Ethiopia News

The Red Cross on Wednesday revised its emergency appeal for Ethiopia to five million euros as the situation in the drought-hit south of the country got worse.

Open Letter to UNHCR Antonio Guterres on Adamastor, 'Ethiopia', and Ogadeni Immigrants in Kenya 17 August 2008 The Honorable Antonio Guterres United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Case Postale 2500 ...

During the last fiscal year [July 07-July 08], Ethiopia earned one billion dollars from international remittances transferred from Ethiopian and foreign nationals.

President Abdullahi Yusuf, his estranged Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein and house speaker late on Saturday held talks with Ethiopian officials including Prime minister Meles Zenawi and foreign minister ...

Addis Ababa, August17 - The return of the Axum Obelisk to its homeland and its re-erection symbolizes the realization of the Ethiopian renaissance, Minister of Culture and Truism, Mohammed Dirir said.

Sitting in a leaky, flyblown hut, a few dozen Ethiopian villagers are anxiously waiting to be transported to another world.

Addis Ababa, August 15 - Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Ethiopia and Representative to AU, Gu Xiaojie, said China is ready to strengthen all-round cooperation with Ethiopia.

"Remember, take only what you need," says Johnny, our driver from Addis Ababa whose real name is Yohanes Tsegaye.

ADDIS ABABA, August 12 : Sequestered in a dank prison cell here, Ethiopia's biggest reggae star awaits trial in a deadly hit-and-run case that has galvanized the nation.

Editor's Note: As Ethiopians struggle to feed themselves amid a high food prices, fuel costs and the worst famine in 25 years the government in Addis Adiba raised the military budget by $50 million.

With the year more than half over, maybe now is a good time to revisit the pledge I made back in January: the pledge not to buy anything for a year.

The African Union says it has frozen Mauritania's membership in the wake of a coup in the country.

AU spokesman El-Ghassim Wane said Saturday in the Ethiopian capital that membership is automatically frozen in the case of a coup. He says Mauritania remains in the African Union but cannot participate in meetings or votes until it restores constitutional order.

Wednesday's coup returned military rule to the desert country that held historic elections just last year, its first free and fair ballot in more than 20 years.

ETHIOPIA: Emergency needs "set to increase" Women sell food at a roadside in Addis Ababa: Below average rains in some regions had led to reduced food harvests ADDIS ABABA, 8 August 2008 - The number of people ...

The Arada Gebeya, one of the great spice markets of Africa, is located in central Addis Ababa.

A professor at The Faculty of Health Sciences at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev is beginning an intensive program in Ethiopia this August to eradicate intestinal worms which affect as much as 50 percent of ...

Ethiopian police in the capital, Addis Ababa, threatened on Monday to block distribution of an independently owned newspaper if it continues its leading coverage of a new political opposition movement, ...

The final flight of Ethiopian immigrants to Israel has arrived, marking an end to a 30-year immigration project.

Monday, 4 August 2008, 9:00 am Press Release: United Nations UNESCO teams successfully complete return of Ethiopian obelisk to original site 1 August 2008 - One of Ethiopia's most iconic monuments, the ...

Not far from the Somali border in the far east of Ethiopia a group of farmers from the village of Deder are moving slowly across a sweltering hillside singing.

One of Ethiopia's most iconic monuments, the 1,700-year-old Aksum Obelisk, has been successfully reinstalled at its original location after the third and final block was mounted in place this week by teams from ...