Addis Ababa Ethopia

Addis Ababa , November 25 (WIC) - Ethiopia will start exporting power to neighboring Sudan and Djibouti in 2010 and plans to produce 15,000 MW of power within 10 years, its mines and energy minister said on Tuesday. Minister Alemayehu Tegenu told ...  

Addis Ababa, November 25 -- Ethiopia and MIDROC Gold Company, known for its various investments in and outside Ethiopia, signed on Tuesday an agreement for the exploration of over 20,000kg gold mines, which is expected to generate hundreds of ...  

November 24, 2009 (ADDIS ABABA) — United states and British officials expressed concern over complaints by country’s opposition members that the Ethiopian government is politicizing foreign-funded humanitarian assistance, using it as a weapon to ...  

Addis Ababa (IAAF) — Koreni Jelila and Tilahun Regassa stole the honours at the Ethiopian Airlines 2009 Great Ethiopian Run 10km in Addis Ababa on Sunday (22), both winning in new course records. Jelila reproduced her winning form of one week ...  

November 24, 2009 -- Last week, Addis Ababa hosted a Saudi-East African Forum at the conference centre of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. A trade fair with 50 top Saudi companies in attendance was also held to complement the event ...  

November 22,2009 (ADDIS ABABA) – Ethiopia’s ruling party, Ethiopia People’s Revolutionary Democratic front (EPRDF) and Sudan’s dominant National Congress Party on Sunday signed cooperation agreement of mutual interest. The agreement was ...  

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia—An Ethiopian court on Thursday convicted 26 people who were accused of taking part in an alleged coup plot earlier this year and acquitted five others. Judge Adem Ibrahim said most of the defendants in the case had said they ...  

ADDIS ABABA, Nov 21, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Africa has been a victim of climate change, though its contribution to global warming is very minimal, said Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on Saturday. Unless the developed world strives towards ...  

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — An Ethiopian court on Thursday convicted 26 people who were accused of taking part in an alleged coup plot earlier this year and acquitted five others. Judge Adem Ibrahim said most of the defendants in the case had said ...  

November 20, 2009 (ADDIS ABABA) — The federal court of Ethiopia on Thursday handed down guilty verdict on 27 retired and serving Army officers who were accused of conspiring coup plot earlier on the year. "The evidences and witness brought by ...  

IPI released report on its fact-finding mission on press freedom in Ethiopia. ADDIS ABABA — After meetings with local media and the head of the Office of Government Communication Affairs (OGCA), IPI’s fact-finding mission to Ethiopia found that ...  

US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Bureau of African Affairs Karl Wyckoff and Woyanne Foreign Affairs Minister Seyoum Mesfin held talks on Thursday in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa. On Friday, in a meeting with reporters, Mr Wyckoff expressed concerns ...  

ADDIS ABABA, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Ethiopia on Monday denied that rebels fighting for independence for a region with potentially lucrative oil and gas reserves had seized seven towns near the border with neighbouring Somalia. The Ogaden National ...  

Addis Ababa - Ethiopia on Monday denied that rebels fighting for independence for a region with potentially lucrative oil and gas reserves had seized seven towns near the border with neighbouring Somalia. The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF ...  

Addis Ababa , November 19 (WIC) – The former President of Ghana and WFP global Ambassador against Hunger, John Kufuor, commends the efforts being made by the Ethiopian government to manage environmental resources. After visiting the Managing ...