By Amber Henshaw - BBC News, Mekele
31 October 2006
In Biblical times they said "turn your swords into ploughshares", now in northern Ethiopia a tradesman is bringing the saying into the 21st century. more >>
31 October 2006
At least 67 people have been killed by floods in Ethiopia's eastern Ogaden region, aid workers say. more >>
Parliament is scheduled to debate the controversial report an Inquiry Commission produced after a 10-month investigation in to what happened following the May 2005 national elections.
31 October 2006
Finally, the most anticipated and controversial report produced by an Inquiry Commission established by parliament in January 2006 is out: in addition to the 193 people died, it estimated the loss on property caused as a result of electoral violence in June and November 2005 at 4.45 million Br. more >>
30 October 2006
In its endeavor to match with the strong demand for its services in the Sudan, Ethiopian Airlines is set to launch services to Juba, its second destination in the same African country, effective November 16, 2006. Ethiopian will serve Juba with three flights a week with same day return flights. more >>
30 October 2006
Addis Ababa - A Canadian tour group with the motto “Small World Big Picture Expedition Africa” that is travelling across nine African countries arrived in Addis Friday. more >>
30 October 2006
ADDIS ABABA, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Opposition politicians in Ethiopia on Monday dismissed a probe into two bouts of 2005 post-election violence as an attempted cover-up because it failed to accuse security services of using excessive force. more >>
Ali Musa Abdi - AFP
30 October 2006
KHARTOUM -- Somalia's powerful Islamist movement Monday accused neighboring Ethiopia of "declaring war" on them, as they awaited the delayed resumption of peace talks here with the country's weak government. more >>
29 October 2006
Addis Ababa, (WIC) - The African Union (AU) disclosed that it would hold the first Pan African Cultural Congress (PACC) here from 13-15 November. more >>
28 October 2006
Oct 27, 2006 (ADDIS ABABA) — The Africa Center for Strategic Studies opened its first regional office in Ethiopia October 26 with a ceremony at the office site, which is located within the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa. more >>
28 October 2006
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - A river burst its banks in southeastern Ethiopia killing 15 people and displacing more than 2,000, the state-run Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) said on Saturday. more >>
By Amber Henshaw, BBC News Ethiopia
27 October 2006
A European Commission lawyer who was arrested in Ethiopia last week while trying to cross the border into Kenya has been freed without charge. more >>
26 October 2006
The Ethiopian Customs Authority extended the deadline it previously set for legalizing duty free vehicles that are illegally transferred to third parties by one month. more >>
26 October 2006
KALITI, Ethiopia -- Ethiopian opposition figures accused of plotting a coup after disputed elections last year disparaged the electoral process and urged supporters to arm themselves, a court heard Wednesday. more >>
26 October 2006
LONDON (Reuters) - The charity Oxfam has accused Starbucks of stopping Ethiopia trade-marking two of its coffee bean types, denying farmers potential income of nearly 50 million pounds. more >>
By Andrew Cawthorne - 26 October 2006
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - An inquiry set up by Ethiopia's parliament into two bouts of 2005 post-election violence found 193 civilians and six policemen died, according to a copy of the report seen by Reuters on Wednesday. more >>
26 October 2006
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and five other senior government officials were named on an opposition assassination list, a witness said on Wednesday at a treason and genocide trial of opposition members. more >>
26 October 2006
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia A U.N. peacekeeper shot and killed an Eritrean civilian close to the border with Ethiopia, which the peacekeepers patrol, officials said Thursday. more >>
25 October 2006
Addis Ababa kicked out the two diplomats last week, saying they had been caught trying to smuggle two wanted Ethiopians out of the country by car.
Ethiopia considers a spat over the expulsion of two European Union officials a closed matter despite Brussels' threat of "consequences" over the affair, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said. more >>
By Andrew Cawthorne - 25 October 2006
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's tiny neighbour Eritrea has nearly 10,000 soldiers and militia inside a U.N. buffer zone on their disputed border in a "flagrant" breach of a ceasefire, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said. more >>
25 October 2006
The Federal Transport Authority (FTA) issued a directive last week which requires that cross country public transport vehicles include standardized services. more >>
24 October 2006
DDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said on Tuesday Ethiopia was "technically" at war with Somalia's Islamists because they had declared jihad on his nation. more >>
24 October 2006
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia agreed on Tuesday to exhibit its world-acclaimed archaeological find -- the 3.2 million-year-old remains of a female hominid known as Lucy -- and 190 other heritage items in America, officials said. more >>
23 October 2006
Leaders of Somalia's powerful Islamist movement have urged Muslim Ethiopians to revolt against their government and said that their armed followers were preparing to drive Ethiopian troops out of Somalia.
Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, leader of the Islamic Courts Union, also told all Somalis to take up arms against Ethiopian troops assisting the Somali government. more >>
By Andrew Cawthorne
23 October 2006
ADDIS ABABA, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Tensions between Ethiopia's government and Mogadishu's new Islamist rulers have sparked fear among Addis Ababa citizens of a new conflict, but has also inflamed nationalist passions against traditional rival Somalia. more >>
23 October 2006
Mogadishu - Somalia's powerful Islamist movement called on Monday for the start of a threatened "holy war" against Ethiopian troops allegedly on Somali territory, saying their graves would litter the country. more >>
By Andrew Cawthorne
23 October 2006
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Horn of Africa power Ethiopia warned on Monday it would intervene if Somali Islamists attacked the interim government amid a standoff over a key town that has heightened fears of all-out war. more >>
By James Butty, Washington, D.C.
23 October 2006
The Ethiopian government has described as “rubbish” allegations that its security forces killed 193 people who were part of an opposition protest against alleged election fraud last year. The allegations were made by Wolde-Michael Meshesha, vice chairman of a 10-member government-appointed independent inquiry commission. That commission has yet to release its findings. But from an undisclosed location in Europe, Wolde-Michael, who said he fled Ethiopia, repeated his commission’s findings in an interview with VOA English to Africa reporter James Butty. more >>
21 October 2006
Addis Ababa - A former Ethiopian official extradited from the United States on Friday has started a life sentence with hard labour for his role in the Red Terror purges of the 1970s, prosecutors said on Saturday. more >>
By Guled Mohamed
21 October 2006
MOGADISHU, (Reuters) - Somali government troops chased fighters loyal to the country's newly powerful Islamists from a key southern town on Saturday, raising the spectre of a head-on clash between the Horn of Africa rivals. more >>
21 October 2006
Addis Ababa - Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said Eritrea by moving its military force into the buffer zone has violated the Algiers agreement. more >>
21 October 2006
Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said that sustaining the economic growth registered in the country over the last three consecutive years would help address the price hike of grains witnessed now in the country. more >>
20 October 2006
Addis Ababa, (ENA) - The United Nations (UN) warned Eritrea on Wednesday that its shift of troops and tanks into a U.N. buffer zone along the Ethiopian border could raise tensions in the region and harm residents. more >>
20 October 2006
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia Police arrested two foreigners working with the European Union in Ethiopia on Thursday because they were trying to help two Ethiopians wanted for serious crimes cross the southern border with Kenya, state-owned Ethiopian TV reported. more >>
20 October 2006
By Apolinari Tairo l eTN Asia
The world’s biggest commercial aircraft super jumbo, Airbus A360, touched down at the Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa Bole International Airport Monday evening, making this Eastern African country the first African nation to welcome the most modern commercial airline in the world. more >>
19 October 2006
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on Thursday urged Eritrea and rebel groups he said it supports to talk peace and stop trying to destabilise his Horn of Africa country. more >>
19 October 2006
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Somalia's Islamist fighters -- backed by foreign troops -- have neared Ethiopia's border, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said on Thursday, vowing to attack the "jihadists" if they crossed the frontier. more >>
19 October 2006
Ethiopia's prime minister has for the first time admitted to having a military presence inside Somalia.
Meles Zenawi told parliament that he had sent military trainers to help the beleaguered interim government. more >>
18 October 2006
In one of the first major decisions taken by the current city Lease Board, around 2,700 Ethiopians living outside the country who formed housing associations are to be given 150sqm of land out of which 50sqm will be free from lease payments. These potential residents, who live all over the world, organized themselves in 143 associations, each one having between 10 and 32 people. more >>
18 October 2006
Abebe Bikila was exceptionally talented at the marathon, winning two gold medals, setting world records, in the process heralding a new era in marathon running, one in which speed was the key to victory, rather than raw strength and endurance. more >>
17 October 2006
The world’s largest aircraft, the European Airbus A380, will be arriving tomorrow, October 16, at Bole International Airport, at 4:30pm, aviation authorities have confirmed. It will be arriving from Oman.
A380’s coming to Addis will be its first appearance in Africa where it is scheduled to be staying for four days to conduct a series of high altitude tests. more >>
17 October 2006
An internal document shows that Somalia's new Islamist rulers have decided to send suicide bombers to the neighbouring peaceful self-proclaimed state of Somaliland. Their aim is to topple the elected Hargeisa government. The Islamists have already staged violent demonstrations in Somaliland to destabilise the government. more >>
17 October 2006
afrol News, In what the UN calls a "major ceasefire breach", Eritrea has moved some 1,500 troops and 14 tanks into the UN monitored buffer zone that separates it from Ethiopia. The zone has been demilitarised for six years, following a ceasefire in 2000. The deployment comes as Ethiopian troops are being bound in Somalia, while Eritrea supplies Somali Islamist with arms. more >>
17 October 2006
Eritrean troops have moved some 1,500 troops and 14 tanks into the Temporary Security Zone (TSZ) separating the East African country from Ethiopia in “a major breach” of the ceasefire that ended the two-year border war between the two from 1998-2000, the United Nations reported today. more >>
17 October 2006
Two military police officers with the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) have been injured as they tried to contain a mob attack in the town of Zwedru amid violent scenes following the murder of a local man. more >>
17 October 2006
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on Monday called for the establishment of a new strategic partnership between Africa and China, saying that Africa's relations with China have evolved into market-oriented economic engagement. more >>
16 October 2006
Five people have been killed in western Ethiopia in violence between Christians
and Muslims.
It is the latest in a series of religious clashes near the town of Jimma,
around 450 km (280 miles) from the capital, Addis Ababa. more >>
15 October 2006
President calls upon gov't executive branches, the people for effective realization of laws
In his address at the opening of the 2nd session of the 3rd term of the House of Peoples' Representatives and the House of Federation, President Girma Wolde Giorgis said that it is his strong conviction that during the current annual session, both Houses will pursue their pivotal mandate, as set forth in the constitution, in laying a solid foundation for the establishment of a multi-party system, the prevalence of good governance, the entrenchment of democracy and the realization of rapid economic development, which benefits all segments of the society. more >>
15 October 2006
Ethiopia and Nigeria are planning to increase the bilateral trade and investment portfolio between the two countries up to five billion dollars in the next five year in the wake of the three-day visit paid recently to Ethiopia by President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria. more >>
14 October 2006
ADDIS ABABA,(IRIN/PLUSNEWS) - It means family in Amharic, Ethiopia's main language, but the 'Wegen' AIDS helpline's main strength is the anonymity it provides people seeking answers in a society uncomfortable with openly talking about the disease. more >>
12 October 2006
The United States and Ethiopian governments have announced joint collaboration over intercepting terrorists probably attempting to seek safe haven in the Horn of Africa. more >>
12 October 2006
Ethiopia has again said it has no troops in Somalia and that it will not unilaterally attack Somalia unless attacked by the Islamists. Yesterday, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, leader of the Supreme Islamic Council of Somalia declared jihad or holy war against Ethiopia for invading Somalia. Bereket Simon is advisor to Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. He tells VOA English to Africa reporter James Butty he hopes the Islamists will think carefully before putting their Jihad threat into action. more >>
12 October 2006
A programme of targeted vaccinations could help prevent the spread of rabies
among the world's rarest dog, the Ethiopian wolf, scientists suggest.
A team of UK researchers found that targeted reactive measures were more effective
than "blanket" vaccination. more >>
12 October 2006
Women in Ethiopia are most likely to suffer violence at the hands of their partners, says the United Nations. more >>
11 October 2006
The Federal Police Commission headquarters constructed at a cost of 54 million will be officially commissioned by the end of October, 2006. An 11-storey, 300-room building located on Smuts Street adjacent to the Mexico Square, it will be a big landmark both for the area and the Police Commission. more >>
By Eskinder Michael - Capital
11 October 2006
The growing number of tourists to Addis Ababa will now be able to navigate their way around without problems with the launch of a virtual navigation technology – Virtual Addis Navigator -, the first of its kind in Ethiopia , by Black Star Pro-Ent, a privately owned company. more >>
11 October 2006
Nigeria would diversify its revenue earnings in agriculture through the introduction of the cultivation of flowers, President Olusegun Obasanjo has announced. more >>
The Associated Press
10 October 2006
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said Tuesday his county would defend itself against Somalia's radical Islamic group if it followed through with threats to launch a holy war against Ethiopia. more >>
10 October 2006
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said Monday the international community should provide strong support for Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG). more >>
By Tamrat G. Giorgis - Fortune Staff Writer
10 October 2006
The world’s largest aircraft ever, the European Airbus A380, will be landing at the Addis Abeba’s Bole international airport, making Ethiopia the first African sky to witness what is often described as “super jumbo” aircraft. It will arrive in mid October 2006, to have a test flight for about a week, reliable sources told Fortune. more >>
10 October 2006
Somalia's Islamists have accused Ethiopian troops of attacking a town and
have vowed a "holy war" in revenge.
The town of Bur Haqaba lies on the road from the government base in Baidoa
to the Islamist-held capital, Mogadishu. more >>
By Catherine Maddux, Washington - VOA News
09 October 2006
The emergence of a strong Islamic movement in Somalia has dramatically altered the politics of the country, severely weakening a transitional government that mediators had hoped would bring an end to years of lawlessness. The success of the Supreme Council of Islamic Courts has experts, diplomats and neighboring countries now wondering if Somalia could become an Islamic Republic. more >>
07 October 2006
Bahir Dar - The Ministry of Trade and Industry said that Ethiopia on the right track through preparing study-based documents and undertaking capacity building programmes with a view to realizing its accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). more >>
Addis Fortune
07 October 2006
Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has boldly said that although the rate of inflation in Ethiopia today is in double digits (nearly 14pc) and more than what his government had accounted for in its five-year plan (seven per cent), there is no chance that it will reach hyperinflation. Hyperinflation is a state of price increase that doubles on a monthly basis. more >>
05 October 2006
Addis Ababa - Zimbabwe on Tuesday launched the world’s first official HIV/AIDS Toolkit, which forms the basis for a global AIDS prevention, treatment and support plan, Xinhua reported from Harare. more >>
05 October 2006
For over twenty years Ethiopia has been plagued by a recurring food and water crisis. Photographer Carlos Reyes Manzo returns to the landlocked country and documents an all too familiar struggle. more >>
By Groum Abate - Capital
03 October 2006
An employee of the Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation (ETC) has disappeared with two million birr after selling Mobile and public phone prepaid cards. more >>
By Tedla Yeneakal - Capital
03 October 2006
An ultra modern 50 million birr cargo machine will be officially inaugurated after two weeks in the presence of higher officials from the Ethiopian Shipping Lines (ESL) and Customs Authority. more >>
03 October 2006
Arba Minch - The crocodile ranch lies almost hidden and largely forgotten behind the airport in Ethiopia's southern town of Arba Minch. more >>
03 October 2006
By Mohammed Adow - BBC Focus On Africa magazine
The Somali region of Ethiopia, known as Ogaden by most people of Somali origin, is once again at the centre of international tension. more >>
By Tedla Yeneakal - Capital
03 October 2006
Q - The Prime Minister of Somalia has said that if Baidowa is invaded, Ethiopia and Kenya will come in support of the transitional government...
PM - The recent occupation of Kismayu by the Union of Islamic Court contradicts the agreement that has been signed in Khartoum . The pattern of behavior that appears in the recent months whereby the Islamic courts signed cease fire agreements and as soon as they were able to they went to expand their area of control. If this process continues in this manner, it would not be good for the peace process. We believe that their occupation of Kismayu is an unwelcome development. It jeopardizes the dialogue that resulted in a number of civilian deaths as a result of the protest of the residents against the occupation by the Islamic courts militia. As far as the invasion of Baidowa is concerned, we have said on a number of occasions that the transitional government recognized by the international community as a whole and supported by the African Union, can not and should not be removed by force and all attempts to do so will be unwelcome for Ethiopia and for the rest of the international community. I am not sure as to what Kenya plans to do. As far as Ethiopia is concerned, we have made our stand abundantly clear that such developments are intolerable. more >>
02 October 2006
Addis Ababa, Unless the Eritrean government inhibited its thuggish behavior and began to act like a normal state, it would be difficult to have peace and stability in the Horn of Africa sub-region, according to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia. more >>
By Groum Abate - Capital
02 October 2006
The Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) has signed a 528 million birr project with an Indian company for its rural electrification project around Moyale, SNNPR. more >>
By Tedla Yeneakal - Capital
02 October 2006
The biggest USAID (United States Agency for International Development) private sector project after 45 years, since the official bilateral agreement between the US and Ethiopia , was officially launched on Tuesday at an event held at the Hilton Hotel. more >>
02 October 2006
She was three years old when she died. Flood waters tore through the forest, separating mother from child. Guttural cries of alarm echoed in the lush canopy. Possibly. There was nobody there to record her death. The body sank to the bottom of the water, out of sight of predators, and was covered over by stones and sand. The riverbed turned to rock eventually, and so did her bones. more >>