30 November, 2008
MOGADISHU (Xinhua) -- With Ethiopia's announcement of withdrawing its troops from Somalia by the end of the year, as well as the signing and culmination of the Djibouti peace and power-sharing agreements between the Somali transitional government and a major opposition faction, the political and military equations within the war-torn Horn of Africa country have changed, say analysts, but the future remains "as dark as ever." more >>
29 November, 2008
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who deployed troops to Somalia to crush an Islamist movement, has urged stronger action against rampant piracy off the lawless Horn of Africa state. more >>
29 November, 2008
MUMBAI (AFP) – Indian commandos on Saturday killed the last remaining gunmen in Mumbai's Taj hotel to end a devastating attack by Islamic militants on India's financial capital that left 195 dead, including 26 foreigners. more >>
28 November, 2008
Capital - Built by Fincantieri-Cantieri Navali Italiani, in Venice, Andinet, one of the nine ships operated by Ethiopian Shipping Lines (ESL) came under attack by the notorious Somali pirates. more >>
28 November, 2008
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia said on Friday it would withdraw its troops from Somalia by the end of this year, piling pressure on Somalia's feuding government and African nations that had promised to send peacekeepers. more >>
27 November, 2008
MUMBAI (AFP) – Indian commandos fought to end a multiple hostage crisis Thursday in Mumbai, battling Islamist gunmen holding foreign guests in two luxury hotels after attacks across the city left over 125 dead. more >>
27 November, 2008
The Ethiopian government should immediately free 53 ethnic Oromos arrested several weeks ago on allegations of support for terrorism if it cannot credibly charge them, Human Rights Watch said today. more >>
27 November, 2008
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia said on Wednesday a government-funded probe had found no evidence to support reports by a rights group that its military committed war crimes during a campaign against rebels in the eastern Ogaden region. more >>
26 November, 2008
The Transitional Somali government and a main opposition faction, the Alliance for the Reliberation of Somalia (ARS) have finalized a power-sharing deal during talks in Djibouti more >>
26 November, 2008
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia has released 44 Oromo Liberation Front rebels from jail for good behaviour during their imprisonment and for expressing remorse. more >>
25 November, 2008
BBC News, Addis Ababa - Non-governmental organisations in Ethiopia are waiting anxiously to see if the effects of a proposed new law will stunt their growth or stop their operations altogether. more >>
25 November, 2008
TEL AVIV, Israel (UPI) -- Israeli Air Force jets scrambled Tuesday to intercept a civilian Ethiopian plane that approached Israel's airspace without identifying itself, officials said. more >>
25 November, 2008
GAZA CITY (AFP) – Israel reacted on Tuesday to militant rocket fire by again sealing off the Gaza Strip, where officials said the territory's sole power plant was forced to shut down because of the crippling blockade. more >>
24 November, 2008
Addis Fortune - The management of Ethiopian Airlines (Ethiopian) has outlined a new five-year strategic plan to reach an annual revenue of 1.5 billion dollars following the remarkable achievement in what the airline calls "Vision 2010". more >>
24 November, 2008
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somali pirates holding a Saudi supertanker after the largest hijacking in maritime history have reduced their ransom demand to $15 million, an Islamist leader and regional maritime group both said on Monday. more >>
24 November, 2008
Irish Times A TRADE mission of 40 Irish lawyers and business people left for Ethiopia yesterday to develop links between the two countries and encourage investment in the African state. more >>
23 November, 2008
Reporter - The Ethiopian Airlines announced yesterday it has signed an agreement with Bombardier to purchase eight Q400 Next Generation turboprop aircraft, the first delivery of which is scheduled for September 2010. more >>
23 November, 2008
The Independent - Ethiopia is demanding that Britain's museums return some of its most significant religious treasures. more >>
21 November, 2008
(Addis Fortune) The US Embassy in Addis Abeba has advised its staff and citizens to shy away from the increasingly popular, biggest annual road race to take place next Sunday, November 23, 2008, in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. more >>
21 November, 2008
MOGADISHU (AFP) – Somali pirates who hijacked a Saudi oil super-tanker demanded a 25 million dollar ransom Thursday amid calls for tougher action to end threats to one of the world's key maritime routes. more >>
21 November, 2008
canada.com Analysts at Jane's Terrorism and Security Monitor are warning that Somali pirates have formed partnerships with some of the country's Islamist insurgents, particularly those belonging to the al-Shabab insurgent group. more >>
21 November, 2008
(UN NEWS CENTRE) United Nations humanitarian agencies are preparing to send emergency supplies to southern and eastern Ethiopia, where flash floods following heavy rains have displaced locals and damaged about 2,000 hectares of cropland. more >>
19 November, 2008
Ethiopia remains banned from international football after the failure of talks aimed at resolving the dispute which has split the country's football federation (EFF). more >>
17 November, 2008
Pirates have seized a giant Saudi-owned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean off the Kenyan coast and news of the attack raised crude oil prices on global markets following an earlier slump, Reuters news agency reported. more >>
17 November, 2008
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Rival Islamist militia have fought in a town just outside Somalia's capital Mogadishu, illustrating splits in the forces ranged against the government and its Ethiopian military backers. more >>
16 November, 2008
The federal prosecution last week cancelled the death sentence which the Third Bench of the Federal High Court had passed against Demisew Zerihum, the man who was accused of attempted murder on a young woman called Kamilat Mehdi two years ago. more >>
14 November, 2008
A prehistoric pelvis discovered in Ethiopia has given researchers new clues about how early humans developed, a study released on Thursday says. more >>
14 November, 2008
APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) The African Development Bank (AfDB) announced on Friday preparations to hold a major private sector development forum on Ethiopia’s economy on 24 November under the theme “Financing Ethiopia’s Continued Growth”. more >>
14 November, 2008
BRUSSELS (AFP) – The economy of the 15 nations sharing the euro has slumped into recession for the first time ever, EU data released Friday revealed, with GDP falling 0.2 percent in the second and third quarters. more >>
14 November, 2008
Hon. Ana Gomes, member of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament and the Head of the EU Observation Mission at the Ethiopian Elections in May 2005, has been praised by many activists and opposition supporters in Ethiopia, but denounced by Ethiopia's ruling party. She spoke with Yeroo newspaper (Jimma Times) about the state of democracy in Ethiopia, OLF, stability in the region and about Ginbot 7 organization established by her close friend Berhanu Nega living in exile more >>
13 November, 2008
Addis Ababa (AU) - To the sound of horns, the revving of engines by the assembled construction vehicles and much applause from the delegates, the start of the construction of the new African Union Conference Center in Addis Ababa, was officially declared more >>
13 November, 2008
Nokia said Ethiopian market is strategic and promising to the company. As Ethiopia is one of the strategies and promising market of Nokia more >>
13 November, 2008
FRANKFURT (AFP) – Germany, Europe's biggest economy, entered recession Thursday amid more heavy falls on stock markets after the US scrapped plans to buy up toxic mortgage assets at the heart of the financial crisis. more >>
13 November, 2008
MOGADISHU, Somalia – A Somali Islamist militia that the U.S. calls a terror organization seized a key port town Wednesday, giving it control of most of southern Somalia and sidelining the weak government. more >>
13 November, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microchip maker Intel Corp on Wednesday warned that its revenue would be about 14 percent below its previous forecast due to weak demand around the globe more >>
11 November, 2008
China's top legislator Wu Bangguo said here on Monday that his country attaches great importance to its development of relations with Ethiopia. more >>
11 November, 2008
ANGELINA JOLIE and BRAD PITT are planning to take their young family on a trip to Ethiopia - to show them how to help people in the Third World. more >>
11 November, 2008
The Federal Government sacked Abe Sano, president of the state-owned Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) last Friday, November 7, 2008. more >>
11 November, 2008
The Oromia Regional State has established a new Special Zone to administer the eight small towns around the territories of the Addis Abeba City Administration. more >>
10 November, 2008
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Miriam Makeba, the South African singer who wooed the world with her sultry voice but was banned from her own country for 30 years under apartheid, died early Monday after a concert in Italy. more >>
08 November, 2008
(Reporter) The African Union Commission will hold a ground-breaking ceremony on Monday for the construction of its new conference centre and headquarters that will cost over USD100 million. more >>
08 November, 2008
WASHINGTON – It popped out casually, a throwaway line as he talked to reporters about finding the right puppy for his young daughters. more >>
08 November, 2008
A group of more than 200 Somali MPs are stranded in the Kenyan capital a week after attending a regional summit. more >>
08 November, 2008
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) – Farmers in southern Ethiopian stoned to death a senior rebel figure suspected of organising fatal blasts in the capital Addis Ababa, police said Friday. more >>
06 November, 2008
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) – Eritrean President Isaias Afeworki on Thursday voiced hope that US president-elect Barack Obama would change his country's policy in the Horn of Africa, a region blighted by conflicts. more >>
06 November, 2008
Lava flow from a volcanic explosion in Ethiopia's remote north-eastern Afar region has covered a record area, researchers say. more >>
06 November, 2008
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) — Ethiopian police have arrested the alleged masterminds of a plot to carry out attacks in the capital Addis Ababa, state media said Thursday. more >>
05 November, 2008
WASHINGTON – Barack Obama was elected the nation's first black president Tuesday night in a historic triumph that overcame racial barriers as old as America itself. more >>
04 November, 2008
Democrat Barack Obama joined the nation's earliest voters Tuesday as people around the nation began lining up to cast ballots in a historic election pitting Republican John McCain against the man seeking to become the first black president in U.S. history. more >>
04 November, 2008
APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) The Ethiopian federal police and the anti-terrorist task force warned on Tuesday afternoon that security forces have information that suggests the country is under the threat of a “terrorist attack”. more >>
03 November, 2008
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (Sub-Saharan Informer) - How many days left to the election? It has become day to day conversation in people’s lives in Ethiopia. What happened in the debate? His speech was great, better than John McCain’s? more >>
03 November, 2008
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Barack Obama says that his grandmother has died. The Democratic presidential candidate announced the news in a joint statement with his sister Maya Soetoro-Ng. He said his grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, had died peacefully after a battle with cancer. more >>
03 November, 2008
TUNIS (AFP) – Ethiopian film "Teza" scooped four main awards at Africa's Carthage Film Festival Saturday, including the coveted Golden Tanit for its "modesty and genius." more >>
03 November, 2008
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia said on Monday an opposition leader had been arrested for working with insurgent groups opposed to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's government. more >>
01 November, 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - Ethiopian Airlines is setting a new target of sales of "at least" $1.5 billion by 2015 after coming close to its achieving its 2010 aim of $1 billion sales this year, chief executive Girma Wake told Reuters on Thursday. more >>
01 November, 2008
MOGADISHU (AFP) – Somalia's top Islamist leader, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, has returned to his Jowhar stronghold, north of Mogadishu, two years after being ousted by an Ethiopian invasion, a local official told AFP. more >>
01 November, 2008
Editor-in-chief of the Reporter newspapers’ Amare Aregawi was brutally assaulted late Friday by individuals whose identity was not determined until the time this paper went to press. more >>
01 November, 2008
The Kenyan president's party is meeting to discuss a controversial report on January's post-poll clashes a day after his prime minister's party rejected it. more >>