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FOX 11 Tucson - Thu Nov 19, 7:18 am ET
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — An Ethiopian court has convicted 26 people who were accused of taking part in a coup plot.
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Bloomberg - Mon Nov 23, 2:18 am ET
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Ethiopia’s government sold National Tour Operation and Travel Agency Enterprise to ABC Plc, the country’s largest car-rental company, Capital reported, citing Wondafrashe Assefa, a spokesman for the nation’s privatization authority.
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Washington Post - Mon Nov 23, 12:00 am ET
BAKO, ETHIOPIA -- In recent months, the Ethiopian government began marketing abroad one of the hottest commodities in an increasingly crowded and hungry world: farmland.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Mon Nov 23, 12:26 am ET
BAKO, Ethiopia I "Why Attractive?" reads one glossy poster with photos of green fields and a map outlining swaths of the country available at bargain-basement prices.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 20, 8:16 am ET
A senior United States official voiced concerns on Friday about the restrictions on opposition parties and human rights abuses in Ethiopia ahead of elections next year.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 19, 10:36 pm ET
The ancient hymns brought tears to the eyes of Solomon Ayeli, as well as memories of his native Ethiopia which he left two decades ago for Israel -- a country he loves but where he often feels rejected.
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Bloomberg - Fri Nov 20, 5:18 am ET
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. will increase inspections of food aid deliveries to Ethiopians after complaints by members of the country’s opposition that its members are routinely denied access to foreign aid, a U.S. State Department official said.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 14 minutes ago
The gunfire outside does not disturb them as they speak, explaining what led them to leave behind their lives as Islamist fighters and defect to the side of Somalia's weak transitional government.
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Brainerd Dispatch - Sat Nov 21, 1:50 pm ET
A Brainerd area businesswoman started her business to raise airfare to Ethiopia, but the trip created an inspiration to do even more.
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Marketwire - 1 hour 42 minutes ago
GB00B02WHQ80/GBP/PLUS-exn 24/11//2009 Sheba Exploration (UK) Plc Operational Report 35: gold sample results from Shehagne, northern Ethiopia Sheba Exploration (UK) Plc, the Plus-quoted gold and base metals explorer in Ethiopia, is pleased to announce further gold intersections from channel samples taken by Stratex International Plc at its Shehagne Exclusive Exploration Licence in northern ...
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EARTHtimes.org - Sat Nov 14, 7:28 am ET
Nairobi/Addis Ababa - Ethnic Somali rebels in Ethiopia claimed on Saturday that they had recaptured several towns from the government and killed a significant number of troops during a 48- hour operation earlier this week. The Ogaden National Liber...
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Los Angeles Times - Tue Nov 24, 3:24 am ET
Young Somali Americans, many in Minneapolis, were lured to fight with an Al Qaeda-affiliated group, court documents allege. Eight suspects alleged to be part of that network face criminal charges. Federal authorities unsealed criminal charges Monday against eight suspects alleged to be part of a U.S. recruiting network that sent young men to fight in Somalia -- one of the largest militant ...
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Knoxville News Sentinel - Mon Nov 23, 1:34 pm ET
The emperor Menelik II ruled Abyssinia (now Ethiopia) from 1889 to 1913. He was a progressive and benevolent monarch who wanted to modernize his country. And so, in 1892, when he heard of a "humane" way to execute criminals, he ordered three electric chairs.When the electric chairs arrived, the flaw in Menelik's reform came to light - his country had no electric power. Nobody was ever executed ...
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Washington Post - 55 minutes ago
Suspects accused of recruiting 20 youth in Minnesota to join extremist group in Somalia.
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Wired News - Tue Nov 24, 12:10 am ET
A November morn at a previously explored site reveals the remains of a noticeably human ancestor.