Ethiopia News

(Ethiopian Music) - A former Ethiopian president and a former defence minister have joined the same opposition party, strengthening it against a government accused of suppressing critics before national elections in May. Negaso Gidada, president from 1997 to 2001, and Seye Abraha a former rebel leader who became defence minister for four years from 1991, joined the Unity for Democracy and Justice party (UDJ) on Thursday.

Across the border in Ethiopia, poor harvests have left millions at the mercy of relief aid.

Korem - Twenty-five years after releasing a hit single to raise funds for victims of Ethiopia's infamous famine, Bob Geldof on Wednesday visited one of the then worst-affected villages in the north of the Horn of Africa country.

Main Category: Water - Air Quality / Agriculture Also Included In: Pediatrics / Children's Health Public Health Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Article Date: 25 Nov 2009 The Daily Monitor examines efforts underway to improve sanitation and promote hygiene in Ethiopia.

November 23, 2009 -- Ethiopia's ruling party, Ethiopia People's Revolutionary Democratic front and Sudan's dominant National Congress Party on Sunday signed cooperation agreement of mutual interest.

ADDIS ABABA, 24 November 2009 - The Ethiopian government has vehemently rejected accusations that it has excluded some opposition supporters from a food-for-work programme, charges that are the focus of growing international concern in the run-up to elections in 2010.

As Ethiopians prepare for elections next year some in the opposition say a credible election is impossible without urgent political reforms.

(Ethiopian Music, News) - More kudos for Jersey City’s Alfa Demmellash. The gripping story of Demmellash, an 30-year-old Ethiopian immigrant who started Rising Tide Capital, a business devoted to nurturing entrepreneurs, especially in poor and minority communities, is featured in today’s Star-Ledger.

(Ethiopian Music) - Lured by a new business model, wealthy nations flock to farmland in Ethiopia, locking in food supplies grown half a world away. BAKO, ETHIOPIA — In recent months, the Ethiopian government began marketing abroad one of the hottest commodities in an increasingly crowded and hungry world: farmland. “Why Attractive?” reads one glossy poster with photos of green fields and a map outlining swaths of the country available at bargain-basement prices. “Vast, fertile, irrigable land at low rent. Abundant water resources. Cheap labor. Warmest hospitality.”

Ethiopia should investigate allegations that local officials are keeping food aid from opposition members to force them to join the ruling party ahead of national elections, a British aid minister said on Tuesday.

The U.S. will increase inspections of food aid deliveries to Ethiopians after complaints by members of the countrya s opposition that its members are routinely denied access to foreign aid, a U.S. State Department official said.

A familiar story of looming famine is filtering out of East Africa. Again, a World Summit on Food Security this week is addressing the symptoms but not the causes.

African demands for climate-change compensation and emission cuts by rich nations are unlikely to be met in next month's Copenhagen summit, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said on Tuesday.

The Security Council today welcomed the power-sharing agreement reached by Madagascar's current and former leaders, and urged the political forces to end months of internal strife with the establishment of a new Government.

By Vision Reporter PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni and other African leaders yesterday agreed to ask for compensation from the rich industrialised nations during the climate change talks to be held in Copenhagen at the end of the year.

Ethiopian Airlines has confirmed its memorandum of understanding for 12 Airbus A350 XWBs, signing a firm contract today at the Dubai air show.

A few hours before Ethiopian Airlines announced its order for 12 Airbus A350-900 aircraft yesterday, I had a chance to sit down with CEO Girma Wake to discuss his airline's plans for global expansion with its three new aircraft types, the A350, 777-200LR and 787.

Ethiopian Airlines confirmed an order Sunday for 12 Airbus A350 XWB aircraft in the first plane sale to emerge from the Dubai Airshow.

Ethiopian PM Meles Zenawi Eight Ethiopian opposition groups are accusing Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's ruling party of using its control of the government to systematically crush opponents ahead of next year's national elections.

(Ethiopian Culture) - Until now, it has not been possible to accurately speak the language written in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. What we have known up to now about the meanings, spellings, and pronunciations of the ancient words have merely been estimates, arrived through the best attempts of 19th and 20th century Egyptologists. But now, with the release of the new book “Amarigna & Tigrigna Qal Hieroglyphs for Beginners,” (http://books.ancientgebts.org), we can learn how to accurately read, understand, and speak the language most often regarded as the world’s first written language, the way they spoke it 5100 years ago. And for the over 30 million Amarigna and Tigrigna speakers worldwide, it is just a matter of learning to read hieroglyphs.