Ethiopian News

Five Europeans killed in attack in remote Ethiopia

ethionews — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:02:56 +0000

Jan 18, 2012 By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA, Jan 18 (Reuters) – Gunmen killed five European tourists and kidnapped two further foreigners and two Ethiopians in northern Ethiopia’s remote Afar region where separatist rebels have operated, the government said on Wednesday. Ethiopian government spokesman Bereket Simon said two Germans, two Hungarians and an Austrian died [...]

Eritrea denies it trained Ethiopia tourist killers

ethionews — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:20 +0000

Jan 18, 2012 By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA, Jan 18 (Reuters) – Eritrea has rejected Ethiopia’s accusations that it trained and armed gunmen who attacked a group of foreign tourists in Ethiopia’s Afar region this week, its envoy to the African Union said on Wednesday. German nationals were among five foreigners killed in the incident [...]

Dutch to ban import, use of narcotic qat leaves

ethionews — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:43 +0000

By Tjibbe Hoekstra AMSTERDAM | Tue Jan 10, 2012 The Dutch government said on Tuesday it will ban qat, the narcotic plant used mostly by Ethiopian and Yemeni migrants, to curb its use and stop people re-exporting it to other European countries. Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport has become an import hub and clearing house for the [...]

Bekele still undecided about London Games

ethionews — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:30 +0000

Fri Jan 6, 2012 Olympic 5,000 and 10,000 metres champion Kenenisa Bekele said on Friday he had not yet decided whether to defend his titles at this year’s London Olympics. The 29-year-old Ethiopian, who had not raced on the track since 2009 because of injury, dropped out of the 10,000 metres at last year’s world [...]

Ethiopia jails two Swedish journalists for aiding rebels

ethionews — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:00:36 +0000

By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA | Tue Dec 27, 2011 (Reuters) – An Ethiopian court sentenced two Swedish journalists Tuesday to 11 years in prison for helping and promoting the outlawed Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) rebel group and entering the country illegally. The accusations and last week’s guilty verdicts have provoked anger in Sweden [...]

Ethiopia dragged reluctantly back into Somalia

Ethiopian — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:45:24 +0000

Analysis – Ethiopia dragged reluctantly back into Somalia By Richard Lough, Reuters Ethiopia is being sucked back into Somalia to open another front against Islamist rebels battling Kenyan forces but even a military victory is unlikely to end two decades of anarchy unless the country’s feuding politicians and clans want peace. An Ethiopian government official acknowledged for [...]

Ethiopia as a model for health care leadership

Ethiopian — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:38:51 +0000

By: Michael Greenwood, Biz Community Despite extensive poverty and limited resources, Ethiopia has made impressive strides in improving its health care system and can serve as a model for other countries seeking to make similar gains, a new paper by Yale researchers suggests. The east African nation – which is more than double the size [...]

Dawit Kebede joins Ethiopia’s exiled journalists

Ethiopian — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:03:33 +0000

New York, November 21, 2011–Dawit Kebede, managing editor of Awramba Times, one of Ethiopia’s two remaining independent Amharic-language newspapers offering critical analysis of local politics, announced today that he was forced to leave the country after he received a tip last week about alleged government plans to re-imprison him. Kebede also said that the paper [...]

Somalia gov’t: Ethiopian troops ‘need a mandate’

Ethiopian — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:42:22 +0000

By KATHARINE HOURELD, Associated Press : NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Somali government spokesman on Monday denied that Ethiopian troops have entered Somalia to help fight insurgents despite several witnesses reporting the movement of troops. Abdirahman Omar Osman said Ethiopian troops would only be welcome if they had an international mandate or a bilateral agreement with [...]

Ethiopia may join Somalia conflict

Ethiopian — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:46:07 +0000

By KATHARINE HOURELD, Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — East African officials are considering having Ethiopian troops join the war in Somalia to create a third front against al-Qaida linked insurgents, officials said Friday, as around 400 Kenyan soldiers moved to the border to push toward a key Somali town. International interest in famine-hit, war-ravaged [...]