At noon every Sunday a Toyota sedan donated by supporters of Ethiopia’s most famous prisoner pulls up near a jail on the outskirts of the capital.
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/ 20 November 2009
A senior US official voiced concerns on Friday about the restrictions on opposition parties in Ethiopia ahead of elections next year.
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/ 18 November 2009
The UN says the Horn of Africa is one of the most critical hunger areas in the world, with 23-million people not getting enough to eat.
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/ 12 November 2009
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said on Thursday it was unlikely the world was serious about tackling global warming.
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/ 3 November 2009
Ethiopian opposition parties say nearly 450 of their members have been jailed to stop them running as candidates in national elections next year.
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/ 23 September 2009
Ethiopia said on Wednesday that its national electricity company has signed contracts with three Chinese firms to develop hydro-electric projects.
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/ 22 September 2009
An Ethiopian rebel group denied on Tuesday it is helping militants in Somalia who are waging a violent rebellion against the country’s government.
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/ 17 September 2009
Ethiopia’s Ogadeni rebels have warned oil firms not to venture into the southern region of the country where they are fighting government forces.
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/ 10 September 2009
A coalition of opposition parties accused the Ethiopian authorities on Thursday of arresting some of its members to stop them running in an election.
An international commission has awarded Ethiopia -million and Eritrea ,4-million in damages over their 1998 to 2000 border war.
A US-based university professor is among 13 men convicted in absentia by Ethiopia for plotting to overthrow the government, it was reported on Friday.
Eritrea wants a peaceful and united Somalia and believes now is the best time in nearly two decades to foster genuine political dialogue.
An Ethiopian court jailed a Canadian for life on Monday after he was convicted of membership of a rebel group fighting for independence.
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/ 6 February 2009
The African Union imposed sanctions on Thursday on the junta that overthrew the government and seized power in Mauritania last August.
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/ 4 February 2009
Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi’s drive to create a ”union government” for all of Africa has instead heightened divisions on the continent.
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/ 3 February 2009
Troops have crossed the border back into Somalia, only days after Ethiopia completed a military pullout from its neighbour, witnesses said on Tuesday.
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/ 2 February 2009
Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi vowed on Monday to push for the creation of a ”United States of Africa”, as he was elected head of the African Union.
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/ 28 January 2009
Ethiopia on Tuesday ruled out sending its troops back to Somalia after hard-line Islamists took over Baidoa, the seat of the country’s Parliament.
African ministers of economy will discuss proposals next week for a continental investment bank and stock exchange to promote development.
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/ 29 December 2008
The mountainous region in north-eastern Ethiopia was ravaged by the border conflict that left about 80 000 dead between 1998 and 2000.
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/ 28 November 2008
Ethiopia will withdraw its troops from Somalia by the end of this year, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Friday.
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/ 28 November 2008
When she’s hunting for a visa in Addis Ababa, Arsema Andargatchew refuses to accept that she isn’t welcome elsewhere in the world.
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/ 13 October 2008
Human Rights Watch urged Ethiopian lawmakers on Monday to reject legislation it says would slap major government restrictions on foreign aid groups.
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/ 10 October 2008
Football is a national obsession in Ethiopia, but it’s the UK premier league that gets the crowd — and the copycat Brit-style hooligans — going.
Governance has improved in almost two-thirds of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa, according to an index published on Monday.
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/ 24 September 2008
Britain has pledged -million for drought-hit Ethiopia, where 9,6-million people are in need of emergency food aid.
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/ 22 September 2008
The United Nations appealed on Monday for -million to feed about 10-million Ethiopians hit by drought and high food prices.
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/ 19 September 2008
Ethiopia’s Ogaden rebels on Friday demanded that the United Nations Security Council secure an aid corridor to their homeland.
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/ 18 September 2008
In Addis Ababa taxi passengers are forced to fight for space. Abiy Temesgen demonstrates how to board a bus by using his mother as a human shield
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/ 12 September 2008
Ethiopia has said neighbour and foe Eritrea is ”incapable” of launching a war across its border.
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/ 1 September 2008
Shurame Ibira is six years old, and even after nine days of emergency treatment against malnutrition, still weighs less than 9kg.
The global food crisis has forced Ethiopian families to make grievous choices.