by Mustafa Haji Abdinur
30 November 2006
MOGADISHU (AFP) - At least 12 people were killed in a suicide car bomb attack near the seat of the weak Somali government, which is on the brink of war with powerful Islamists, police and witnesses have said.
Police said Thursday two explosives laden vehicles had detonated at the Boynunay checkpoint on the eastern edge of the town of Baidoa, while witnesses insisted that only one, a Toyota saloon car carrying four people, had blown up. more >>
by Emmanuel Goujon
30 November 2006
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - Ethiopia's parliament has authorized the government to take "any legal action" against powerful Islamists in neighboring Somalia, ratcheting up fears for war that could engulf the region.
Lawmakers adopted a resolution Thursday that calls the Islamists, now on the brink of war with the weak Ethiopian-backed Somali government, a "clear and present danger" to Ethiopia and gives approval for the government to combat the threat. more >>
30 November 2006
ADDIS ABABA - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Delegation of the European Commission (EC) to Ethiopia signed a two million euro to strengthen the food security information system in Ethiopia. more >>
30 November 2006
The Nazareth Soap Factory, which was established by two businessmen in 1976, was returned to its rightful owners 26 years after forced nationalisation; but although the return was publicly announced in September 2006, the proprietors have yet to receive the Factory. more >>
By Tedla Yeneakal - Capital
30 November 2006
The volume of Charcoal traded from Ethiopia to the Middle East has considerably increased in the last couple of months, especially to Saudi Arabia and Dubai. more >>
By Eskinder Michael - Capital
30 November 2006
With the Ministry of Education poised on seeing to it that every school in Ethiopia would have a plasma TV screens, the Education Communication Agency under the Addis Ababa City Adminstration Education office purchased 885 Plasna TV Screens for shcools that did't have any before. more >>
By Eskinder Michael - Capital
30 November 2006
Religious clashes in Jimma had resulted in the deaths of eight people and several houses and churches burnt down. Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, in a report to the House of People's Representatives announced that religious leaders from both Islam and Christian religions were responsible in fuelling the troubles. more >>
By Msia Kibona Clark - Washington, DC
29 November 2006
Black Gold: Wake up and Smell the Coffee
Filmed, Directed & Produced by Marc Francis and Nick Francis
78Minutes
The subject of this documentary are the unfair profits that coffee growers in Ethiopia get in relation to to the huge profits multinationals like Nestle, Proctor and Gamble, and Starbucks make every year. Much of the documentary follows Tadesse Meskela, a representative of the Oromio Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union in Southern Ethiopia. Meskela and the Union's struggle is to save 74,000 struggling coffee farmers from bankruptcy. The film also shows the struggles of developing countries in trying to get their voices heard at the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Fifth Ministerial Conference in Cancún, Mexico in 2003. The WTO sets the rules for the global trading system and the film shows how those rules are often determined in favor of the wealthier Western members. more >>
29 November 2006
Addis Ababa – Starbucks CEO, Jim Donald, and his executive team met with Ethiopian President, Meles Zenawi in Ethiopia on Tuesday. more >>
29 November 2006
Nairobi, Kenya (CNSNews.com) - The Horn of Africa appears to be inching towards regional war, amid new threats of Islamist violence as the U.S. prepares to introduce a U.N. Security Council resolution supporting a peacekeeping force to uphold the shaky transitional government in Somalia. more >>
28 November 2006
Addis Ababa - Ethiopia has come under a situation so compelling as to defend itself now that the fundamentalist leadership operating in Somalia under the umbrella of the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) has launched full-blown offensives to realize the Jihad it has repeatedly been declaring against Ethiopia in defiance of the calls brought forth to its attention to take up the peaceful option, says Berhan Hailu, Minister of Information. more >>
28 November 2006
ADDIS ABABA - The tiny but strategic Red Sea state of Djibouti is working all out to become the Horn of Africa’s main regional shipping terminal over the next few years, AFP reported from Djibouti. more >>
28 November 2006
A surprising choice, Ethiopia has finally emerged out of the shadows caused by years of political strife, economic hardship, and famine. Improved infrastructure has made traveling there increasingly popular, especially among independent-minded travelers and those seeking adventure. more >>
28 November 2006
Ethiopian forces have exchanged fire with Islamists in a strategic town north of Somalia's capital, officials of the powerful Islamic movement say.
The Union of Islamic Courts chairman Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed told a rally in Mogadishu that Ethiopian forces began shelling Bandiradley at 0300 GMT. more >>
28 November 2006
At a mini-summit on Sudan in Libya, Eritrea's unpredictable President Issayas Afewerki was urged to mediate in the Darfur conflict and its spillover into Chad and the Central African Republic. Eritrea earlier supplied arms to Darfuri rebels, but has now reconciled with the Khartoum regime. While Sudan's allies favour this mediation, others fear it is a trick to swap mediations on Somalia and Darfur. more >>
27 November 2006
Madeleine Acey, Enterprise Editor, Times Online
Academic warns American chain that customers will go elsewhere if it places
profit before ethics
Starbucks was accused yesterday of “playing Russian roulette” with its brand
as a row over prices for Ethiopian coffee farmers intensified. more >>
27 November 2006
Gedi says he has obligation to take Somali capital from Islamists without giving timeframe.
NAIROBI - Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi vowed Monday that his government, backed by Ethiopia, would take Mogadishu from powerful Islamists now controlling the city, fuelling war fears. more >>
27 November 2006
The anti-Ethiopia campaign, which was launched by some members of European Parliament following last year's parliamentary elections, has violated the Cotonou Agreement, Ethiopia's legislator said Sunday. more >>
27 November 2006
"All our troops in the region are now ready at the front lines to face their enemy,'' said Mohamed Mohamud Agaweine, the military commander for the Council of Islamic Courts in central Somalia. more >>
26 November 2006
Ethiopian 20km champion Deriba Merga completed a memorable year with victory in the men’s race at the 2006 TOYOTA Great Ethiopian Run on Sunday. more >>
26 November 2006
Two letters signed by the leader of a religious movement in Somalia urging terrorist operations in Kenya and Ethiopia led to the latest US travel alert against Kenya. more >>
26 November 2006
Addis Ababa, (WIC) - Ethiopia's response to the repeated declaration of war by the UIC should not be considered as a declaration of war against the jihadist elements of Somalia since the country is committed enough to patiently exhaust all the peaceful means of solving the problem, Prime Minister Meles said. more >>
by Emmanuel Goujon
25 November 2006
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has said his country would not wait for foreign approval to attack powerful Islamists in neighboring Somalia that many fear could lead to a regional war. more >>
by Mustafa Haji Abdinur
25 November 2006
MOGADISHU (AFP) - Somali Islamists have said they poured thousands of fighters and heavy equipment into frontline positions as they braced for clashes with the weak government and its Ethiopian allies. more >>
By MARCUS WOHLSEN
25 November 2006
Two brothers were in police custody Friday after gunfire erupted at another family's Thanksgiving dinner, leaving a widow, her brother and her mother dead. more >>
24 November 2006
MOGADISHU, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Dissident Somali lawmakers on Friday joined Islamists, who control much of southern Somalia, in accusing Ethiopia of preparing to attack the country and said they were ready for a holy war to defend themselves. more >>
23 November 2006
MOGADISHU, Somalia: Somalia's Islamic militia on Thursday invited U.S. government leaders to visit the capital, Mogadishu, a city that has weighed on the minds of Americans since 18 U.S. troops were killed here in 1993. more >>
23 November 2006
MOGADISHU (AFP) - A powerful Somali militia has said it was ready to fight Ethiopian invaders, sparking fears of an all-out war in the lawless African nation. more >>
23 November 2006
Ethiopia has made preparations for a conflict with the Islamists who control
much of southern Somalia, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has told MPs.
The Islamists have repeatedly declared Jihad, or Holy War on Ethiopia, accusing
it of backing their rivals in Somalia's interim government. more >>
23 November 2006
(IHC News) Tens of thousands of Ethiopian Jews in Israel converged on the capital this week to mark Sigd, a festival which celebrates the Jewish connection to Jerusalem and the giving of the Torah to the Jewish people by God at Mt. Sinai. more >>
23 November 2006
ADDIS ABABA, (IRIN) - Support for Ethiopian families affected by the AIDS pandemic has come from an unexpected source - local funeral associations, known as edirs. more >>
By Amber Henshaw - BBC News, Addis Ababa
22 November 2006
Rare Abyssinian lion cubs are being poisoned at a zoo in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, and their bodies are then sold on to be stuffed. more >>
22 November 2006
Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said democratization and good governance are critical elements of Ethiopia's overall program of political, social and economic development. more >>
22 November 2006
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 21 (Reuters) - A Security Council committee decided on Tuesday to give governments accused of illegally funneling weapons to Somalia the chance to question the four U.N. experts who uncovered the alleged deals. more >>
22 November 2006
Tired of damaging hit-and-run accidents, the Addis Ababa City Roads Authority (AACRA) has floated a tender to clean the Ring Road and provide security to prevent future damages. more >>
22 November 2006
The Ethiopian Federal Police Commission's new office complex built near Mexico Square was officially inaugurated in the presence of high government officials on Saturday. more >>
22 November 2006
ADDIS ABABA - The Central Statistics Agency (CSA) said that Ethiopia was elected by the World Bank’s Information Development team for its better position in statistical information development in Sub-Saharan Africa. more >>
22 November 2006
Ethiopia’s first organized commodities market is to be housed in the left wing of the building in the picture, owned by Alsam Plc, a company whose major shares are held by Saber Argaw. The buildings, located on Smuts Street, near Mexico Square, were estimated to cost close to 50 million Br, according to sources. more >>
21 November 2006
afrol News, 20 November - Somalia's Islamist movement, which controls most of the country, is becoming increasingly present on foreign websites propagating jihad against the non-believers and presenting the war in Somalia as part of a global confrontation. In unofficial videos from the Islamists secret training camps, al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is praised. more >>
By Tefera Solomon
21 November 2006
In a late afternoon, on Nov 2, 2006, in Atlanta, Georgia, a 10-year sentence was passed on Khalid Adem, who was found guilty of a criminal act.
The trial took 10 days and culminated in the conviction and sentencing of the defendant to 2 terms of 15 years to be served concurrently, the first 10 in prison and the next 5 on probation for aggravated battery and cruelty to children. more >>
21 November 2006
ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia has been the major beneficiary of the assistance being provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to African countries, USAID/Ethiopia Mission Director said. more >>
21 November 2006
Former New York and Boston City Marathon champion, Rodgers Rop, will lead a strong Kenyan team to the sixth edition of Ethiopia’s annual international 10km race, the 2006 Toyota Great Ethiopian Run, which takes place on November 26. more >>
GETAHUN TIZAZU, THE JERUSALEM POST
20 November 2006
The Ethiopian Jews who came to Israel found themselves faced with a religious establishment that wanted them to recant their age-old faith and accept rabbinic Judaism in its place. In Ethiopia, the kessoch (the plural form of kess, or religious leader) had for centuries wielded undisputed power while they guided their communities. They were religious leaders but also, in collaboration with other elders, mediated conflicts such as domestic disputes. They served the people genuinely and honestly, and the people trusted and respected them. more >>
20 November 2006
People in the street noted in interviews after interviews on the national television that the cost of basic goods has increased faster than wages, making it increasingly difficult for ordinary low income families to afford to even eat two meals a day. Citizens are claiming that life is getting tougher, and getting worse. more >>
20 November 2006
The Monitoring Group has received information that the government has provided arms, ammunition and military personnel in support of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). more >>
20 November 2006
Mogadishu - Somalia's powerful Islamist movement on Sunday claimed to have ambushed an Ethiopian military convoy in southern Somalia, inflicting large numbers of casualties and destroying several armoured vehicles. more >>
19 November 2006
The 2006 TOYOTA Great Ethiopian Run is now just a few days away. 25,000 particpnats have registred for the main 10km race with an additional 3,000 children registered in the AIMS Children Series. more >>
18 November 2006
Dr. Mistlal Kefleyesus Matschie went to Nazareth school before joining the Addis Ababa University . She went to Belgium for her masters and studied International Relations and European Affairs, specializing as a strategist. She received her PhD on verification of international treaties. She is presently a researcher at Harvard University on chemical and biological weapons. more >>
18 November 2006
Mogadishu ( Sh.M.Network) For the first time the Union of Islamic Courts has revealed it is tracking down provinces that, it said, belonged to Somalia but were annexed to neighboring countries, Ethiopia and Kenya. more >>
18 November 2006
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Hundreds of Ethiopians took to the streets of Addis Ababa on Saturday calling for a retrial of an Ethiopian jailed in the United States for circumcising his daughter. more >>
18 November 2006
Representatives of the African youth who spoke in front of the leaders said they need African leaders to renew their commitment and work with the youth for the better Africa. more >>
17 November 2006
Announcement of upcoming events in Washington, D.C. for Ethiopia Reads, an international non-profit that builds libraries and publishes local language books in Ethiopia. The United States Embassy hosts an event on Friday, November 17. Ethiopia Reads believes that books have the power to improve the lives of this generation of young Ethiopians. Our Board president is award-winning children's author Jane Kurtz. more >>
17 November 2006
BRUSSELS, Belgium: African leaders told the European Union on Friday not to lecture them on democracy and said at the close of a development conference that any future partnership had to be one of equals. more >>
17 November 2006
The Islamist group which controls Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, has imposed a curfew after protests over restrictions on the stimulant khat. more >>
16 November 2006
Addis Ababa-An Ethiopian and two Russian companies yesterday signed an agreement providing for the establishment of electric-driven bus manufacturing factory here. more >>
16 November 2006
The United States criticised Eritrea for helping Islamic militia fighting the US-backed interim government in Somalia, but it declined to comment on a UN report that allies Egypt and Saudi Arabia were also aiding the militants. more >>
15 November 2006
afrol News, Eritrean President Issayas Afewerki, who has been in conflict with most of the Horn region's states, now has defined Washington as its historic foe. The US, he says, had fuelled all conflicts Eritrea has ever been involved in. Only two years ago, however, Eritrea tried to market itself as Washington's prime ally in the region. more >>
15 November 2006
Two years after submission and three months after a stern reminder from Minister Girma Birru of Trade and Industry, the Council of Ministers last week finally approved the Memorandum of Foreign Trade Regime (MFTR), the prerequisite for Ethiopia’s accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO). more >>
15 November 2006
BBC News is investigating the changing face of business in Africa, a continent once regarded as a high-risk location for investors but now increasingly a place to do business. more >>
The Daily Monitor (Addis Ababa) - By Hayal Alemayehu
15 November 2006
Sporting a swimming pool at its top tenth floor, the first part of a new 400 million birr five-star hotel - Intercontinental Addis - will open its door for services before the New Ethiopian Millennium sets in, Project Manager Gudeta Regasa disclosed to The Daily Monitor. more >>
14 November 2006
In an extraordinary turnout of bidders interested to lease land for 99 years from the city administration, following the Addis Ababa Caretakers Administration announcement of its first auction since it took office, a plot around Merkato, commonly known as Berbere Tera , was auctioned at 10,000 birr per square meter. more >>
14 November 2006
The much talked about ‘Gottera interchange' commonly known as the ‘Confusion Square' is set to transform into the ultramodern passing over road venture scheduled to be completed in eighteen months time. more >>
14 November 2006
Speaking to hundreds of students, academicians, government officials and diplomats, at a packed Ethiopian Conference Centre, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said that his government was dissatisfied with the quality of graduates coming out of Ethiopian higher education institutions. more >>
14 November 2006
Addis Ababa - A self-help micro hydropower project carried out in Yayee town, Sidama Zone of Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples State, has become one of the 12 finalists to win BBC’s award of World Challenge 2006, Sidama Development Action (SDA) said. more >>
by Mustafa Haji Abdinur
14 November 2006
MOGADISHU (AFP) - Thousands of regional militia allied to Somalia's weak government poured into a key central town, preparing to attack advancing Islamist fighters and further raising fears of all-out war. more >>
By C. Bryson Hull
14 November 2006
NAIROBI (Reuters) - A web of nations and armed groups are fuelling Somalia's march to war, according to a U.N. commissioned report that offers detailed evidence of cooperation between Somali Islamists and established Islamic militants. more >>
13 November 2006
Work on the proposed Sh72 billion high-voltage power transmission line from Ethiopia to Kenya is set to commence next month. more >>
The Daily Monitor (Addis Ababa) - By Yonas Abiye
13 November 2006
The Other Face of Ethiopia (TOFOE), a local foundation engaged in promoting and preserving Ethiopian culture and heritages, announced on Thursday that it will construct an African culture village at Entoto with an outlay of 226 million birr. more >>
13 November 2006
Ethiopia is totally new and exotic
"I can see monkeys in my room"- "I saw camels in my school!" said two participants in the Ethiopian Project for the Chinese Youth Volunteers Association (CYVA) in 2006. more >>
12 November 2006
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) said here Saturday it airlifted essential supplies to flood-affected communities in Gode Zone of Somali State in response to the recent deadly flash flood in southeastern Ethiopia. more >>
12 November 2006
The 4th African fine coffee conference and exhibition will be held in Ethiopia, which is the birthplace of coffee, on February 15-17, 2007, according to a newsletter from the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). more >>
The Daily Monitor (Addis Ababa) - By Dagnachew Teklu
11 November 2006
An aid agreement worth 80 million Euros (nearly 880 ETB) was signed on Thursday between the Ethiopian government and France to finance projects in different development sectors between 2006 and 2010. more >>
11 November 2006
Addis Ababa - Minister of Water Resources Asfaw Dingamo said that favourable conditions have been created that would make the Nile Basin a common asset other than a source of conflict among countries embraced under the Nile Basin cooperation framework. more >>
10 November 2006
Addis Ababa - Ministry of Mines and Energy said that five international companies are engaged in petroleum exploration and development activities in different parts of the country. more >>
10 November 2006
NAIROBI (AFP) - The United States is actively discouraging Ethiopia from invading Somalia to back the country's weak government against powerful Islamists that threaten it, a senior US military official has said. more >>
The Daily Monitor (Addis Ababa) - By Biruk Girma
10 November 2006
Life's Second Chance Foundation, a US-based charity organization on Tuesday disclosed plans to build what is to be the first ever referral hospital for cancer patients with an outlay of 15 million USD (close to 130 million Ethiopian Birr). more >>
10 November 2006
Addis Ababa - Ethiopia was making good progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and has achieved remarkable results in key areas, according to the World Bank. more >>
09 November 2006
There are numerous investment opportunities other than floriculture in Ethiopia for Indian investors, said an Indian senior official on Wednesday. more >>
09 November 2006
Meles Zenawi was born on 8th May 1955 at Adwa in Northern Ethiopia. He received elementary education at Queen Sheba Junior Secondary School and completed High School in 1972 at General Wingate School in Addis Ababa. He then joined the Medical Faculty of Addis Ababa University where he studied for two years. more >>
09 November 2006
Region :Worldwide
Country :Caribbean
Countries, Botswana,
Ethiopia,
Kenya,
Lesotho,
South
Africa, Swaziland,
Tanzania,
Uganda,
Zambia,
Bangladesh,
India,
Pakistan
Topic :Health,
HIV/AIDS,
Fellowships
and Awards
Print and broadcast journalists from selected countries in Asia, Africa and the Caribbean who are interested in writing or producing features on tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS issues are invited to apply for Panos/Stop TB Media Fellowships running from December 2006 to June 2007. Application deadline: December 1. more >>
By Tedla Yeneakal
09 November 2006
Over 1,500 cars are stranded at Djibouti Port following the new directive issued by the Ministry of Revenue in July 2006 that canceled duty free privilege to import mainly vehicles. Their owners, who imported the cars under the privilege claim that they are victim of this new directive issued and implemented while their vehicles were already on the way. more >>
By Andualem Sisay
09 November 2006
Ethiopia wants development driven economic partnership to be reflected in the negotiation document for the Partnership Trade Agreement with the European Union (EU), indicated Ato Geremew Ayalew, Ethiopian negotiation team leader and Head of the Ethiopian Foreign Trade Department at the press briefing announcing Ethiopia's hostage of the 9 th Regional Negotiation Forum from November 2-5, 2006. more >>
Meets with PM Meles
09 November 2006
Mrs. Brigitte Girardin, Minister for Cooperation, Development and Francophony is scheduled to visit Ethiopia from November 9 to 10, 2006. more >>
07 November 2006
Global coffee giant Starbucks has refused to move forward in negotiations with Ethiopia unless it’s on the company’s own terms, according to international agency Oxfam. Oxfam is calling on Starbucks to stop forcing an alternate agreement on Ethiopia, and come to the table – open and willing to negotiate. more >>
06 November 2006
JERUSALEM (AP) - Hundreds of Israelis of Ethiopian descent clashed with police and briefly blocked a main road leading into Jerusalem on Monday in a protest of the Health Ministry's wholesale discarding of donated Ethiopian blood. more >>
06 November 2006
The Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) that ranks countries in terms of the degree to which corruption is perceived to exist among public officials and politicians has put Ethiopia on 130 th place from a total of 163. more >>
06 November 2006
Ethiopian Airlines has announced it would upgrade its passenger service management system by switching from SITA to Sabre IT system as of November 3, 2006. more >>
06 November 2006
ADDIS ABABA, (IRIN PLUSNEWS) - With an estimated 2.6 million children orphaned by HIV/AIDS over the last decade, Ethiopia faces an uphill battle in its attempts to care for these children. more >>
by Francois Bougon
05 November 2006
BEIJING (AFP) - China and Africa have signed trade deals worth 1.9 billion dollars on the final day of a historic summit that saw the Asian giant deepen economic and political ties with the resource-rich continent.
The leaders of China and 48 African nations wrapped up their two-day meet with a joint declaration announcing a new strategic partnership based on "political equality and mutual trust, economic win-win cooperation and cultural exchanges". more >>
05 November 2006
The picture painted by the leader of the Oromo Federalist Democracy Movement (OFDM) is one of an opposition movement cowed and corralled by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's government and security apparatus on all fronts. more >>
05 November 2006
ADDIS ABABA, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Ethiopian police said on Saturday they had stepped up security measures nationwide after the United States warned of possible suicide attacks against neighbouring countries by "extremist elements" in Somalia. more >>
04 November 2006
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will offer $5 billion in loans and credits, and double aid to Africa by 2009, President Hu Jintao said on Saturday, seeking to bolster his country's influence in the under-developed but resource-rich continent. more >>
04 November 2006
The African continent is working for a better future in an unprecedented manner. This is a fact mainly demonstrated by the significant decline of civil strife and the promising economic growth observed in many countries of the continent at present. Africa should be able to sustain this promising course so as to successfully emerge from extreme poverty through developing its massive natural resources. To this effect, the prevalence of sustainable peace in all the regions of the continent is a key precondition. more >>
Harun Hassan
03 November 2006
The blame for all-out war on Somalia must be widely shared among the country's east African neighbours and regional institutions, says Harun Hassan. more >>
Tom Allard National Security Editor
03 November 2006
GLOBAL jihadists have picked Somalia as a potential new safe haven for al-Qaeda, sparking concern among security agencies already overstretched in fighting terrorism around the world. more >>
By Guled Mohamed
03 November 2006
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali Islamists test fired rockets on Friday and prepared for war with the government as the United States warned of possible suicide attacks against neighboring countries. more >>
03 November 2006
Addis Ababa, (WIC) - The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) urged the leadership of Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) split into two to urgently hold a general assembly and submit the list of its elected leaders and members of the assembly. more >>
03 November 2006
Addis Ababa - The Tanzanian government has donated 100,000 US dollars in support of ongoing efforts to rehabilitate flood-displaced citizens. more >>
By Steve Bloomfield and Anne Penketh
03 November 2006
Somalia faces the prospect of all-out war, the country's Foreign Minister has said, warning that Islamist forces in the country are receiving support from al-Qa'ida. more >>
02 November 2006
NAIROBI (AFP) - The United States has warned US citizens in Kenya and Ethiopia to the threat of suicide attacks from extremist Islamists in Somalia now girding for battle with the country's weak government. more >>
By Tsegaye Tadesse
02 November 2006
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The jailing of an Ethiopian in the United States for circumcising his daughter with scissors has fueled a passionate debate across Africa, with many approving the punishment but some urging understanding. more >>
02 November 2006
Peace talks between Somalia's transitional government and Islamists have
been postponed, mediators in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, say.
The talks have been placed on indefinite hold after the two sides refused
to meet face-to-face, a statement said. more >>
01 November 2006
Ethiopia is locked into a vicious downward spiral of food aid dependency,
a crop monitoring agency has warned.
The Famine Early Warning System says 10.4 million people are dependent on
aid and Ethiopia has a chronically high level of food insecurity. more >>
01 November 2006
(ADDIS ABABA) — British parliamentary delegation praised the democratic change in Ethiopia, saying the existing democracy in the country is encouraging. more >>
01 November 2006
afrol News, 31 October - The US government and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan both have warned Eritrea and Ethiopia they should stay out of the war in Somalia, as evidence accumulates the two foes are heading towards a proxy war in that country. Eritrea supports the Somali Jihadists with arms and troops, while Ethiopia supports the transitional government. more >>