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.

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• March 2nd 2012 – November 1st 2011
• October 28th 2011 – June 21st 2011
• June 20th 2011 – April 25th 2010
• April 9th 2010 – November 14th 2009
• November 11th 2009 – June 4th 2009
• May 19th 2009 – January 13th 2009
• January 8th 2009 – October 4th 2008
• September 28th 2008 – June 9th 2008
• June 8th 2008 – March 13th 2008
• March 7th 2008 – November 8th 2007
• November 5th 2007 – August 6th 2007
• August 6th 2007 – May 29th 2007
• May 28th 2007 – April 2nd 2007
• April 2nd 2007 – January 11th 2007
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• December 9th 2006 – October 19th 2006
• October 17th 2006 – July 27th 2006
• July 24th 2006 – February 17th 2006
• February 15th 2006 – November 13th 2005

Ethiopia: news

Ethiopia clamps down on khat dens

Thursday, January 8th 2009, 10:08

A crackdown is launched in Ethiopia on parlours where young men chew the narcotic khat.
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Ethiopia imposes aid agency curbs

Tuesday, January 6th 2009, 17:28

Ethiopia's parliament passes a bill imposing restricting aid work, for example promoting the rights of children.
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Somalis 'filling' Ethiopian gaps

Monday, January 5th 2009, 18:15
related countries: Somalia

African Union officials in Somalia say pro-government forces in the capital Mogadishu are plugging gaps left by departing Ethiopian troops.
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Somali police stations taken over

Sunday, January 4th 2009, 5:10
related countries: Somalia

Some police stations are taken over by Somali militiamen as Ethiopian troops leave Mogadishu after two years helping the transitional government.
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Ethiopia begins Somalia pullout

Friday, January 2nd 2009, 18:05
related countries: Somalia

Ethiopia says its troops have begun pulling out of Somalia, after two years helping the government fight insurgents.
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Covert failure

Thursday, January 1st 2009, 18:21
related countries: United States

Islamists unbroken despite Ethiopia's US backing
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Ethiopia 'packing up in Somalia'

Wednesday, December 31st 2008, 12:26
related countries: Somalia

Ethiopian troops prepare to leave Somalia as the deadline looms for them to quit, witnesses say.
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Ethiopia's pardoned critic jailed

Tuesday, December 30th 2008, 10:11

Ethiopia's opposition leader goes to jail to serve a life sentence, after her pardon was revoked.
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Somalis held in Ethiopia capital

Friday, December 26th 2008, 14:13
related places: Addis Ababa

Ethiopian police in the capital Addis Ababa arrest hundreds of young Somalis ahead of an African Union summit.
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Ethiopian army 'killed villagers'

Monday, December 22nd 2008, 12:00

An Ethiopia rebel group accused government forces of killing about 50 people in an attack on a village in the Ogaden region.
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Sanctions imposed on Somalia head

Sunday, December 21st 2008, 23:08
related countries: Somalia

African foreign ministers gather in Ethiopia for a series of talks on the deepening political and security crisis in Somalia.
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Ethiopian ex-PM freed from prison

Friday, December 19th 2008, 12:30

Ex-Ethiopian Prime Minister Layne is freed from jail after serving 12 years for corruption.
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Ethiopia misses Somali deadline

Friday, December 19th 2008, 10:03
related countries: Somalia

Ethiopia misses the deadline to withdraw its forces from Somalia, but promises to go by the end of December.
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Ethiopia starts coffee exchange

Tuesday, December 2nd 2008, 10:23

Ethiopia sets up a high-tech system to trade coffee on a national exchange.
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Ethiopian star guilty over death

Monday, December 1st 2008, 18:27
related places: Addis Ababa

Ethiopian pop star Teddy Afro is convicted of the manslaughter of a homeless man in a hit-and-run incident in Addis Ababa in 2006.
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Ethiopian troops to leave Somalia

Friday, November 28th 2008, 16:50
related countries: Somalia

All Ethiopian troops will leave Somalia by the end of the year, the country's foreign ministry announces.
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Ethiopia arrests 'bomb plotters'

Thursday, November 6th 2008, 18:18
related places: Addis Ababa

Ethiopia arrests people it says were planning bomb attacks in the capital Addis Ababa.
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Deadly car bombs hit Somaliland

Wednesday, October 29th 2008, 16:04

At least 29 people die as five car-bombs go off in previously stable northern Somalia.
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Hunger in India states 'alarming'

Tuesday, October 14th 2008, 12:24
related countries: Chad, India

Hunger levels are "alarming" in 12 Indian states with Madhya Pradesh being comparable to Ethiopia and Chad, a report says.
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Sudan summons envoys over arms

Tuesday, October 14th 2008, 10:02
related countries: Kenya, Sudan

Sudan summons the Kenyan and Ethiopian envoys over alleged arms deliveries to the south.
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Ethiopian need 'under-estimated'

Sunday, October 12th 2008, 11:25

Aid agencies dispute the Ethiopian government's estimates of those suffering in the country's drought.
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Calm in the storm

Saturday, October 4th 2008, 11:21

Will prudence help Ethiopia face the credit crisis?
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