Ethiopia launches electric car despite power shortages

31 March, 2010

BBC NEWS - Ethiopia has launched an electric car, despite suffering from power shortages. It is only the second African country to do so, after South Africa. more >>

Stable Ethiopia now needs international and local support

29 March, 2010

Scotsman.com - TWO decades ago, Ethiopia was a Cold War battlefield. On the ideological map of the world, it was Soviet territory, a land of famine, dictatorship and civil war. But, with the overthrow of Mengistu Haile Mariam's Marxist-Leninist dictatorship in 1991, Ethiopia began to transform itself. Today, it ranks among the five fastest-growing economies in the world and is a bastion of regional stability. more >>

Ethiopian opposition barred from seeing jailed leader

28 March, 2010

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopian opposition politicians were barred from visiting their jailed leader, Birtukan Mideksa, Saturday after a U.S. State Department human rights report said her mental health has deteriorated. more >>

IMF sees continued strong growth for Ethiopia

25 March, 2010

NAIRoBI (Reuters) - Ethiopia outlook is favourable but its government needs to step up its anti-inflation and foreign currency rebuilding measures, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday. more >>

VOA starts Ethiopia satellite service after jamming

23 March, 2010

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - U.S.-funded broadcaster Voice of America is broadcasting its local Amharic language service to Ethiopia via satellite after the country's Prime Minister ordered it jammed and sparked a diplomatic row. more >>

Ethiopian becomes first refugee-citizen in South Korea

23 March, 2010

BBC News - South Korea has awarded citizenship to an Ethiopian refugee - the first such move in the country's history, says the UN's refugee agency. more >>

US condemns Ethiopia for VOA jamming

21 March, 2010

WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States condemned Ethiopia's blocking of Voice of America broadcasts, calling the country's accusations of the US radio service "baseless and inflammatory." more >>

Ethiopia admits jamming VOA radio broadcasts in Amharic

19 March, 2010

BBC News - Ethiopia has admitted it is jamming the Voice of America's (VOA) broadcasts in Amharic, accusing the radio station of engaging in "destabilising propaganda". more >>

No woman should die while giving life” campaign makes headway

15 March, 2010

ADDIS ABABA (IRIN) - Ethiopia has made some headway towards improving maternal and child health, but more needs to be done to reduce the high number of preventable deaths, says an official. more >>

Ethiopian envoy joins battle between Bob Geldof and BBC World Service

14 March, 2010

Guardian.co.uk - The row between Bob Geldof and the BBC escalated into a diplomatic dispute yesterday as the Ethiopian ambassador called for an apology from the World Service after it reported claims that aid money meant for famine victims had been spent on weapons. more >>

Ethiopia slams US rights report

14 March, 2010

ADDIS ABABA (AFP) – Ethiopia on Saturday slammed the United States for a report that criticised its human rights record, claiming that it demonstrated "serious intellectual deficiencies". more >>

US Rights Report Lists Ethiopian Opposition Leader as Political Prisoner

12 March, 2010

VOANews - The U.S. State Department's annual human rights reports says Ethiopia is holding several hundred political prisoners, including the leader of one of the country's largest opposition parties. more >>

Ethiopia reinstates hefty fines against publishing houses

11 March, 2010

New York CPJ - The Ethiopian Supreme Court reinstated fines on Monday against four newspaper publishing companies over their coverage of the disputed 2005 national election. more >>

BBC holds firm over Ethiopia famine funds report

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 >>