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Ethiopia Premier League: Adama shocks Coffee 2-1
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Ethiopia Premier League defending champions Ethiopian Coffee were shocked 2-1 here today by the visiting Adama Kenema (City). The victory elevated Adama to second place behind leader Harar Brewery, who has a better goal difference (+2). Four teams, namely Harar Brewery, Adama City, Mugher Cement and EEPCO, currently share the top [...]
Ethiopian becomes newest member of Star Alliance
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – At a ceremony held at Addis Ababa’s Bole International Airport, the Star Alliance Chief Executive Board (CEB) welcomed Ethiopian Airlines as the Alliance’s third carrier based on the African continent. “Today we have taken a large step forward in completing our Africa strategy,” said Jaan Albrecht, CEO of Star Alliance, “With [...]
Should Ethiopia arrest George Bush?
The famous human rights organization Amnesty International has asked the government of Ethiopia to arrest the former US President George W Bush for torturing prisoners in Guantanamo Bay after the Iraq War begun. Some Ethiopians agree with Amnesty International but they say that this is a publicity stunt by Amnesty International, to make Africans believe [...]
Ethiopia’s crackdown ‘a threat to democracy’
A spate of arrests and terrorism charges leveled against opposition politicians and journalists in Ethiopia this year raises fears of a government slide away from democracy, analysts warn. “The sheer numbers of arrests and prosecutions this year indicate a systematic crackdown, a systematic dismantling of the last few independent voices,” said Amnesty International’s Ethiopia researcher [...]
Anti-Gay Sentiment Flares in Ethiopia as Addis Ababa Preps for AIDS Conference
Ethiopia’s religious leaders have abruptly canceled a news conference called to denounce a planned meeting of gay rights activists on the fringes of an international meeting on AIDS. Ethiopia’s attitude toward homosexuality is shaping up as a potential flash point as some of the world’s leading experts gather to discuss trends in AIDS treatment and [...]
Ethiopian troops had crossed into Somalia
Ethiopia is Africa’s oldest independent nation and its second most populous. The country remains one of the poorest nations on earth, frequently drought and famine-stricken. Meles Zenawi, the current prime minister, heads the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front. Since the fall of Emperor Haile Selassie’s corrupt regime in 1974, the nation has been riven by [...]
Ethiopia Agrees to Back Somalia Army Operations, IGAD Says
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) — Ethiopia agreed to back efforts by Kenya, the African Union and Somalia’s government to defeat the al-Shabaab insurgency, a seven-nation regional group said. The Intergovernmental Authority on Development asked the authorities in Addis Ababa to provide assistance and “there was a promise from the Ethiopian government that they would do so,” [...]
Ethiopian troops cross into Somalia: witnesses
Several hundred Ethiopian troops crossed on Saturday into southern and central Somalia, local elders said, but Addis Ababa dismissed the reports as “absolutely not true.” “There are several hundred Ethiopian troops here in lorries and some armoured vehicles too,” said elder Abdi Ibrahim Warsame, speaking by telephone from Gurel town, in Somalia’s central Galgudud region. [...]
Oromo: First Ethiopian People’s Forum held in Seattle
Seattle had its first Forum meeting last Saturday November 12, 2011. This meeting was highly anticipated mainly due to its unique nature of trying something new that has never been tried before. It brought three different political organizations that may have differences but are willing to sit together and if possible resolve their disagreements. Or [...]
Ethiopia’s Dado win NYC Marathon women’s race
Firehiwot Dado of Ethiopia overtook frontrunner Mary Keitany of Kenya near the end to win the New York City Marathon on Sunday.
