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Ethiopian migrants in Yemen face harrowing conditions

April 19, 2013 1 comment

GENEVA, Switzerland, April 19, 2013 – African Press Organization (APO) – A delegation of humanitarian agencies, including IOM, led by the top UN official in Yemen Resident Coordinator Ismail Ou...

41 Ethiopians arrested in Malawi

December 18, 2012 no comments

Police in Malawi have arrested 41 Ethiopians in Malawi’s capital Lilongwe after being found in a truck that carried some cartoons of tobacco. Driver of the truck is also in police custody for alleged...

As Ethiopia’s foreign earnings are increased Chinese factories a...

October 23, 2012 no comments

ADDIS ABABA, Ed McKenna - (IPS) - The death of Ethiopia’s leader of 21 years has raised fears of instability in one of Africa’s fastest-growing non-oil producing nations, which could potentially slow...

Colours of the Nile Film Festival launches in Ethiopia

October 19, 2012 3 comments

The inaugural Colours of the Nile International Film Festival (CNIFF) will run in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 7-11 November 2012, introducing the best of African cinema to African audiences. The festi...

“Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in stable condition -The issue...

July 21, 2012 18 comments

A report issued by Ethiopia’s government spokesman revealed that the country’s Prime Minister is in stable condition. Meles Zenawi considered by many as a key regional strongman in the volatile Horn ...

Ethiopia expels American Journalist reporting in Rebel area

June 19, 2010 no comments

New York, June 18, 2010—Authorities in Ethiopia expelled an American journalist on Thursday who had been reporting near a rebel area in the east of the Horn of Africa country, according to local jour...

Opposition Leader Birtukan Mideksa -- Imprisoned

Repression on the Rise in Ethiopia Ahead of General Elections

March 24, 2010 no comments

The human rights watch group has today released a report about Ethiopia just barely two months to the first parliamentary general elections since 2005. The 59 page report titled ‘One hundred ways of ...

Focus on Eritrea as Somalia and Ethiopia Appeal for Action

February 5, 2010 18 comments

African leaders have condemned Eritrea for what they termed as “unfolding destabilizing nature” in the East African region. African Union leaders in their final day in Addis Ababa, said t...

Relatives waiting anxiously at crash scene

14 Bodies Recovered as Ethiopian Airlines Plane Crash

January 25, 2010 no comments

There were ninety people on board an Ethiopian Airlines plane that took off from Beirut, Lebanon in what has been described as stormy weather conditions, that crashed into the sea shortly after takeo...

Ethiopia Set to Build More Dams Amid Protests

January 19, 2010 no comments

Ethiopia will soon export electricity to neighboring countries once a just inaugurated hydro-electric power station is completed. The new station, which cost €281m and which was financed partly by It...

Islamist Rebels in Somalia Threaten to Attack Ethiopia

December 31, 2009 4 comments

Hezbal Islam an Islamist rebel movement fighting the Somali government vowed on Thursday to carry out attacks inside Ethiopia targeting military bases and government buildings. According to Sheikh Sh...

Worsening Food Security Looms in The Horn of Africa

December 31, 2009 1 comment

More than 16 million people in the Horn of Africa will spend the New Year in appalling conditions due to the worsening food security situation in the region. Estimates and reports from UN agencies, A...