By Sue Pleming
30 November, 2007
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit Ethiopia next week for meetings on the conflicts in the volatile African Great Lakes region and Sudan and Somalia, said the State Department on Thursday. more >>
By Peter Heinlein - Addis Ababa VOA
30 November, 2007
Ethiopia's leader is predicting that a deadline for marking the disputed border with rival Eritrea will pass without incident. Tensions along the frontier have been high in recent weeks with both sides massing troops in anticipation of a resumption of the border war the two countries fought from 1998 to 2000. VOA's Peter Heinlein reports from the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. more >>
By Melissa Allison - Seattle Times business reporter
29 November, 2007
Starbucks plans to open a farmer-support center in Ethiopia next year, the company announced Wednesday as Chairman Howard Schultz met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. more >>
By ANITA POWELL, Associated Press Writer
29 November, 2007
KEBRIDEHAR, Ethiopia - In the desert stretches of eastern Ethiopia, locals accuse soldiers fighting an insurgency of burning villages to the ground, committing gang rape and killing people "like goats." more >>
by Bogonko Bosire
28 November, 2007
NAIROBI (AFP) - More than one billion trees were planted around the world in 2007, with Ethiopia and Mexico leading in the drive to combat climate change through new lush forest projects, a UN report said Wednesday. more >>
28 November, 2007
John Holmes, the U.N.'s humanitarian chief, visited the remote region Tuesday. In recent months, Ethiopia has expelled the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Dutch branch of Medecins Sans Frontieres from Ogaden. more >>
By Alisha Ryu - Nairobi VOA
28 November, 2007
Hundreds, possibly thousands, of civilians in two central Somali regions have reportedly fled their homes in fear, after an ambush Monday on Ethiopian troops triggered a fierce gun battle with Islamist fighters. VOA correspondent Alisha Ryu reports from our East Africa Bureau in Nairobi. more >>
The Daily Monitor (Addis Ababa)
28 November, 2007
Ethiopia has joined the global anti-abuse campaign which is being celebrated all over the world with the main theme: Eliminating men's violence against women. more >>
27 November, 2007
Britain’s newly appointed Minister for International Development, Shriti Vadera, has described Ethiopia’s economy as “very successful”, but shunned reporters’ questions on whether she thinks it is based on free market principles. more >>
27 November, 2007
As forging signatures on stolen checks has become an obsolete crime, the Federal Police Commission is cautioning banks on the rise of a new technique to defraud checking account holders. more >>
By Peter Heinlein - VOA Correspondent in Addis Ababa
27 November, 2007
Short wave radio monitors have confirmed that VOA broadcasts to Ethiopia in the Amharic and Afan Oromo languages have been jammed for the past two weeks. VOA Correspondent in Addis Ababa Peter Heinlein reports Ethiopia's government denies responsibility for the interference. more >>
By Tsegaye Tadesse
27 November, 2007
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Three days before a deadline for demarcating their disputed border, Ethiopia said on Tuesday it had no plans for another bout of fighting with arch-foe Eritrea but would crush any attempt by Asmara to invade. more >>
27 November, 2007
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has acknowledged that his troops cannot withdraw from the conflict in Somalia. more >>
26 November, 2007
MONACO (Reuters) - American double world sprint champion Tyson Gay and Ethiopian distance runner Meseret Defar were named the 2007 World Athletes of the Year on Sunday. more >>
26 November, 2007
Addis Ababa - The Ministry of Education said utmost efforts are underway to send all school age children to school with a view to meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). more >>
26 November, 2007
Addis Ababa - The Great Ethiopian Run of the new Ethiopia Millennium that attracted over 30,000 people was held on Sunday in Addis Ababa City. more >>
By Elizabeth Blunt - BBC News, Addis Ababa
25 November, 2007
The tribes of the South Omo Valley in Ethiopia recently held a gathering to discuss shared concerns and invited their neighbours from the Kenyan and Sudan borders. more >>
By Peter Heinlein - Addis Ababa VOA
24 November, 2007
World marathon record holder Haile Gebrselassie is hosting Ethiopia's biggest road race this Sunday. The 7th annual Great Ethiopian Run is expected to draw 35,000 entrants. VOA's correspondent in Addis Ababa, Peter Heinlein, reports Gebrselassie was the surprise honoree at a pre-race news conference. more >>
24 November, 2007
Kenya Cooperates to Crush Rebels
Last week, Ethiopia and Kenya have formally agreed to coordinate security operations against Oromo National Liberation Front (ONLF) rebels operating along the Ethiopia-Kenya border. Both countries have been informally cooperating for several months. more >>
The Daily Monitor (Addis Ababa)
24 November, 2007
Marking the Day of the African Statistics on Tuesday, Ethiopia launched the new version of EthioinfoV2, in a bid to expand the dissemination of information pertaining to socioeconomic and human development. more >>
24 November, 2007
Monday 26th November 2007 will see the introduction of a new line of premium strawberries – the very first to come out of Ethiopia. Fruit World Breda (Netherlands) has selected Ethiopia’s only strawberry grower Ilan Tot plc to supply them with premium fruit for their European Black Label line. more >>
Peter Martell Asmara, Eritrea
23 November, 2007
Holding up a grubby, worn banknote, the ex-rebel fighter points proudly to an image famous across Eritrea -- defiant liberation soldiers raising a flag on a mountain peak. more >>
By VOA News Washington
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE JENDAYI FRAZER INTERVIEW WITH VOA STATE DEPARTMENT CORRESPONDENT DAVID GOLLUST
22 November, 2007
The Somalia conflict has been described by some as a proxy struggle between Ethiopia and Eritrea and in the last several days, the United States has issued several public appeals to both countries to show restraint. more >>
22 November, 2007
ETHIOPIAN ANTI-POVERTY CAMPAIGNERS REMAIN IN JAIL Verdict on ActionAid worker and colleague is postponed again more >>
By Jack Kimball
21 November, 2007
ASMARA, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Eritrea said on Wednesday arch-foe Ethiopia had "long since declared war" on Asmara by refusing to implement a five-year-old border ruling marking their shared frontier. more >>
20 November, 2007
It took a 7,000 mile journey for the congregation of New York City's Abyssinian Baptist Church to find themselves.
One-hundred-and-sixty members of this historic Harlem house of worship traveled in September to Ethiopia on modern-day pilgrimage to birthplace of the church's founders. more >>
By KATHARINE HOURELD, Associated Press Writer
20 November, 2007
AFGOYE, Somalia - After the last of Faduma Guled Awale's three brothers was killed in the Somali capital in October, the mother of 10 fled Mogadishu, walking through the night with her children and carrying nothing but the clothes they wore. more >>
By Kirubel Tadesse - Capital
19 November, 2007
The U.S Embassy has announced that all non- immigrant visa applications for tourist, student and others can only be made through the internet starting from Thursday November 15, 2007. more >>
By Tewedage Sintayehu - Capital
19 November, 2007
The recent visits by the Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin to Russia, France and the Uk, all UN Security Council member countries, is intended to non-event the International Boundary Commission’s warning to fix the Ethio-Eritrean border on maps unless the two countries mark the border physically till the end of November, diplomatic sources told Capital. more >>
By Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
19 November, 2007
ROME (CNS) -- The 14 Catholic missionaries forced to leave Eritrea in mid-November are torn between telling the world about the growing loss of rights and increasing poverty in the country and staying quiet in the hope that the government will let them return. more >>
18 November, 2007
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - Ethiopian track heavyweight Kenenisa Bekele on Saturday married 22-year-old Dannawit Gebregziabher, an up-and-coming actress in Ethiopia's fledgling film industry. more >>
18 November, 2007
Addis Ababa - Prime Minster Meles Zenawi said irrespective of provocations on the part of the Eritrean government, Ethiopia would only react if there is full-scale invasion on the country’s territory. more >>
By Tsegaye Tadesse
17 November, 2007
AWASA, Ethiopia (Reuters) - The mother of an Ethiopian baby adopted by Angelina Jolie denied on Saturday that she had ever challenged the adoption, and said she was happy her daughter had found a home with the Hollywood star. more >>
17 November, 2007
(CSRwire) LONDON and ADDIS ABABA - A London based independent coffee importer, D.R. Wakefield (DRW), has joined the network of licensed distributors for Ethiopia's trademarked coffees of Sidamo, Yirgacheffe, Harar/Harrar. D.R. Wakefield has already shown its willingness to be an active member of the network, reaching out to other roasters and encouraging them to sign the initiative. Wakefield's recent signing brings the number of UK coffee roasters and distributors to eight. more >>
15 November, 2007
Ethiopia fully accepts the call of the UN Security Council President made late Tuesday on the situation between Ethiopia and Eritrea, the Ministry of foreign Affairs said. more >>
15 November, 2007
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Angelina Jolie's adoption of an Ethiopian baby was legal, the agency involved said on Thursday, rejecting reports that the child's relatives want her back. more >>
By VICKI HUDDLESTON and TIBOR NAGY - New York Times
15 November, 2007
NINE years ago, two nations began the first modern war in sub-Saharan Africa, leaving in two years more than 100,000 dead. Today Eritrea and Ethiopia could reignite their old border conflict. Arms and money from radicals throughout the Middle East, as well as troops trained in Eritrea, have strengthened an insurgency in Ogaden Province, in southeastern Ethiopia. more >>
14 November, 2007
Hollywood mega-celebrities Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have purchased the Ethiopia island of Dubai's internationally renowned "The World" development. more >>
13 November, 2007
Zwedru, Liberia – Nearly 1,800 Ethiopian troops serving with the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) have been presented with UN Peacekeeping medals for their invaluable contribution to the peace process at a ceremony that coincided with celebrations of the Ethiopian new Millennium – based on the Julian calendar. more >>
BY JOYCE NJERI (Inside Africa)/Khaleej Times Online
13 November, 2007
RECENTLY, on September 11 precisely, people from all over Ethiopia flocked in Addis Ababa, the country’s capital, to usher in the new Millennium, more than seven years after the rest of the world marked the 21st century. A host of other African and international leaders attended the event as well. Fireworks lit up the sk¬y above the city, as revellers gathered in the streets for a cultural festival to welcome the new millennium. How could this be possible? more >>
Written by Mammo Muchie - Business Daily Africa
13 November, 2007
Ethiopia as a nation of nearly 80 million people makes it amongst the three most populous countries in Africa. Peace and political and ideological stability is not only critical for Ethiopia, it is also even more critical to all the peoples, states and regions of the wider Horn of Africa and indeed Africa in general. more >>
12 November, 2007
Due to illegal interceptions of incoming international calls, the Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation (ETC) loses over 80 million Br in revenue each year, sources disclosed. more >>
By Andualem Sisay - Capital
12 November, 2007
Rus-Afro Trolley Bus plc, an Ethio-Russia electric bus manufacturing company registered in Ethiopia with 160 mln USD capital, has chosen the first two lines that will be used by its electric buses in Addis Ababa. more >>
12 November, 2007
The British embassy in Addis Ababa is becoming the first ever embassy in Ethiopia to outsource the granting of visas to a private company. more >>
Bekele follows Campbell down marriage path
11 November, 2007
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Only a week after World 100m champion Veronica Campbell of Jamaica got married, Ethiopia’s triple World and 2004 Olympic 10,000m champion Kenenisa Bekele has announced he will marry film actress Danawit Gebregziabher at a wedding ceremony on Sunday 18 November 2007. more >>
11 November, 2007
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Low-cost computers meant to usher poor children worldwide into the digital age are being mass produced in China as US nonprofit One Laptop Per Child strives to deliver on its promise. more >>
11 November, 2007
At least 60 people are now believed to have been killed in violence that has rocked the Somali capital, Mogadishu, for the past three days. more >>
10 November, 2007
President of the Ethiopian International Institute of Peace and Development (EIIPD), Professor Kinfe Abraham, passed away at age 57 on Thursday, his office told The Reporter. more >>
10 November, 2007
The chairman of the newly formed political party, the Union of Tigrians for Democracy and Sovereignty (UTDS), admitted that he and his previous party, TPLF, had committed serious mistakes concerning Ethio-Eritrean relations. more >>
By Jack Kimball
10 November, 2007
ASMARA (Reuters) - Eritrea's president laid most of the blame for its five-year border impasse with Ethiopia on the United Nations on Saturday. more >>
The move could help the country's coffee growers to earn some $88 million more per year.
By Matthew Clark | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
09 November, 2007
Yirgacheffe, Ethiopia - Nestled in the hills of southern Ethiopia lies a resource that could catapult
this nation forward: coffee.
Connoisseurs worldwide savor the beans from Yirgacheffe for their distinctive
flavor. And at a time when more consumers are targeting specialty brews, Ethiopia
is poised to reap the rewards of a product that commands $10 per pound in
the United States. more >>
08 November, 2007
ADDIS ABABA (IRIN) - UN agencies have begun to deploy staff in Ethiopia's Somali region in an effort to step up humanitarian aid delivery to the area, officials said. more >>
08 November, 2007
Gete Wami collected her $500,000 prize as winner of the World Marathon Majors women's title on Monday but the Ethiopian was still dissatisfied with her second place in the New York City Marathon over the weekend. more >>
08 November, 2007
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon expressed serious concern Wednesday about the military buildup along the border between arch-rivals Eritrea and Ethiopia and stalled efforts to demarcate the disputed frontier. more >>
By ANITA POWELL - Associated Press Writer
07 November, 2007
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- Students at Ethiopia's top religious college are protesting the close ties between the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and the government, alleged restrictions on their speech - and Beyonce's recent meeting with their patriarch. more >>
06 November, 2007
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - Several United Nations agencies have been cleared to start relief work in Ethiopia's troubled Ogaden region, where government troops have been battling Somali ethnic rebels, the UN said Monday. more >>
05 November, 2007
The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia has licensed four new parties to operate in Ethiopia, thus paving the way for them to participate in the upcoming replacement elections, it was learnt on Thursday. more >>
Africa Briefing N°48 - International Crisis Group
05 November, 2007
The risk that Ethiopia and Eritrea will resume their war in the next several weeks is very real. A military build-up along the common border over the past few months has reached alarming proportions. more >>
By JOSHUA ROBINSON - New York Times
05 November, 2007
Smiling through her post-race news conference yesterday, Gete Wami of Ethiopia did not look like someone who had spent the entire New York City Marathon within touching distance of first place, only to fall to second in the homestretch. more >>
David Batty and agencies - Guardian Unlimited
02 November, 2007
Doctors have long argued over the health effects of coffee, but its reputation looks set to receive a boost thanks to a new flavoured condom that aims to encourage safer sex in Ethiopia. more >>
By Barry Malone
02 November, 2007
SHERE, Ethiopia (Reuters) - When Ethiopia and Eritrea went to war nine years ago, Mullu Brhane was living in a town on the Ethiopian side of the border and his father lived just a few miles away in Eritrea. more >>
By FRANK LITSKY - New York Times
01 November, 2007
A marathon may be a physical punishment, but some runners seem to be gluttons. A few have tried to run one each week. Last year, one man ran 50 in 50 states in 50 days. more >>
01 November, 2007
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - Ethiopia on Thursday reaffirmed its support for the weak Somali government facing political upheavals and an insurgency in the capital Mogadishu, partly because Ethiopian troops are deployed there. more >>