A small firm in Ethiopia is recycling old tyres and turning them into funky fashion that’s gone global, reports Xan Rice.
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.