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Stung by their inability to end 15 years of conflict in Somalia, African Union leaders prepare to confront the issue with no clear solution except to recite old appeals and…
Ethiopians are awaiting a verdict in the marathon genocide trial of former dictator Mengistu Haile Miriam, who is accused of a plethora of brutal atrocities during his 17-year…
The African Union on Monday gave two hold-out Darfur rebel groups a 24-hour deadline to sign a peace deal with Khartoum or face United Nations sanctions. AU commission…
At least two people were killed and 21 injured on Friday when four blasts, described by police as "criminal acts", rocked Addis Ababa, the latest in a series of mystery…
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on Thursday accused Eritrea of arrogant war-mongering behavior as border tensions between the arch-rival neighbours intensified after a…
At least 16 people were injured, three seriously, on Friday as Ethiopian police moved to quell unrest in at least two parts of the capital on the second and final day of…
At least 27 people were killed on Wednesday as armed police clashed with demonstrators in the Ethiopian capital, prompting calls for restraint from the African Union and the…
At least five people were shot dead and more than 28 were wounded on Tuesday when Ethiopian police fired on and beat crowds in the capital amid new tensions over disputed May…
Heavily armed Ethiopian police clashed with stone-throwing rioters in the capital on Tuesday amid soaring new tension between the government and opposition over disputed May…
African leaders will meet on Thursday to seek means of averting the disintegration of war-divided Côte d’Ivoire, plunged deeper into crisis with the indefinite postponement of…
Ethiopian police have arrested 43 opposition supporters for allegedly plotting violent subversion ahead of a weekend demonstration called to protest disputed May elections, the…
Ethiopia’s ruling party has won a majority of parliamentary seats in May 15 parliamentary polls with preliminary results in from 85% of the country’s 547 constituencies,…
Bursting with national pride, Ethiopians this week celebrate the long-awaited return home of the famed Axum obelisk, a huge third-century BC funeral stela plundered by fascist…
The African Union agreed on Tuesday on a -million budget for 2005, a fourfold increase, in order to finance a series of ambitious projects. In the budget, -million is earmarked…
