Ethiopian Review (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie doesn’t need to make a New Year’s resolution, in order to break another World record. For a start, the Ethiopian New Year begins on September 11, “so we don’t celebrate the European New Year,” said the man himself yesterday, by phone from his home in Addis Ababa. And, although the World records [...]
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Nairobi/Addis Ababa - Ethiopia has come under fire for passing a bill that imposes limitations on the work of aid agencies related to human rights. Parliament on Tuesday voted through the bill, which bans foreign agencies from operating in the fields...
myESAi (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
Author: Abush Subject: Ethiopians stalked by hunger and HIV Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 10:42 am (GMT -5) Topic Replies: 0 Sad to see we are in the same cycle. Quote: ADDIS ABABA // As 10-year-old Biruk Nigusie nibbles at the corner of a small foil packet, his tall, graceful mother covers her face with her hands and sobs. Biruk and his sister Tigist, 14, watch silently as Athe Iatseda Herpha weeps for...
Ethiopian Review (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
By Leah Oatway | The National ADDIS ABABA // As 10-year-old Biruk Nigusie nibbles at the corner of a small foil packet, his tall, graceful mother covers her face with her hands and sobs. Athe Iatseda Herpha, 30, and her son Biruk, 10, are both HIV-positive and receiving antiretroviral therapy. [Photo: Jeff Topping] Biruk and his sister Tigist, [...]
The Seferm Post (Free subscription) | 03/01/2009
ADDIS ABABA — The Ethiopian government on Saturday pledged not to leave a power vacuum when it completes its troop withdrawal from neighbouring Somalia in the coming days.
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 03/01/2009
The African union (AU) Commission on Friday announced that it will host an extraordinary forum of African finance ministers to be held from 11 to 14 January 2009 in Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, shortly ahead of this year’s AU summit. The forum will discuss issues related to the financial affairs affecting many African countries and will pave [...]
VDARE.com: Blog Articles (Free subscription) | 02/01/2009
In the insurance business, “moral hazard” is famously a problem. Evelyn Waugh describes in Scoop how in his fictionalized version of 1930s Addis Ababa, a taxi ride revealed “numerous gutted sites, relics of an epidemic of arson some years ago back when an Insurance Company had imprudently set up shop in the city.” Help me out here [...]
All Africa (Free subscription) | 02/01/2009
A five-day campaign that aims to enhance the culture of reading among the public particularly the young kicks off today at the Addis Ababa Culture and Theatre Hall.
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 31/12/2008
An Ethiopian training airplane crashed late on Tuesday in Butajira, located some 160 km South of Addis Ababa killing its sole occupant, the trainer pilot, sources confirmed here Wednesday. Ethiopian air lines made the announcement, explaining that the aircraft hit a mountain during its flight killing the pilot instantly. The pilot had thrown signals of bad weather [...]
euronews24 (Free subscription) | 31/12/2008
ADDIS ABABA – The US embassy in Addis Ababa on Wednesday voiced concern over the fate of an opposition leader who was jailed after her pardon from a life sentence was revoked. Birtukan Midekssa, head of the Unity for Democracy Justice party,
Ethiopian Review (Free subscription) | 31/12/2008
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (APA) An Ethiopian training airplane crashed late on Tuesday in Butajira, located some 160 km South of Addis Ababa killing its sole occupant, the trainer pilot, sources confirmed here Wednesday. Ethiopian air lines made the announcement, explaining that the aircraft hit a mountain during its flight killing the pilot instantly. The pilot had thrown [...]
The Seferm Post (Free subscription) | 31/12/2008
ADDIS ABABA — The US embassy in Addis Ababa on Wednesday voiced concern over the fate of an opposition leader who was jailed after her pardon from a life sentence was revoked.
myESAi (Free subscription) | 30/12/2008
Author: GhionT Subject: Embarrassing!!! Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:19 pm (GMT -5) Topic Replies: 0 -------------- Birtukan arrested, Profesor Mesfin roughed up - Addis Ababa (29 December 2008) Civilian clothed security picked up UDJ chairwoman Birtukan Midekasa around 2:00 PM today after roughing up 80 year old veteran human rights activist Professor Mesfin Weldemariam. Birtukan, who is entangled...
Ethiopian Review (Free subscription) | 30/12/2008
(UNESCO) - Addis Ababa hosted the 3rd Ethiopian International Film Festival (3EIFF) from 24 to 30 November 2008 under the theme 'Value Each Other'. The event attracted widespread interest with over 20,000 visitors coming to see 50 films from 7 countries; 22 of these films were produced in Ethiopia. UNESCO worked with Ato Yirgashewa Teshome, Director [...]
All Africa (Free subscription) | 29/12/2008
The African Union (AU) has suspended Guinea from taking part in all AU activities until the country returns to civilian rule under the constitution. The AU's Peace and Security Council said in a statement issued from its headquarters in Addis Ababa that a meeting of the council held on Monday had reiterated its "firm condemnation" of the coup, which was "a flagrant violation of the Constitution of...
