31 May, 2008
By Andrew Cawthorne - Analysis
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Most nations erect grandiose monuments to their historical triumphs. Eritrea put up a pair of sandals. And despite its small territory and population of just 4.7 million people, Eritrea has, from independence until today, continued to make big footprints on east African politics. more >>
31 May, 2008
Despite strong historic and ethnic ties, relations between Eritrea and Ethiopia have rarely been smooth. As a result, and particularly over the past decade, nationality rights of residents of both countries have been at risk. more >>
31 May, 2008
UNITED NATIONS - A draft U.N. resolution finalized on Friday would allow foreign ships to enter Somali waters to capture and prevent acts of piracy and armed robbery. more >>
31 May, 2008
HARAR, Ethiopia - A government spokesman says 25 people have died in flash floods in eastern Ethiopia. more >>
30 May, 2008
Dubai: The Dubai Naturalisation and Residency Department (DNRD) has come to the rescue of an Ethiopian housemaid who plunged from the second-floor balcony of her sponsor's villa while cleaning. more >>
29 May, 2008
Ethiopian refugees and other foreign nationals displaced from their homes in South Africa in a recent wave of anti foreigners violence gather at a makeshift relief camp in Rosslyn, South Africa, 100 kms (60 miles) North of Johannesburg more >>
29 May, 2008
This month, the Ethiopian government is releasing the logos for three varieties of Ethiopian coffee beans that it hopes will eventually appear from the burlap sacks that are used to transport coffee beans to coffee cups in cafes. It is the first time the country has introduced a brand for its major export. more >>
By Jeffrey Gettleman - International Herald Tribune
28 May, 2008
ON THE DJIBOUTIAN-ERITREAN BORDER: The distance between the rival armies is shorter than the barrel of a gun. Hundreds of opposing troops are lined up on the border, staring each other down, from just inches away. more >>
28 May, 2008
A bomb explosion in Ethiopia has killed three people and injured five more at a hotel in the town of Ngele in the eastern Somali region. more >>
27 May, 2008
HARARE (Reuters) - Ethiopia's former ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam, sentenced to death by his country's supreme court, will remain in Zimbabwe under the protection of President Robert Mugabe's government, a government minister said on Tuesday. more >>
27 May, 2008
Two weeks ago, the medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) launched a nutritional intervention in some areas of the southern region of Oromiya in Ethiopia, following assessments that showed alarming levels of malnutrition among children under five. more >>
26 May, 2008
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - Ethiopia's Supreme Court sentenced former dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam to death in his absence Monday, along with 17 senior officials of his regime, overturning a previous life term on appeal. more >>
26 May, 2008
BERLIN (Reuters) - A deal to market Ethiopia's staple cereal, teff, to health-conscious Westerners may provide a model for ensuring the benefits of biodiversity are shared between local people and firms exploiting natural resources. more >>
26 May, 2008
ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia has arrested suspects linked to last week's bomb blast near the foreign ministry in Addis Ababa that killed six people, including a US national, state media reported Sunday. more >>
25 May, 2008
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa's security chief accused rightwingers linked to the former apartheid government on Friday of fanning anti-foreigner violence that has spread to Cape Town, the second largest city and tourist centre. more >>
25 May, 2008
TPLF's boss, Melese Zenawi, on his ten minutes sleepy parliament answer to question planted from one of his cadres (May 20) on the recent border crisis affirmed that he is working hand and glove with the Darfur butcher, Beshir, to add him a big chunk of land which has been under Ethiopia's control throughout history based on the the so called General/Major "Gwynn" agreement with Emperor Menelik in 1907. more >>
25 May, 2008
BRUSSELS - An American Kalitta air cargo plane drove off the runway during take-off at Brussels's Zaventem airport on Sunday and broke in two but there were no casualties, airport and fire brigade officials said. more >>
25 May, 2008
KISUMU, Kenya - Sitting underneath the bright murals at a clinic, 22-year-old Elijah Ochanda gestures at his shorts and explains: "When they remove this thing, it makes you safer." more >>
25 May, 2008
KAMPALA (AFP) - Uganda and Ethiopia denied Saturday that their troops in Somalia were selling arms to local insurgents fighting government and Ethiopian troops in the shattered north-east African country. more >>
22 May, 2008
PARIS (AFP) — Ethiopia's famed Axum obelisk is to be reinstalled at its original site next month, 70 years after the 1,700-year-old treasure was removed by Italian troops, UNESCO said on Thursday. more >>
21 May, 2008
Addis Ababa (ENA) - Inaugural conference of the Addis Ababa City Administrative Council on Tuesday elected Kuma Demekissa as Mayor, and Kefiyalew Azeze as Deputy Mayor of the metropolis. more >>
21 May, 2008
ADDIS ABABA - An explosion on a minibus shook central Addis Ababa on Tuesday, killing three people and wounding nine, Ethiopian police said. more >>
21 May, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States says an American citizen was killed in a minibus explosion Tuesday in downtown Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. more >>
21 May, 2008
ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said on Wednesday he would keep troops inside neighbouring Somalia until "jihadists" were defeated. more >>
19 May, 2008
SIRARO, Ethiopia (Reuters) - Ethiopian mother Ayantu Tamon has lost a child to hunger every year for the last four and now cradles her severely malnourished and weakened three-year-old son Hirbu in her arms. more >>
19 May, 2008
ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian Airlines net profits for the first nine months of 2007/08 reached 484 million birr ($55.67 million), the airline said in a statement. more >>
19 May, 2008
Asmara - President Isaias Afwerki said that Eritrea will not compromise its sovereignty, territorial integrity and national security for the sake of a handful aid, more >>
18 May, 2008
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's ruling party swept local polls largely boycotted by opposition parties who accused the government of intimidating voters and blocking their candidates, results released on Sunday showed. more >>
17 May, 2008
In three days time Addis Ababa's City Council will formally be constituted at a meeting that is planned to be held at City Hall. The inhabitants of the capital also expect to know their new mayor, his or her deputy, and the speaker. more >>
15 May, 2008
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia is prepared to secure its vital trade corridor with the Red Sea port of Djibouti in the event of any conflict between Djibouti and Eritrea, its Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said on Thursday. more >>
14 May, 2008
Ethiopian troops in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, have distributed food aid bought with their own salaries. About 400 bags of sorghum were handed out to about 500 people in southern Baynile district. more >>
14 May, 2008
ASMARA (Reuters) - Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki gave a rare interview to Reuters on Tuesday to discuss politics and economics in the Horn of Africa and his country. more >>
13 May, 2008
ASMARA (Reuters) - U.N. fears that a pullout of peacekeepers on the Eritrea-Ethiopia border may lead to a new war are unfounded scaremongering and a "gimmick" to cover the world body's failings, Eritrea's leader said on Tuesday. more >>
13 May, 2008
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - Ethiopia said Monday it has the means to secure its vital trade corridor with the Gulf of Aden in the event of conflict between Djibouti and Eritrea. more >>
12 May, 2008
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - A coalition of Eritrean opposition groups elected a chairman over the weekend, ending a long-running leadership dispute that had crippled efforts to topple the Asmara regime, officials said Sunday. more >>
12 May, 2008
Addis Ababa (ENA) - The ministry of foreign affairs said some mass media and irresponsible bodies have been disseminating groundless information by saying that the government has given a part of Ethiopia’s territory to Sudan. more >>
12 May, 2008
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - A lack of funds has forced the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) to cut by more than half the number of districts in drought-hit Ethiopia it serves, the food agency said on Monday and appealed for $76.4 million in aid. more >>
12 May, 2008
KHARTOUM - The Sudanese army said on Sunday it had killed a major rebel leader in Omdurman while fleeing following a failed attack on the city. more >>
11 May, 2008
Scotland has acquired a ready-made team of world-class athletes in a group of Eritreans who have been granted political asylum. more >>
11 May, 2008
Addis Ababa (ENA) - Power rationing would continue till June 2000 E.C, Water Resources and Mines and Energy Ministers announced. more >>
10 May, 2008
KHARTOUM - A Darfur rebel commander said on Saturday his JEM group had entered Khartoum and was aiming to take power in Sudan. more >>
10 May, 2008
DJIBOUTI (AFP) - Talks between Somali government officials and exiled Islamist leaders that were due to kick off Saturday have been delayed, a United Nations spokeswoman said. more >>
09 May, 2008
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - Ethiopia has launched a campaign to brand and market its coffee after ending a long trademark dispute with US coffee giant Starbucks last year, an official statement said Thursday. more >>
08 May, 2008
Organisers of the Doha Super Grand Prix have announced that Ethiopian athletes pulled out of the meet because of political tension between the two countries. more >>
08 May, 2008
By Catherine Hickley
(Bloomberg) -- A team of archaeologists from the University of Hamburg said they discovered the Queen of Sheba's palace and an altar that may have once held the Ark of the Covenant in Axum, Ethiopia. more >>
07 May, 2008
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Eritrean opposition groups meeting in Ethiopia on Wednesday said they had agreed to join forces and launch a popular uprising in their Red Sea state. more >>
By EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press Writer
07 May, 2008
UNITED NATIONS - The tiny port nation of Djibouti, a key U.S. ally in the Horn of Africa, has urged the U.N. Security Council to take immediate action to prevent a conflict with its northern neighbor Eritrea. more >>
07 May, 2008
afrol News - Authorities in Somalia's semi-autonomous state of Puntland have been warned to "bear sole responsibility for the consequences" of entering into a "secret agreement with the Ethiopian regime to transfer private citizens from Ogaden and any ONLF (Ogaden National Liberation Front) officials who enter Puntland to Ethiopian security officials." more >>
07 May, 2008
PARIS - Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed said Monday that six pirates in French custody for allegedly holding the crew of a yacht hostage are likely from his home region in the Horn of Africa country. more >>
06 May, 2008
Addis Ababa (ENA) - The Government of Ethiopia categorically rejects the allegations of Amnesty International that Ethiopian troops in Somalia have killed people by slitting their throats “like goats”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said. more >>
05 May, 2008
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Farmers in Ethiopia are better off now than they were four years ago, in part due to better-than-average rains and rising grain prices globally. But there's another reason: Africa's largest beneficiary of foreign aid has shifted from food aid to cash assistance. more >>
04 May, 2008
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - Ethiopia's world record holder Kenenisa Bekele was forced to fight all the way before retaining his African 5,000 metre title on Sunday at the African athletics championships. more >>
04 May, 2008
Ethiopian distance running legend Haile Gebrselassie has just received a honorary degree from Leeds Metropolitan University for his outstanding contribution to the sport. more >>
04 May, 2008
CAIRO - Egyptian security forces have arrested 100 Eritrean migrants near a southern coastal resort who said they were heading to Israel in search of work, a security official said on Wednesday. more >>
04 May, 2008
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - Double world record holder Kenenisa Bekele has accepted to run in Sunday's 5,000 metres final at the African athletics championships, Ethiopian state media said on Saturday. more >>
03 May, 2008
Double world 10000m champion Tirunesh Dibaba today added an African title to her impressive collection to lead Ethiopia to its second clean sweep of all the medals in the women’s 10000m final at the 16th CAA African Athletics Championships. more >>
03 May, 2008
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Leading US jet builder Boeing denied Saturday German media reports that deliveries of its next-generation B787 Dreamliner would be delayed by another nine weeks. more >>
03 May, 2008
Commercial banks operating in the country were facing an acute shortage of foreign currency, it was learnt. more >>
03 May, 2008
Former mayor-elect of Addis Ababa and ex-member of the Supreme Council of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) Berhanu Nega, along with four others, has declared that he and his colleagues were determined to adopt whatever means is necessary to force the ruling party to the negotiating table or force it out completely within a short time. more >>
03 May, 2008
ADDIS ABABA (ST) — Celebrating Labor Day on Thursday, Ethiopia has officially banned all travels its citizens make to Beirut in search of job. The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs disclosed. more >>
02 May, 2008
by Jerry Okungu, Kampala (New Vision/allAfrica.com)
Stranded at the Addis Ababa Airport for the second time in less than five months gave me time to think about Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia. more >>
02 May, 2008
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali Islamists vowed on Friday to fight on under new leadership after U.S. planes killed the man said to be al Qaeda's boss in the Horn of Africa nation. more >>
02 May, 2008
MOGADISHU - Somali Islamist militants on Friday promised to avenge the killing of a man said to be Al-Qaeda's chief, warning citizens from countries they considered hostile to stay away from the war-torn country. more >>
01 May, 2008
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Meselech Melkamu delivered the biggest surprise of the 16th CAA African Athletics Championships so far by defeating Olympic, world, All-African, and defending African 5000m champion Meseret Defar in the final of the women’s 5000m this evening. more >>
01 May, 2008
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Ethiopia swept the men's 10,000-meter race Wednesday on the opening day of the African Athletics Championships. more >>
01 May, 2008
JIAXING/NINGBO, Zhejiang Province (Xinhua) -- China inaugurated the world's longest cross-sea bridge on Thursday as part of its effort to boost economic integration and development in the Yangtze River Delta. more >>
01 May, 2008
BEIJING - Beijing introduced sweeping new rules against smoking in public places Thursday in an effort to create a "smoke-free Olympics," state press said. more >>
01 May, 2008
MOGADISHU (AFP) — The United States carried out an air strike in Somalia on Thursday which killed at least 10 people, including Al-Qaeda's military leader in the war-torn country, Ethiopian officials and rebels said. more >>