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13 Killed As Ethiopia Soldiers, Islamist Guerrillas Fight
allAfrica.com - Thursday, May 08, 2008
t least 13 people including a senior Islamic Courts militia commander were killed yesterday in heavy battles in a remote part of central Somalia, witnesses and local sources ... more
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Ethiopia accuses Amnesty of smear campaign
Topix - Thursday, May 08, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"This is an outright and deliberate lie, fed to Amnesty by groups affiliated to al Shabaab, groups that use the cover of human rights to promote their terrorist agenda" ADDIS ABABA * Ethiopia accused Amnesty International of a smear campaign against it yesterday after the rights... more
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AU Discusses Economic, Political Integration
allAfrica.com - Thursday, May 08, 2008
he Executive Council of Foreign Ministers of the African Union (AU) met on Tuesday in Rusher, Tanzania, to make appropriate recommendations regarding the political and economic integration of the ... more
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84 Percent of Children Denied Right to Health in Ethiopia - Report
allAfrica.com - Thursday, May 08, 2008
ddis Abeba- 84%( 11,317,000) Children under-five in Ethiopia are deprived of basic health care in Ethiopia, making the country the fourth highest in the world, Save The Children said in its annual ... more
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New Coffee Brand to Boost Farmers' Income
allAfrica.com - Thursday, May 08, 2008
he Ethiopian government on Monday launched a new coffee brand with a view to boost income of the country's nation's 15 million coffee ... more
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Power Crisis Prompts Surge in Sale of Generators
allAfrica.com - Thursday, May 08, 2008
ecent power cuts in electricity might be a source of embarrassment and bad business for the business community in various sectors, but electric equipment suppliers are selling the much needed generators like hell, The Daily Monitor has ... more
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CPJ Urges Release of Journalist 'Detained' Over Pop Star Story
allAfrica.com - Thursday, May 08, 2008
he Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Tuesday urged the Ethiopian government to release a journalist and three support staffers of a private entertainment magazine it said were in police custody since May 2 over a cover story about Tewodros Kassahun, better known as Teddy ... more
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Fire Accident Turns Inside Part of Bank, Nearby Cafe to Ashes
allAfrica.com - Thursday, May 08, 2008
alm and cooler weather aided firefighters on Monday trying to gain ground against a wildfire that burned the inside parts the Merkato branch of Awash Bank and a nearby cafeteria, including a paints store adjacent to the mini ... more
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Ireland to Give Ethiopia for Food Prices Shock
allAfrica.com - Thursday, May 08, 2008
he government of Ireland on Monday announced a - 3 million Euros (equivalent to 44,160,000 ETB) in emergency funding to help Ethiopia tackle sky rocketing food prices, the Irish Times reported on ... more
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AFDB Adds US$1 Bln in Loans for Africa Food Crisis Raises Agriculture Portfolio to US$ 4.8 Bln
allAfrica.com - Thursday, May 08, 2008
he African Development Bank (AfDB) will add $1 billion to its portfolio of agricultural loans to help address the food crisis in African countries, the bank announced on Friday in ... more
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Africans Prepare for Forum on Aid Effectiveness
allAfrica.com - Thursday, May 08, 2008
ome 200 delegates from over 40 African states ended a two-day workshop to review implementation of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness last week in Kigali, Rwanda, African Development Bank Group (AfDB) said in a ... more
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China's family planning rules at issue in US asylum cases
Topix - Thursday, May 08, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"An applicant who participates in a traditional marriage ceremony, but is not legally married, is not automatically deemed eligible for asylum if his partner is forced to undergo an abortion" Partners of Chinese women who were forced to have abortions are pressing the Supreme Court to... more
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Why Only Zenawi; Why Not Mussolini?
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, May 07, 2008
fter having read an "East African Perspective" by a regular New Vision columnist on May 2 under the title Meles Zenawi Knows What Ethiopians Want, I automatically developed the urge to react with a piece titled "Zenawi's enduring ability to charm foreigners." But, then I took my time over the... more
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Athletics - Great Show By Ethiopian Hosts
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, May 07, 2008
ports Sub-editor Chris Tsuma covered the 16th African Athletics Championships for the Daily Nation. He gives his reflections on the week-long continental track and field show in the Ethiopian capital, Addis ... more
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Hundreds turn out for 2nd day of food protests in Somalia
Topix - Wednesday, May 07, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Down with those printing the fake money!" Hundreds of youths hurled stones and blocked roads with blazing tires Tuesday in a second day of protests over soaring food prices that has frustrated residents already living in one of the world's most ... via Oakland Press... more
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UN Closes Camps in Ethiopia
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, May 06, 2008
fter 23,000 refugees returned home to South Sudan, the United Nations refugee agency has closed two camps in western ... more
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Will Meles Run for Another Term?
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, May 06, 2008
ill Prime Minister Meles Zenawi run yet again for a fourth term of office, come national elections in ... more
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Amnesty Reports Indicts Warring Parties for Human Rights Abuses
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, May 06, 2008
ivilian population in Somalia has been targets of human rights abuses. This is according to a report released by human rights watch group, Amnesty International in Nairobi ... more
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Troops Killing People 'Like Goats' by Slitting Throats - New Amnesty Report
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, May 06, 2008
mnesty International today released a report revealing the dire human rights and humanitarian crisis facing the people of ... more
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Amnesty Intl: Ethiopian troops commit atrocities in Somalia
Topix - Tuesday, May 06, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Normally when they report they do not balance it out. They have to go and see the reality for themselves. They shouldn't report from abroad saying this is happening" A leading human rights group on Tuesday accused Ethiopian troops in Somalia of killing civilians and committing... more
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