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The AU's secretariat, the African Union Commission, is based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. You can visit the African Union's home on the web at. (PR Newswire)
Sudan: U.S. Soon to Announce New Darfur Policy Aug 20, 2009
Crowley said he will then travel to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to resume talks with the leadership of key Darfuri armed movements on unification efforts in support of the Doha peace process. While in Ethiopia, Gration will also meet with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. (allAfrica.com)
Somalia: Preparing for Battle in Mogadishu And Beyond [analysis] Aug 19, 2009
Adding to the complexity is a report from August 7 on the Allpuntland website that Washington, Addis Ababa and the T.F.G. had formulated a "six-sided plan" as a result of Washington's successful brokering of talks between the other two in which they had "reconciled their differences" and done away with their "widespread suspicion of each other." The next step would be to mount attacks on the armed opposition in various regions with a m;lange of anti-opposition forces, presumably warlord militias... (allAfrica.com)
Panel gives Ethiopia, Eritrea damages over war Aug 19, 2009
It said the government in Addis Ababa would study the details of the final award further and assess how to ensure that Asmara paid what it owed. Eritrea said it would respect the ruling. (AlertNet)
To Ethiopia and back Aug 18, 2009
Chris Sievers had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that carried him halfway around the world this summer to do an internship at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He was one of only nine Iowa youth selected to be part of the prestigious Borlaug-Ruan International Internship. (Storm Lake Pilot Tribune, IA)
Ethiopia: Electrtonic Project Spurs Assembly Aug 18, 2009
com: Ethiopia: Electrtonic Project Spurs Assembly (Page 1 of 1). Ethiopia: Electrtonic Project Spurs Assembly. (allAfrica.com)
Ethiopia: Holland Car to Manufacture Bio-Gas Cars in Ethiopia Aug 18, 2009
Holland Car PLC is established in 2005 and is a joint venture between the Dutch company Trento Engineering BV with a 50 percent share and the Ethiopian company Ethio-Holland PLC in Addis Ababa with 50 percent ... It has a production-site of 20,000 square meters situated in Modjo, about 65 km south of Addis Ababa. (allAfrica.com)
Kenya: Oromos Live Peacefully in Ethiopia Aug 18, 2009
One of the most vivid signs that Addis is getting concerned with the activities of OLF is the decision in the past to expel 300 Oromo students from Addis Ababa University, claiming they had links to OLF.. But Oromos have representation in the Ethiopian Parliament and in the Cabinet under the country's federal political system. (allAfrica.com)
Ethiopia: Hunger-Ridden Country Defends Land Grabs Aug 15, 2009
World top oil producing countries including the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and giant economic nations like India, China and South Korea are queuing in Addis Ababa to be allowed to start big commercial farming ventures meant to feed their own people. Indian investment. (allAfrica.com)
Ethiopia: Ethio-Scandinavian Beauty, Fashion Expo to Be Held Here Aug 14, 2009
Addis Abeba The Miss Scandinavia Organization announced that it was planning to host a special Ethio-Scandinavian Beauty and fashion expo in Addis Ababa Ethiopia next month coinciding with the celebration of Ethiopia's new year celebrations. The expo will feature 24 contestants from the Miss Scandinavia 2009 beauty contest and the contestants from the Miss Ethiopia 2009 contest, the organizers said in a statement. (allAfrica.com)
Ethiopia: ERA Allocates 11.2 BIllion Birr for 2026 Km Road Work Aug 14, 2009
Addis Ababa Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) allocates a budget of over 11. 2 billion birr for the construction of 2026 kilometer road. (allAfrica.com)
Ethiopia: Bid Too Small for Oracle, Girma Wake Says Aug 12, 2009
com: Ethiopia: Bid Too Small for Oracle, Girma Wake Says (Page 1 of 1). Ethiopia: Bid Too Small for Oracle, Girma Wake Says. (allAfrica.com)
Ethiopia: Insiders Treated Like Outsiders by Foreigners Aug 12, 2009
com: Ethiopia: Insiders Treated Like Outsiders by Foreigners (Page 1 of 2). Ethiopia: Insiders Treated Like Outsiders by Foreigners. (allAfrica.com)
Ethiopia: Enterprise to Announce Bid for New Airport Aug 12, 2009
com: Ethiopia: Enterprise to Announce Bid for New Airport (Page 1 of 1). Ethiopia: Enterprise to Announce Bid for New Airport. (allAfrica.com)
Southern Ethiopia Gripped By Food Shortage Aug 12, 2009
Boditi The green landscape around Abebech Angelo's home in Agaza Duge village near Boditi town, 370km south of Addis Ababa, belies the food shortages that southern Ethiopia is facing. The area was dry and parched only a few weeks ago, but has turned green with the arrival of recent rains. (allAfrica.com)
Ghana to host second PACF Conference Aug 11, 2009
The first conference was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia April last year. PACF was launched as a new continent-wide competence and action centre. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Papers please! Aug 11, 2009
As she prepares to leave Addis Ababa, the BBC's Elizabeth Blunt reflects on the intense level of officialdom she has encountered in Ethiopia which she believes reveals much about the nature of power and responsibility in Ethiopian society ... I had not been in Addis Ababa very long when one of my predecessors came to visit ... Meanwhile I have carefully filed all the paperwork relating to the satphone, and if I go back to Addis Ababa in years to come I will check that my successor still has it. (BBC News -- Africa)
Spain gives Ethiopia $7 mln for child nutrition Aug 9, 2009
ADDIS ABABA, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Spain will give Ethiopia $7 million in grants to fund child nutrition and food security projects for three years across the huge Horn of Africa country, the state-run Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) said on Saturday ... The United Nations, which has given Addis Ababa $6 million from a global emergency fund to this year, said last week that 6. (AlertNet)
Ethiopia: Obama's Trade Ambassador on Visit Here Aug 8, 2009
Addis Ababa Member of US President Obama's Cabinet, Ambassador Ron Kirk is here in Addis with the aim to boost trade relationship between Ethiopia and United States. The ambassador arrives here yesterday for a three-day long visit leading a deligation composed of US private sector and Congressional delegation, to "learn more about trade challenges and opportunities in the Ethiopia." A statement from United States Embassy also indicated the visit was intended to explore the US-Ethiopian trade and... (allAfrica.com)
Kenya: TV Series Sparks Diplomatic Row Aug 8, 2009 Ethiopia: GTZ Launches First Learning Sector for Solar Technology Set Up Aug 7, 2009 * World News Quick Take Aug 5, 2009 China in Africa: Friend or foe? Aug 5, 2009 Ethiopia: Traffic Accidents, Major Public Health Crisis Aug 4, 2009 Ethiopia jails Canadian for life Aug 4, 2009 Ethiopia: Meningitis Kills 18 in Amhara Region Jul 31, 2009 Ethiopia: Ethiopia - Quest For a Lost Muslim City Jul 30, 2009 ETHIOPIAN HUNGER Jul 28, 2009 Ethiopia: Concern Over Rising Malnutrition Jul 28, 2009 Timeline: Sudan Jul 26, 2009 In pictures: Ethiopia clashes Jul 26, 2009 Ethiopia: Fears Over New Anti-Terror Law Jul 24, 2009 Ethiopia: Govt Suspends 42 NGOs As Hunger Worsens Jul 22, 2009 East Africa: Kenya, Sudan to Import Power From Ethiopia Jul 22, 2009 Solar empowers Jul 16, 2009 Ethiopian Airlines Wins the 2009 Airline of the Year Award Jul 11, 2009 Kenya: Govt Cornered Jul 10, 2009 Celluloid life Jul 9, 2009 INTERVIEW-Don't forget Africa at G8 and Copenhagen-Meles Jul 9, 2009 Somalia: President Visits Libya, Stopover in Ethiopia Jul 8, 2009 US warns Ethiopia on Somali role Jul 7, 2009 Africa: Neglected Diseases Under the Microscope Jul 7, 2009 Ethiopia: DP World Djibouti Rejects ESL Request for Dedicated Berth Jul 7, 2009 * Sports Briefs Jul 6, 2009 Ethiopian man charged with shackling girl for 18 years Jul 4, 2009 Two shot at Ethiopia church site Jul 2, 2009 Ethiopia: Meles Zenawi Causes Political Earthquake [column] Jun 29, 2009 She helps small U.S. businesses thrive Jun 29, 2009 A/H1N1 flu knocks at doors of African countries in sub-Sahara Jun 28, 2009 Ethiopia: An Analysis of The Draft Anti-Terrorism Law - Updated June 19, 2009 [analysis] Jun 27, 2009 Ethiopia: Erratic Rainfall Threatens Crop Yields Jun 27, 2009 Ethiopia: Locust Threat in Northwest Jun 26, 2009 Somalia: Ethiopia Plays Down Crisis in Mogadishu Jun 26, 2009 Ethiopia: PM Wants Compensation for Africa Jun 26, 2009 Rebel Threat Pressures Somalia's Neighbors Jun 24, 2009 Ethiopia: PM Preparing to Step Down Jun 24, 2009 Somali president calls emergency Jun 23, 2009 East Africa: Al-Qaeda Threatens Peace in Region Jun 23, 2009 Extremists Sentence Somalis to Amputations Jun 23, 2009 Laying the tracks Jun 23, 2009 Ethiopia: Ministry Confirms First Cases of Swine Flu Jun 23, 2009 Join Congress, see the world Jun 22, 2009 Somalia declares state of emergency, calls for help Jun 21, 2009 Africa worst at meeting U.N. anti-poverty goals Jun 20, 2009 A life-saving success story Jun 19, 2009 Ethiopia plans new rail system Jun 16, 2009 Africa: Civil Society Calls on Continent's Leaders to Back Court Jun 5, 2009 Ethiopia: Western Union, Country Agents Hand Over School Project Jun 3, 2009 Ethiopia: Country Moves to Strengthen Anti-Terrorism Law Media Warner Not to Serve Terrorist Purposes Jun 3, 2009 China to honour Olympian Dibaba with hospital Jun 3, 2009 CIA unmasks spy killed in 2003 Jun 2, 2009 Ethiopia: Woman Files One of Highest Civil Suits Ever, 300m Br Jun 2, 2009 Ethiopia: Shedding Light on Power Crisis Jun 2, 2009 New book explores eradication of smallpox Jun 1, 2009 Ethiopia: Defendants Granted Bail in Bank of Abyssinia Case May 29, 2009 Ethiopia: Govt to Pay Compensation to 'Victims' of BPR, Opposition Against May 28, 2009 Eritrea says call for sanctions "irresponsible" May 27, 2009 Accused Ethiopians again remanded May 27, 2009 Ethiopia: City to Develop Lideta Neighbourhood With 236 Million Br Investment May 27, 2009 Africans celebrate Africa Day May 26, 2009 Ethiopia: Private College, Indian University Graduate 92 in Post Graduation Studies May 26, 2009 FIGHTING RAGES May 25, 2009 Today In History May 25, 2009 TB -- hiding in plain sight May 22, 2009
Nairobi Ethiopia sent a stiff protest to Kenya on Thursday, seeking to stop the Nation Media Group from airing a television programme on a rebel movement fighting the Addis Ababa Government ... As part of the pressure to block NTV, which is owned by the Nation Media Group, from airing the programme, Kenya's ambassador to Ethiopia, Mr Franklin Esipila, was summoned by the the Foreign ministry in Addis Ababa. (allAfrica.com)
Ethiopia convicts 13 in absentia over coup plot Aug 8, 2009
ADDIS ABABA - A US-based university professor is among 13 men convicted in absentia by Ethiopia for plotting to overthrow the government, the state news agency said yesterday ... Addis Ababa says the group had planned to kill senior government ministers and blow up power and telecommunications facilities to provoke protesters who would then march on government buildings and try to topple the government. (Boston Globe)
Addis Ababa GTZ's project, Access to Modern Energy Services-Ethiopia (AMES-E) on Wednesday launched the first learning sector for solar technology setup to Selam Technical and Vocational College. The cooperation with Selam has led to the founding of the first solar school in Addis Ababa. (allAfrica.com)
The Canadian, who had also been accused of supporting Islamist militias in Somalia, was sentenced on Monday by the high court in Addis Ababa. Makhtals family said the sentence would be appealed. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
The next piece looks at the Chinese firms rebuilding the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa ... Yang Xiao GanChinese embassy, Addis Ababa ... "For China to become a major power, it needs to continue its double-digit economic growth of recent years. For this it needs energy and markets," Prof M Venkataraman of the University of Addis Ababa told the BBC.. (BBC News -- Africa)
And Addis Ababa, with the highest traffic flow, claims the lion's share of these accidents. Some 68 per cent of the accidents occurred in urban areas while rural areas claim about 19 per cent of it. (allAfrica.com)
But the Addis Ababa court found him guilty of four charges ... The ONLF, founded in 1984, is fighting for the Somali-speaking population in Ethiopia's oil-rich Ogaden region, saying it has been marginalised by Addis Ababa. (BBC News -- Americas)
Addis Ababa An outbreak of meningitis has killed 18 people and infected 63 in Ethiopia's northern Amhara region, officials said ... "The symptoms are related to meningitis diseases," Milliyon told a news conference in Addis Ababa on 29 July. (allAfrica.com)
Call me Ethics,' says Fauvelle-Aymar when I meet him in his office at the French Centre for Ethiopian Studies in Addis Ababa. I am slightly taken aback by his moniker - is he trying to emphasise that his method is more grounded and ethical than, say, the whip-wielding Indiana Jones. (allAfrica.com)
ADDIS ABABA, 27 July 2009 () - Ethiopia is facing challenges in providing food, health, nutrition, water and sanitation, emergency shelter, agriculture and livelihoods, according to the UN Humanitarian Coordinator, Fidele Sarassoro ... According to the World Health Organization, 579 new cases of AWD have been reported in Addis Ababa, Somali, Oromiya, Harari and Southern regions. (AlertNet)
Addis Ababa Ethiopia is facing challenges in providing food, health, nutrition, water and sanitation, emergency shelter, agriculture and livelihoods, according to the UN Humanitarian Coordinator, Fidele Sarassoro ... According to the World Health Organization, 579 new cases of AWD have been reported in Addis Ababa, Somali, Oromiya, Harari and Southern regions. (allAfrica.com)
1972 - Under the Addis Ababa peace agreement between the government and the Anya Nya the south becomes a self-governing region ... 1995 - Egyptian President Mubarak accuses Sudan of being involved in attempt to assassinate him in Addis Ababa. (BBC News -- Africa)
A man, shot in clashes between stone-throwing opposition supporters and riot police in Ethiopia's capital is rushed to an Addis Ababa hospital on Tuesday. As the wounded were taken to the hospital, a woman shouted: "Murder state". (BBC News)
Addis Ababa A little over 18 years ago, when the ruling Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) came to power, people were so eager to exercise democracy that even children started to challenge their parents saying "this is my democratic right" ... In January 1993, the government carried out a brutal crackdown on students at the Addis Ababa University (AAU) who were demonstrating against the referendum on Eritrea's independence ... Street protests in the capital, Addis Ababa,... (allAfrica.com)
Addis Ababa Ethiopian authorities have suspended the operations of 42 non-governmental organisations allegedly involved in activities that are "out of their mandate" in the Southern region of the country. Ethiopia's Southern regional state justice office chief Mr Yilma Meresa told this writer that those NGOs were out to interrupt the peace and development of the region. (allAfrica.com)
Addis Ababa Sudan's national Electric agency is set to buy power from Ethiopia early next year after grid installation was completed last week. Mr Saddiq Haroun, manager of the Ethiopia- Sudan power linkage project, told the Nation that a 157km power grid installation was done from Gedarif region of Sudan to Ethiopian west border. (allAfrica.com)
Rema, 150 miles north of the capital Addis Ababa, is home to Ethiopia's largest solar project. Samson Tsegay (R) says people are suspicious of solar power. (BBC News -- Africa)
Washington, DC Ethiopian Airlines is pleased to announce that it has been named the Airline of the Year 2009 at the African Business Awards organized by the London-based African Business and the Commonwealth Business Council (CBC). The award was presented to Ethiopian Airlines at the African Business Awards ceremony held at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Ballroom, in London on July 06, 2009. (allAfrica.com)
The ICC chief prosecutor, who is Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on a visit to several Africa countries, has stressed no one will be spared if the government fails to meet its side of the bargain. Sources said the meeting between President Kibaki, Mr Wako, Mr Kilonzo and Mr Orengo did not agree on the kind of judicial mechanism that they would put in place. (allAfrica.com)
In 1984 the programme stepped up and the government in the capital Addis Ababa announced that one and half million people would be moved. The Ethiopian highlands have been left arid by deforestation. (BBC News -- Africa)
ADDIS ABABA, July 8 (Reuters) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi headed to the G8 summit in Italy on Wednesday to remind rich nations of the disproportionate impact on Africa of the world economic crisis and global warming. "The key message for us is to ask the G8 to live up to their commitments," said Meles, who has become something of a spokesman for Africa and is often invited to attend global meetings on the continent's behalf. (AlertNet)
Addis Ababa President Sheikh Sharif attended the AU Summit in Sirte, Libya, where he pushed for changing the mandate of AU peacekeepers (AMISOM) in Mogadishu to use force against insurgents ... Mr. Said Yusuf, the Somali ambassador to Ethiopia, told the BBC Somali Service that President Sheikh Sharif held a number of meetings in Addis Ababa, including discussions with ambassadors and envoys from China, Kenya, Sweden and the European Union. (allAfrica.com)
"The Ethiopian government continues to look very closely at developments in Somalia," said Mr Carson before a scheduled trip to Addis Ababa on Monday. "Given the long-standing enmity between Somalis and Ethiopians, I will encourage the Ethiopians not to re-engage in Somalia," he said. (BBC News -- Africa)
"I have been treating patients for the last 27 years for visceral leishmaniasis using just one drug, sodium stibogluconate. This drug is toxic; it can affect the lungs, kidneys and even the heart. It is also fatal if not administered correctly," Asrat Hailu, professor of immunoparasitology at the University of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia said in an interview with IPS.. The drug has to be administered for a minimum of 30 days in a hospital setting. (allAfrica.com)
com: Ethiopia: DP World Djibouti Rejects ESL Request for Dedicated Berth (Page 1 of 1). Ethiopia: DP World Djibouti Rejects ESL Request for Dedicated Berth. (allAfrica.com)
The 36-year-old athlete, who won bronze in the 5,000m at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, was detained last Monday hours after the incident took place in Alem Gena X 6km west of Addis Ababa. A local newspaper said the couple, who have five children, were embroiled in a legal battle over the ownership of a kindergarten school. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Hundreds of women have rallied to demand the death penalty for a man who allegedly shackled a girl with dogs for 18 years and abused her, the Ethiopian News Agency reported yesterday. The unnamed suspect from Adama - a town 63 miles east of the capital of Addis Ababa - imprisoned the girl from age 4, the agency said. (Boston Globe)
Violence broke out when police tried to stop the construction in Dessie, 250km (155 miles) north-east of Addis Ababa. The police say they were responding to an attack on them by the Christians, but campaign groups say the police ambushed the workers. (BBC News)
Secondly, he has been in the political trenches since 1974 when he walked away from Addis Ababa University's Faculty of Medicine after 2 years of study to join the Marxist-Leninist league of Tigray within the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front. He opposed the Mengistu Haile Mariam dictatorship with every atom of his energy until 1991 when the latter was finally ousted and he (Meles Zenawi) was elected interim president. (allAfrica.com)
Demmellash's own struggle began in Addis Ababa, , amid instability and unrest. Thousands of Ethiopians -- including her aunt -- disappeared or were tortured and/or killed under the ruling military regime. (CNN)
At a joint press conference, Liya Kebede, the general manager of St. Paulos Hospital in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, said the virus was detected in two of three students who came here from the United States following an examination. She said the examination was made on the students upon their arrival at the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport after their arrivals. (Xinhuanet, China)
A May 2008 explosion on a minibus in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, for which a little known group called the Islamic Guerrillas claimed responsibility, killed three people on the eve of national celebrations. 1] In October 2008 the Ethiopian trade mission in Hargeisa, Somaliland, was one of the targets of multiple suicide bombings that killed at least 20 people; the attacks were blamed on al-Shabaab, a Somali armed group with alleged links to al Qaeda. (allAfrica.com)
Addis Ababa The late start of Ethiopia's wet season and the unreliability of the rains could affect crop production this year and increase the number of those in need of aid, officials said. "The rainy season will start late particularly in the northeastern part of our country," Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told reporters at his office on 24 June. (allAfrica.com)
Addis Ababa Locust swarms have migrated from northwestern Somalia and spread to seven regions of Ethiopia, but have so far caused minimal damage to crops, an official has said. "About a dozen swarms have entered the country," Kassahun Yitaferu, an entomologist at the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, said. (allAfrica.com)
Addis Ababa Ethiopia has said it will not send troops to Somalia because the Mogadishu administration was not in danger of being deposed by Islamic militants. Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said he believed that president Sheikh Sharif Ahmed's government would not be overthrown easily. (allAfrica.com)
Addis Ababa Ethiopian PM Meles Zenawi wants the rich nations to compensate Africa and help the continent in the climate change adaptation projects. Mr Meles told to reporters he was demanding unconditional financial support because of the Western nation's pollution of the African environment. (allAfrica.com)
Reports from Somalia's western border with Ethiopia claimed that Ethiopian troops had entered Somalia on June 22, despite a statement from Addis Ababa that it would not enter the country without an international mandate. Ethiopia invaded Somalia in late 2006 to topple a previous Islamist government. (Time.com)
Addis Ababa Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi reaffirmed his readiness to leave his office, saying he wants to see a new generation of leadership in the post. Meles says he wants to step down but the final decision will be made by his ruling party that has led the country for the last 18 years. (allAfrica.com)
The BBC's Elizabeth Blunt in Addis Ababa says all eyes are on Ethiopia to see if it will respond to the plea for intervention. Ethiopia's troops left Somalia in January under a UN peace deal after spending two years helping government forces against insurgents. (BBC News -- Africa)
Ethiopia, which fought and routed the extremists in 2006, rejected the call for armed intervention and government spokesman Bereket Simon told the Nation in Addis Ababa that Ethiopia would not deploy its armed forces in Somalia without "a clear and approved mandate by the international community" ... There has been heightened diplomatic activity in Addis Ababa, with Western diplomats reportedly trying to get Ethiopia, an influential nation in the region because of its huge military, to intervene... (allAfrica.com)
AP writers Samson Haileyesus in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and Tom Odula in Nairobi, Kenya, contributed to this report. MORE.. (Time.com)
The French built it for the Emperor Menelik in the early 1900s, and French influences are everywhere, from the glazed canopies of the Addis Ababa railway station to the startling sight of the Ethiopian station staff in Dire Dawa talking to each other in French as they dispatch a night goods train down the line to Djibouti ... The section from Addis Ababa to Dire Dawa has been closed while the work is going on ... The railway's general manager, To'om Terie, who now sits in his comfortable office... (BBC News -- Business)
Addis Ababa Ethiopia has confirmed its first cases of H1N1 flu virus, Health Minister Tewedros Adhanhom said on Friday. It was the second country in Africa after South Africa, to report the deadly flu. (allAfrica.com)
Population , an organization that works to promote sexual and reproductive health, flew him and his wife, former St. Louis municipal court judge Debra Carnahan, to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in February 2008. The five-day, $18,420 trip involved talks about women s reproductive health issues, according to information compiled by the non-profit, nonpartisan. (St. Louis Business Journal, MO)
"Ethiopia will act within the framework of the decision of the international community to provide military support to Somalia." (Additional reporting by Mohamed Ibrahim in Mogadishu and Tsegaye Tadesse in Addis Ababa; Writing by Helen Nyambura-Mwaura; Editing by Matthew Jones). news is provided by. (AlertNet)
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia and Cape Verde are the only African countries on target to meet U.N. anti-poverty goals because poor nations have not received support promised by richer ones, a U.N. development chief told Reuters. A malnourished baby cries in his mother's lap inside Medicine Sans Frontieres intensive care unit near Sheshemene, southern Ethiopia, June 8, 2008. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Driving south from Addis Ababa to the city of Awasa past the tiny, round, thatched-roof tukuls that serve as houses, watching oxen pull rudimentary plows, seeing women bent from the weight of wood on their backs, only the cars on the road give any indication that the 20th century has come and gone. But the 20th-century scourge of AIDS brought Save the Children down this road to work in the towns between Addis and Awasa, organizing and training tens of thousands of volunteers. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
At the moment the country has only one railway - the historic narrow gauge line from the capital Addis Ababa to the neighbouring country of Djibouti. But it is in very poor condition and only half of the line is operational. (BBC News -- Business)
The statement has been prepared and issued ahead of the gathering of African States Parties to the Rome Statute of the ICC convened by the African Union (AU) Commission and currently scheduled to take place from 8 9 June 2009 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Workshop conclusions. (allAfrica.com)
Addis Abeba Western Union, a leading provider of global money transfer services, along with its Agents in Ethiopia, officially handed over a new school building project to a local school in Addis Ababa, it said on Monday. According to the a press release from Western Union, the school project was a result of partnership with the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, the Construction and Business Bank and Dashen Bank. (allAfrica.com)
Addis Ababa The Ethiopian government is working on draft law providing for a tougher punishment of individuals involved in terrorist activity. To that effect, the Council of Ministers has submitted the draft law to the House of Peoples' Representatives (HPR) for endorsement. (allAfrica.com)
ADDIS ABABA: China is to construct a multi-million-dollar hospital in Ethiopia and name it after Olympic double gold medallist Tirunesh Dibaba, state-media said on Monday. The 23-year-old set a landmark for any woman athlete when she claimed both the 5,000m and 10,000m during the Beijing Games last August becoming only the sixth athlete to do so. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
He was killed by a drunken driver in Addis Ababa who was convicted but as of 2008, had not been caught. Wenzel was a member of the first clandestine service training class to graduate after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, was a former public defender in Florida and an Ironman triathlete. (USA Today)
com: Ethiopia: Woman Files One of Highest Civil Suits Ever, 300m Br (Page 1 of 1). Ethiopia: Woman Files One of Highest Civil Suits Ever, 300m Br. (allAfrica.com)
com: Ethiopia: Shedding Light on Power Crisis (Page 1 of 3). Ethiopia: Shedding Light on Power Crisis. (allAfrica.com)
At one point, Dr. Henderson flew to Addis Ababa to convince Ethiopia's minister of health to fund smallpox vaccinations in the African nation -- even after the minister had for three years denied Dr. Henderson permission to enter the country. Ultimately, Dr. Henderson convinced the health minister to fund a smallpox eradication program by pressing the personal physician to the emperor of Ethiopia to persuade the emperor to persuade the health minister. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
com: Ethiopia: Defendants Granted Bail in Bank of Abyssinia Case (Page 1 of 1). Ethiopia: Defendants Granted Bail in Bank of Abyssinia Case. (allAfrica.com)
Addis Ababa Government employees who for various reasons are found unfit to continue with the newly introduced business process re-engineering will be paid up to a sum of a full year's salary, according to a new bill the House endorsed on Tuesday. The House of people's Representative (HPR), which on Tuesday deliberated on civil servants' pension payments after 25 years of service, with the maximum age being 50, also passed a bill for civil servants who are left out of job due to the new business... (allAfrica.com)
Asmara has recalled its ambassador to the AU's headquarters in Addis Ababa. Western analysts say Ethiopia and Eritrea, still bitter over a border conflict in which 70,000 people were killed, have been fighting a proxy war in Somalia. (AlertNet)
More than 100 relatives and supporters were gathered outside the courtroom in the capital Addis Ababa. Family members and lawyers have been barred from visiting the accused in jail, relatives said outside Monday's hearing. (BBC News -- Africa)
com: Ethiopia: City to Develop Lideta Neighbourhood With 236 Million Br Investment (Page 1 of 1). Ethiopia: City to Develop Lideta Neighbourhood With 236 Million Br Investment. (allAfrica.com)
The Day is observed with respect to the creation of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), by its founding fathers on 25 May 1963 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the current headquarters of the AU. Later in 2002, Durban, South Africa, the OAU became the African Union (AU) ... A press statement by the AU said activities marking the Africa Day celebration on May 25, will take place at the headquarters of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Addis Ababa The first cohort of 92 post graduate students, who have been pursuing their studies in diverse disciplines run by Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in partnership with St. Mary's University College (SMUC) graduated on Saturday at Hilton Hotel here. The 92 prospective graduates have completed their studies in Master of Business Administration, Master of Arts in Rural Development, Master of Commerce, Master of Economics, Master of Public Administration, Master of Political... (allAfrica.com)
(Additional reporting by Mohamed Ahmed and Abdi Sheikh in Mogadishu, Barry Malone in Addis Ababa; writing by David Clarke; Editing by Charles Dick). news is provided by. (AlertNet)
- 1963, the Organization of African Unity was founded, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. - 1968, the Gateway Arch in St. Louis was dedicated by Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Interior Secretary Stewart Udall. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Stockholm, Sweden and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Current research suggests that Mycobacterium tuberculosis can evade the immune response. The related report by Rahman et al, "Compartmentalization of immune responses in human tuberculosis: few CD8+ effector T cells but elevated levels of FoxP3+ regulatory T cells in the granulomatous lesions," appears in the June 2009 issue of The American Journal of Pathology. (EurekAlert!)
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