Ethiopia - Meles Zenawi's Daughter seen here. Such target practice by any other Ethiopian would not be tolerated by TPLF Ethiopia - Meles Zenawi on his daughter's future role in Politics nazret.com - In an interview with Addis Fortune newspaper, Ethiopian Prime Minsiter Meles Zenawi was asked if he would... [view entry]

Suspect Gezaheign Awasi who appears to be a native of Ethiopia Ethiopia - Man charged in apartment fire nazret.com - A 44 year old man in Tampa, Florida has been charged with setting fire to an apartment building. The fire broke out at the Baywater Apartment complex at 6910 Waters... [view entry]

UN Predicts Food Shortages for East Africa By Kim Lewis VOA 21 September 2009 The United Nations says a series of poor harvests is aggravating an already serious food situation across much of East Africa. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, or FAO, says recent crops in Uganda, Kenya and... [view entry]

Ethiopia Airports Enterprise awarded for excellence By Elias Meseret The Ethiopian Airports Enterprise (EAE) was awarded a Corporate Achievement Award for excellence in the aviation industry at the 15th Aviation and Allied Business Leadership Conference held at the Hilton Hotel, Addis Ababa. The prestigious award is in recognition of EAE's... [view entry]

Ethiopia's Gibe II tunnel set for water test By Groum Abate The Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) is going to test the 25.8 km tunnel of Gilgel Gibe II this week by letting water run through it. If it succeeds, then the corporation will try out the turbines in the... [view entry]

Ethiopian Police brutal beating of a boy 2005 Ethiopia Police get human rights training By Elias Meseret Source: Capital With next year's Ethiopia's general election looming, the country's law enforcement officials and police have attended four days of training on human rights and basic principles of the law. The training,... [view entry]

Ethiopia - Addis Ababa University reforms By Addis Mulugeta Addis Ababa University (AAU), Ethiopia's oldest university, said on Thursday, September 17 that it has finalised its Business Process Reengineering (BPR) preparations and has started to implement it at all levels. BPR focuses on complete structural change and reform within large... [view entry]

UN: Investment improving in Ethiopia By Addis Mulugeta As the world economy begins the recovery from a serious recession, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNITED) released its 'World Investment Report 2009' on September 18 at UNECA. The report entitled, "Transitional Corporations, Agricultural Production and Development" says that Ethiopia... [view entry]

Daniel W. Yohannes President Obama to nominate Ethiopian-American to head Millennium Challenge Corporation Source: The Whitehouse President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Daniel W. Yohannes [a native of Ethiopia], Chief Executive Officer, Millennium Challenge Corporation. Daniel W. Yohannes , Nominee for Chief Executive Officer, Millennium Challenge Corporation. Daniel... [view entry]

Haile Gebrselassie won the Berlin Marathon for the fourth year in a row on Sunday but missed out on breaking his own world record. His time was two hours, six minutes and eight seconds, but warm conditions ended any hopes of him breaking the record he set in last year's... [view entry]