007
Serkalem Fasil, former co-owner and publisher of the Menilik, Asqual and Satenaw newspapers, and who was recently released from prison after being acquitted in the CUD trial, has won from the International Women’s Media Foundation, the Courage in Journalism Award, the foundation announced. more >>
By Andualem Sisay - Capital
12 June, 2007
Prime Minister Meles Zenawi highlighted his government’s readiness to create national consensus by talking with different groups in the country including with the arrested Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) leaders and other rebel groups. more >>
By Amber Henshaw - BBC Focus On Africa magazine
11 June, 2007
Twenty-four-year-old Osman Redwan woke up one morning to find his shack in
Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, sliced in two.
City planners had drawn a line through his neighbourhood to make way for a
huge road expansion programme. more >>
11 June, 2007
KALITI, Ethiopia (AFP) - Thirty-eight opposition activists were convicted by an Ethiopian court Monday in a trial stemming from violent unrest that followed disputed elections in 2005. more >>
11 June, 2007
After five years of service interruption, Ethiopian Airlines has resumed its flight from and to Sana'a International Airport 06 June 2007, with the first flight touching down at 2.30 pm local time in Sana'a Airport, an Ethiopian Boeing 737- 700. more >>
09 June, 2007
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Born in 1978 and raised in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Liya Kebede attended the French Lycee in Addis. It was here that she was talent-spotted by a French film director and began her rise to supermodel status. more >>
From The Economist
09 June, 2007
New commodities exchanges may help feed more of the starving
THE UN's World Food Programme (WFP) feeds 90m people in the poor world, a fraction of the 800m it reckons still go hungry. Population growth, environmental degradation and bad governments are among those to blame. But a big factor is the failure of food markets in poor countries. more >>
By Tsegaye Tadesse
09 June, 2007
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi urged the U.N. Security Council on Saturday to finance an African Union (AU) peacekeeping deployment to Somalia, so his troops can withdraw. more >>
By Alisha Ryu - Mogadishu
09 June, 2007
Reports in Somalia say that a coalition of groups opposed to Somalia's struggling transitional government and its Ethiopian backers has been formed with the support of the Eritrean government. VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu has details from the Somali capital, Mogadishu. more >>
09 June, 2007
Johannesburg - Efforts were continuing to secure the release of a South African man being held in Addis Ababa Ethiopia, his family said on Friday. more >>
Compiled by the Government Communication and Information System
08 June, 2007
Addis Ababa - A meeting of African sports ministers opened Thursday at the headquarters of the African Union (AU) here. more >>
08 June, 2007
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - Robert Zoellick, US President George W. Bush's nominee to head the World Bank, said in Addis Ababa Thursday he wanted "to listen and to learn" during his trip to Africa. more >>
The Ethiopian News Agency
07 June, 2007
Addis Ababa - A high level Ethiopian government delegation led by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi left here for Germany early Thursday morning to attend G8 annual summit. more >>
06 June, 2007
The Federal High Court, eighth criminal bench, has passed a ruling, sending a suspect in gold smuggling to five years in jail and fining him one million Br, an amount lawyers say is perhaps the largest monetary punishment an Ethiopian court ever levied on an individual convicted of a crime. more >>
06 June, 2007
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The Ethiopian government has charged 55 opposition members with trying to launch an armed rebellion, the state-run Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) reported on Tuesday. more >>
By Mohamed Abdi Farah
05 June, 2007
(SomaliNet) The Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has later Tuesday returned home after half a day surprise visit to the Somalia capital Mogadishu for talks with Somali’s top government officials over the security deterioration in the region. more >>
05 June, 2007
Addis Ababa - The much-awaited Ethiopian millennium celebration has been officially launched at the first of the tree planting days was held here on Tuesday at designated millennium parks in what is termed as "Two Trees for 2000" project. more >>
05 June, 2007
MOGADISHU, Somalia: Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi made a surprise visit to Somalia on Tuesday, the highest ranking foreign government official to visit Mogadishu in more than a decade, as his troops try to protect this country's fragile government, officials said. more >>
05 June, 2007
ASMARA (Reuters) - The outgoing U.S. ambassador for Eritrea has lashed out at Asmara over human rights abuses in a sign of deteriorating relations between Washington and the Red Sea state. more >>
05 June, 2007
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - Ethiopia on Tuesday was to kickstart a string of festivities in the run up to its third millennium, which takes place after 99 days. more >>
By Andualem Sisay - Capital
04 June, 2007
As the number of doctors joining private hospitals and migrating to the developed nations increases some government hospitals have virtually no doctors. Minister of Health, Dr. Tewodros Adhanom, urged Ethiopian health professionals to commit themselves and stay on their jobs. more >>
By Jann Bettinga
04 June, 2007
(Bloomberg) -- Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Europe's second-biggest airline, and African carrier Ethiopian Airlines agreed to sell seats on each other's flights to expand their networks. more >>
The Ethiopian News Agency
03 June, 2007
Addis Ababa - Coming back home from the US where he had lived for 27 years, Gashaw Abdela Tahir, in partnerships with collegues, has launched activities to realize real estate development and services in the city of Bahir Dar - a more than half-a-billion Birr investments for which he has already received license. more >>
By Andrew Heavens
03 June, 2007
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia has called on Queen Elizabeth to return the bones of an orphan prince buried at Windsor Castle after he was spirited from his homeland by British soldiers nearly 140 years ago. more >>
02 June, 2007
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Prosecutors in Ethiopia are seeking to raise a life imprisonment sentence for former Marxist dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam to the death penalty after a genocide conviction for crimes during his bloody 17-year rule. more >>
by Mustafa Haji Abdinur
02 June, 2007
MOGADISHU (AFP) - A US warship bombed targets in northeastern Somalia after Islamist fighters clashed with troops from the country's semi-autonomous region of Puntland, witnesses and officials said Saturday. more >>
01 June, 2007
The World Bank approved 225 million U.S. dollars of credit to Ethiopia Thursday to help the African Horn country restore its road network and reduce poverty. more >>
By Victoria Averill - Debre Zeit, Ethiopia
01 June, 2007
The label inside the luxuriously soft black leather handbag reads Taytu: Made In Ethiopia.
But the embroidered print on the outside, the chunky bronze rings attached to the fashionably short straps and the oversized "it" bag status all scream designer chic. more >>
By Tsegaye Tadesse
01 June, 2007
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - A thousand rare black-mane lions -- an Ethiopian national symbol -- and some 300 elephants are in danger after a swathe of forest that was part of their sanctuary was cut down, a wildlife expert said on Thursday. more >>