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VIDEO: Is Somali capital on the mend?

Wednesday, February 22nd 2012, 22:40
related countries: Somalia Somalia

Ethiopian and Somali troops have taken a strategic stronghold of Islamist militants in south-western Somalia.
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Somalia militants lose key town

Wednesday, February 22nd 2012, 18:25
related countries: Somalia Somalia
related places: Baidoa

Ethiopian and Somali troops capture Baidoa, a strategic stronghold of al-Shabab Islamist militants, as the UN approves extra African Union troops for Somalia.
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VIDEO: Somalia militant base Baidoa captured

Wednesday, February 22nd 2012, 18:21
related countries: Somalia Somalia
related places: Baidoa

Ethiopian and Somali troops have taken a strategic stronghold of Islamist militants in south-western Somalia.
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Ethiopians face Saudi deportation

Tuesday, January 31st 2012, 11:03
related countries: Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia

A group of imprisoned Ethiopian Christians face deportation from Saudi Arabia for "illicit mingling" of the sexes, Human Rights Watch says.
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VIDEO: African Union opens new £127m HQ

Sunday, January 29th 2012, 10:47
related places: Addis Ababa

As the African heads of state meet for the African Union summit in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, they find themselves in new surroundings.
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VIDEO: African Union opens new £127m HQ

Sunday, January 29th 2012, 2:16
related places: Addis Ababa

The African Union has inaugurated its newly built headquarters in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
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African Union opens new $200m HQ

Saturday, January 28th 2012, 15:55
related countries: China China
related places: Addis Ababa

The African Union inaugurates its newly built Chinese-funded headquarters in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
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Somali attack on Ethiopian base

Tuesday, January 24th 2012, 14:39
related countries: Somalia Somalia

Islamist militants launch a suicide truck bomb attack on an Ethiopian military base in central Somalia, witnesses say.
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Ethiopia 'blamed' for Afar deaths

Monday, January 23rd 2012, 20:50

Rebels in a remote northern region of Ethiopia blame government forces for the deaths of five European tourists in a clash last week.
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Bekele among suspended Ethiopians

Friday, January 20th 2012, 15:09

The Ethiopian Athletics Federation suspends 35 athletes over their failure to attend a training camp, including Mo Farah's Olympic rival Kenenisa Bekele.
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VIDEO: Protest against discrimination of Ethiopian Jews

Thursday, January 19th 2012, 10:30

Thousands of Israelis have taken to the streets of Jerusalem, in protest against what they say is discrimination against Jews of Ethiopian origin.
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Tourists taken in Ethiopia attack

Wednesday, January 18th 2012, 16:44
related countries: Eritrea Eritrea

At least four people are kidnapped and five foreign tourists killed in an attack near the Eritrean border, the Ethiopian government says.
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Tourists die in Ethiopia attack

Wednesday, January 18th 2012, 10:21

Five foreign tourists are killed in an attack in the northern Afar region of Ethiopia in which four people are also kidnapped, the Ethiopian government says.
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Lebanon air crash report 'wrong'

Tuesday, January 17th 2012, 12:36
related countries: Lebanon Lebanon

Ethiopian Airlines officials bluntly reject an official Lebanese report into the crash of flight ET409 in January 2010, which blames pilot error for the disaster.
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Ethiopian army takes Somali town

Saturday, December 31st 2011, 12:31
related countries: Somalia Somalia
related places: Beledweyne

Ethiopian forces capture the central Somali town of Beledweyne from Islamist militants of al-Shabab.
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Ethiopia jails Sweden journalists

Tuesday, December 27th 2011, 16:26
related countries: Sweden Sweden

Two Swedish journalists are sentenced by an Ethiopian court to 11 years each in jail for entering the country illegally and supporting terrorism.
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Swedish found guilty in Ethiopia

Wednesday, December 21st 2011, 15:28
related countries: Sweden Sweden

An Ethiopian court convicts two Swedish journalists of supporting terrorism after they were captured during a clash with rebels.
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Ethiopia troops 'enter Somalia'

Saturday, November 19th 2011, 17:59
related countries: Somalia Somalia

Ethiopian troops have crossed the border into Somalia in significant numbers, eyewitnesses say - an incursion denied by the Ethiopian authorities.
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Ethiopia reduces Swedes' charges

Thursday, November 3rd 2011, 11:56
related countries: Sweden Sweden

An Ethiopian court drops charges of participating in terrorism against two Swedish journalists, but keeps those of supporting a terrorist group.
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VIDEO: Somali famine 'a crisis without end'

Wednesday, November 2nd 2011, 10:19
related countries: Somalia Somalia

Hundreds of Somalis continue to cross the border to seek help Ethiopia, three months after famine was declared in the region.
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Swedes 'backed Ethiopia rebels'

Tuesday, November 1st 2011, 14:32
related countries: Sweden Sweden

Ethiopia's police chief tells a court where two Swedish journalists are on trial for terrorism that they entered the country to support rebels.
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US launches drones from Ethiopia

Friday, October 28th 2011, 17:05
related countries: Somalia Somalia, United States United States

The US military begins flying unarmed drone aircraft from a base in Ethiopia, as part of its fight against Islamist militants in neighbouring Somalia.
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Sudanese flee Blue Nile 'bombing'

Friday, October 28th 2011, 15:29
related countries: Sudan Sudan

Aerial bombings in Sudan's Blue Nile state force nearly 2,000 people to flee to neighbouring Ethiopia, the UN refugee agency says.
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Learning to live with autism in Ethiopia

Thursday, September 22nd 2011, 8:41

A family's battle against ignorance about autism in Ethiopia
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Ethiopian 'flees' over Wikileaks

Thursday, September 15th 2011, 16:21
related countries: United States United States

An Ethiopian reporter tells the BBC he has fled his country because he was cited in a US diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks last month.
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Ethiopian athletes 'go missing'

Thursday, September 15th 2011, 15:40
related countries: Mozambique Mozambique

Fifteen Ethiopian athletes go missing after competing in the 10th All Africa Games in Mozambique.
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Call for Somalia aid protection

Friday, September 9th 2011, 18:55
related countries: Somalia Somalia

Ethiopia's prime minister calls for aid corridors in famine-hit Somalia to be protected by African peacekeepers.
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Farah misses out on 10,000m gold

Sunday, August 28th 2011, 11:03
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

Britain's Mo Farah has to settle for 10,000m silver after being overtaken by Ethiopia's Ibrahim Jeilan just metres from the line.
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African heads pledge famine aid

Thursday, August 25th 2011, 19:02
related places: Addis Ababa

African leaders raise more than $350m in aid for 12 million people facing starvation in the Horn of Africa's worst drought in decades.
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