31 May, 2009
Owing to the current power constraint, the Ethiopian Power and Electric Corporation (EEPCo) cut almost entirely power supply to Mugher since May 9 along with other 99 factories whose power consumption is high. more >>
31 May, 2009
Former Sudanese President Jaafar Nimeiri, who brought Islamic law to the country, has died at the age of 79, government officials say. more >>
28 May, 2009
UN News Centre – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has informed the Security Council of his intention to appoint Sahle-Work Zewde of Ethiopia as the top United Nations official in the Central African Republic (CAR). more >>
28 May, 2009
MOGADISHU (AFP) – Accusations that Eritrea is supporting hardline insurgents in Somalia gained extra weight this week as two former top beneficiaries of that backing joined an international chorus. more >>
28 May, 2009
BBC NEWS - A Manchester United football fan in south-eastern Nigeria drove a minibus into a crowd of Barcelona supporters, killing four people, police say. more >>
27 May, 2009
MOGADISHU (AFP) – President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed on Wednesday accused Eritrea of arming hardline Islamists fighting to oust his government, a day after his own palace came under a barrage of mortar shells. more >>
24 May, 2009
Reporter - The Council of Ministers has approved a directive that will allow Eritreans who were expelled from Ethiopia on the eve of a border war, to reclaim their property. more >>
24 May, 2009
BBC NEWS - The African Union has urged the UN Security Council to impose sanctions against Eritrea for supporting Islamist insurgents in Somalia. more >>
22 May, 2009
Bild.de - The 19-year-old beauty from Munich became Heidi’s latest prodigy after winning the fourth series of the supermodel’s hit show. more >>
19 May, 2009
Change is coming to Ethiopia, says Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. It was time the country's political old guard stepped down, he told Africa Confidential in an interview on 3 May. Meles has submitted his resignation and the ruling party discussed it in February - but that does not make it inevitable. more >>
19 May, 2009
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Ethiopian troops have crossed the border into war-ravaged Somalia and appear to be stationing themselves in a town at a strategic crossroads, witnesses said Tuesday. more >>
18 May, 2009
AC: It’s been 18 years, which is a long time to be in power. Would you say that this length of time is due to the successes of the EPRDF or to the weakness of the opposition?
Meles: That is a very difficult question, the fact that the EPRDF has been in power [for this long] is both a reflection of its strength and the weakness of the opposition. more >>
18 May, 2009
Addis Abeba, a.k.a Confusion Square, built in Gottera area on a 40hct of plot, has been open to traffic for two weeks now after 22 months of construction work undertaken by Shanghai Construction Group of China. The road will obviously witness horrendous accidents soon should authorities fail to act by prohibiting pedestrians walking carelessly alongside speeding vehicles. more >>
18 May, 2009
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) – It's nearly an hour before midnight in a street in one of Addis Ababa's bustling districts and less than a dozen young men can be spotted below the glow of half-lit street lights. more >>
16 May, 2009
Ethiopia is home to an estimated 980,000 people living with HIV or AIDS, including some 75,000 pregnant women.
With support from large-scale international donors, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of individuals receiving life-saving care over the past five years. Read more from Global Health Magazine>>
16 May, 2009
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council on Friday voiced concern over reports that Eritrea has been supplying arms to Islamist militants intent on toppling Somalia's new government and condemned the recent violence. more >>
15 May, 2009
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) – Former world heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield will fight an exhibition match in Ethiopia in July to help raise funds for AIDS victims, promoters announced Friday. more >>
15 May, 2009
BBC SPORT - Ethiopia begin their bid for readmission to world football by holding a meeting that Fifa has been recommending should be held for more than a year. more >>
13 May, 2009
YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) -- A California-based company demonstrated a new battery-swapping technology Wednesday that could overcome a key obstacle to the adoption of electric cars -- their reliance on frequent, long stops for recharging. more >>
11 May, 2009
Fortune - The square at Gotera may remain as confusing as it had been in the past. For good reasons, though. more >>
10 May, 2009
Reporter - Alarmed by the declining water levels in the hydropower dams the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation has advised cement and other big factories that need huge electric power to stop production until end of this month. more >>
09 May, 2009
MEQUAT MARIAM, Ethiopia (Reuters Life!) - A giant eagle glides gracefully over a remote mountaintop in northern Ethiopia as a barefoot man draped in goatskin watches. more >>
09 May, 2009
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) – Jacob Zuma took power Saturday in the culmination of an extraordinary political comeback, pledging to Nelson Mandela and the nation to renew the spirit of commitment and hope of South Africa's first black presidency. more >>
07 May, 2009
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) – A prominent Ethiopian opposition leader accused by the regime of masterminding a plot to assassinate top officials on Thursday rejected the charges as fabricated. more >>
07 May, 2009
VOA News - Ethiopia's next national election is a year away, but tensions are already increasing. At least two opposition politicians have recently been jailed, both possibly facing life in prison, and security forces have arrested dozens of others, accusing them of plotting against the government. more >>
05 May, 2009
APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) Ethiopia is observing on Tuesday the 68th anniversary of its victory over the Italian invaders who attempted to colonize the country 68 years ago. more >>
05 May, 2009
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - An Ethiopian opposition leader said on Tuesday an anti-government plot had been invented as an excuse to arrest potential candidates ahead of national elections next year. more >>
04 May, 2009
BRUSSELS (AFP) – The EU economy will contract 4.0 percent this year as a worse-than-expected recession drives unemployment to levels not seen since World War II, the European Commission warned on Monday. more >>
04 May, 2009
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Africa's largest sesame exporter Ethiopia traded the seed through a new electronic system at its commodity exchange for the first time on Monday. more >>
02 May, 2009
BOSTON -- FullArmor, a leader in enterprise policy management, today announced that it will deploy Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) on laptops for Ethiopian teachers beginning in the summer of 2009 to lower costs and take advantage of advanced features in Windows 7. more >>
01 May, 2009
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia said on Friday a group led by an Ethiopian-American professor had planned to assassinate officials and blow up public utilities in a plot to topple the government. more >>