News: Ethiopia

We have started to collect the most important news related to Ethiopia in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Ethiopia – overview

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• December 31st 2009 – August 10th 2009
• August 7th 2009 – March 13th 2009
• March 8th 2009 – January 1st 2009
• December 31st 2008 – September 23rd 2008
• September 19th 2008 – June 12th 2008
• June 11th 2008 – April 13th 2008
• April 11th 2008 – December 5th 2007
• December 1st 2007 – October 16th 2007
• October 11th 2007 – July 24th 2007
• July 20th 2007 – May 29th 2007
• May 28th 2007 – April 13th 2007
• April 10th 2007 – February 2nd 2007
• January 29th 2007 – December 28th 2006
• December 28th 2006 – November 28th 2006
• November 24th 2006 – October 15th 2006
• October 11th 2006 – August 7th 2006
• August 3rd 2006 – April 21st 2006
• April 18th 2006 – December 18th 2005
• December 17th 2005 – November 13th 2005

Ethiopia: news

Ethiopia rejects hunger warning

Thursday, December 31st 2009, 17:21

An Ethiopian minister denies reports that millions of people need urgent food aid after years of drought.
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Ethiopia death sentences for plot

Tuesday, December 22nd 2009, 13:49

An Ethiopian court sentences five people to death and 33 others to life in prison over a plot to kill government officials.
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Ex-Ethiopia leader swaps parties

Thursday, November 26th 2009, 14:57

Ethiopia's former President Negasso Gidada joins the main opposition bloc, months before the country's next election.
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Ethiopia rebels 'capture towns'

Saturday, November 14th 2009, 10:29
related countries: Somalia

Ethnic-Somali rebels in Ethiopia say they have launched an offensive and captured several towns.
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FBI sued over Ethiopian jailing

Wednesday, November 11th 2009, 11:14
related countries: Kenya, United States

An American man is suing the FBI for mistreatment while he was held in jails Kenya and Ethiopia in 2007.
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Famine's legacy

Friday, October 23rd 2009, 0:10

Ethiopia's farmers learn harsh lessons 25 years on
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Ethiopia asks for urgent food aid

Thursday, October 22nd 2009, 14:38

Ethiopia calls for emergency food aid for 6.2 million people, as it prepares to mark the 25th anniversary of the 1984 famine.
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Somali anger at Ethiopia 'raid'

Friday, October 9th 2009, 14:36
related countries: Somalia

Somalia's Puntland region protests to Ethiopia after its forces carried out an undercover operation in its territory.
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Fossil finds extend human story

Thursday, October 1st 2009, 14:45

Prehistoric bones of ape-like creature found in Ethiopia give fresh clue to human evolution, researchers say.
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Oxfam launches East Africa appeal

Tuesday, September 29th 2009, 8:11

Oxfam launches an emergency appeal for £9.5m ($15m) to reach millions threatened by hunger across East Africa.
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Ethiopia 'seizes' town in Somalia

Saturday, August 29th 2009, 14:47
related countries: Somalia

Ethiopian troops have seized control of Belet Wayne, a strategic town in Somalia, eyewitnesses say.
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Africa seeks climate change cash

Monday, August 24th 2009, 4:50

The leaders of 10 African countries meet to decide how to pursue their demand for compensation for global warming.
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Bekele completes distance double

Sunday, August 23rd 2009, 16:39

Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele adds 5,000m gold to his 10,000m title, becoming the first man to do so at a World Championships.
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Eritrea to pay Ethiopia millions

Tuesday, August 18th 2009, 16:46
related countries: Eritrea

An international tribunal in The Hague rules that Eritrea will have to pay Ethiopia millions of dollars for war damages.
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Horn of Africa damages ruling due

Sunday, August 16th 2009, 22:18
related countries: Eritrea

A long-awaited ruling is due on what compensation Ethiopia and Eritrea should pay each other for the 1998-2000 war.
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Ethiopia pop star freed from jail

Friday, August 14th 2009, 9:21

Ethiopia's most famous pop singer, Teddy Afro, is freed early from a two-year jail term for manslaughter.
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Kenyan mobilises for drought aid

Tuesday, August 11th 2009, 20:32
related countries: Kenya

Kenya mobilises its military and police service to help distribute food, water and medicines to areas hit hardest by drought.
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Ethiopia's passion for bureaucracy

Monday, August 10th 2009, 11:01

As she prepares to leave Addis Ababa, Elizabeth Blunt reflects on the intense level of officialdom she has encountered in Ethiopia which she believes reveals much about the nature of power and responsibility in Ethiopian society.
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