30 September, 2009
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP)– Authorities in Ethiopia and Kenya have seized more than 2,600 pounds (1,200 kilograms) of bloodstained ivory from about 100 illegally killed elephants at airports, the head of Kenya's Wildlife Service said Wednesday. more >>
30 September, 2009
NEW YORK -- Ethiopian farmers are buying drought insurance with a muscular currency: their own labor. The experiment is designed to protect about 200 farmers in the village of Adi Ha from dry spells that can wither small fields of teff, a grass with grain seeds, about once every five years. NYTimes
30 September, 2009
Africanews - Kemer yusuf, known as among the best Ethiopian singer of Oromo music, steps into the growing local flight business of Ethiopia by forming Oromia Airways jointly with two Ethiopians business men. more >>
30 September, 2009
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somalia's al Shabaab rebels declared war on rival Hizbul Islam militants on Wednesday, setting up a showdown between the two main insurgent groups in an important southern port that could spread across the nation. more >>
28 September, 2009
Telegraph.co.uk - Milton Mbhele showed up for his wedding in Weenen, near Ladysmith, in a white limousine - with four brides. more >>
28 September, 2009
Fortune - Investigators at the Federal Police (Feds) have arrested close to nine former board directors and senior managers of the Bank of Abyssinia (BoA) and other businesspeople, in their investigation of alleged wrongs doings involving loans made to a private company. more >>
25 September, 2009
UAI NEWS - A large adoption agency in the Netherlands, Wereldkinderen, has temporarily stopped adoptions from Ethiopia as a result recent reports about abuse of the system by the government in Ethiopia and local adoption agencies. more >>
25 September, 2009
A GOODWILL mission has turned into a nightmare for a Melbourne man who has been imprisoned and tortured in Ethiopia, according to his family. Sadiq Ahmed, 46, a food inspector from Heidelberg who is an Australian citizen, has been detained since May, his brother Abdalla said yesterday. theage.com.au
24 September, 2009
ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Egyptian police shot dead an Eritrean migrant as he tried to slip across the border into Israel in an upsurge of violence that has left seven migrants dead this month, security sources said on Wednesday. more >>
24 September, 2009
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – US President Barack Obama Wednesday sternly enjoined global leaders to work together to solve the world's most pressing problems in his maiden speech to the UN General Assembly. more >>
22 September, 2009
NAIROBI (AFP) – Somalia's Shebab group has proclaimed its allegiance to Osama bin Laden in a video documentary, the latest evidence of Al Qaeda's growing ideological influence among Somali Islamists. more >>
21 September, 2009
Teff has a ready-made market of Ethiopian expatriates hungering for a taste of home with virtually no supply of the grain for their beloved injera bread. Teff packs more protein per pound than wheat. And because it produces gluten-free flour, it could open a buffet line of breads and pastas to people with celiac disease. more >>
20 September, 2009
MOGADISHU (AFP) – A top radical Islamist leader in Somalia, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, called on Sunday for more suicide attacks against African Union peacekeepers in the country, after a deadly strike last week. more >>
10 September, 2009
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - A coalition of opposition parties accused the Ethiopian authorities on Thursday of arresting some of its members on trumped up charges to stop them running in an election scheduled for next May. more >>
09 September, 2009
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's ruling party wants Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to remain its leader for another five years. more >>
08 September, 2009
Fortune - Beyoncé Knowles, the 28-year old world famous R&B singer and Hollywood actress, will not be coming to perform in Addis Abeba as it was announced by promoters here, reliable sources disclosed. more >>
08 September, 2009
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia is sending text messages to mobile phone users offering free HIV/AIDS tests ahead of New Year celebrations, in a drive to have more people checked in sub-Saharan Africa's second most populous nation. more >>
07 September, 2009
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia could suffer ethnic violence next year ahead of its first national elections since a 2005 poll triggered street clashes following a disputed victory for the government, a think tank has said. more >>
03 September, 2009
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Africa will veto any climate change deal that does not meet its demand for money from rich nations to cut the impact of global warming on the continent, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said on Thursday. more >>
03 September, 2009
BBC NEWS - The US ambassador to the UN has warned Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi to be careful how he conducts himself on his forthcoming trip to New York. more >>
02 September, 2009
Capital - An Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD) outbreak has hit Ethiopia’s capital city Addis Ababa. more >>