HRW warns Britain over Ethiopia rights guarantees ADDIS ABABA — Human Rights Watch on Thursday warned Britain against relying on Ethiopian guarantees that it will not torture suspects deported to the African country. The two countries signed an agreement in December allowing Ethiopia to obtain custody of its citizens detained... [view entry]

Ethiopia Lowers Growth Forecast, Prime Minister Says Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- The rate of growth in Ethiopia was probably as low as 9.2 percent in the year to July 7 as electricity shortages closed factories, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said. The economy grew “somewhere between 9.2 percent and 10.2 percent”... [view entry]

Ethiopian PM Says No Ethiopian Forces in Somalia By Peter Heinlein VOA Addis Ababa 17 September 2009 Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has dismissed reports that Ethiopian troops are back in neighboring Somalia, nine months after they withdrew. At a news conference, Mr. Meles also lashed out at a new report... [view entry]

Ethiopian Prime minister Meles Zenawi at a new conference File Photo Ethiopia - "We have only contempt for the ICG." - Meles Zenawi ADDIS ABABA, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Ethiopia's prime minister has denounced a think-tank report that warned his country could descend into ethnic violence ahead of its first... [view entry]

09.25.09…Be There… PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release In Partnership with the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball Present ¨ ¨ ¨Ethiopian-American ... [view entry]

Africa Fears Changes Are Bad News NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyans and Ethiopians dominated the distance races at the last World Athletics Final at the weekend but Africans fear they are in danger of becoming irrelevant in the sport despite the depth of their talent. Read Full Article from NY Times [view entry]

Major Cattle Disease Eradicated in Ethiopia By Steve Baragona Source: VOA Washington, DC 16 September 2009 Rinderpest is an ancient viral disease that used to kill massive numbers of cattle in Africa, Asia, and Europe. In the late 19th century, a rinderpest epidemic wiped out an estimated 90 percent of... [view entry]

Ethiopian Airlines' "new" Boeing 737-8AS ET-ANB (msn 29935, ex EI-CSW) is pictured at Lasham before it departed on September 13. Copyright Photo: Antony J. Best. Ethiopian Airlines Takes Delivery of Second B737-800 Ethiopian Airlines has added into its fleet one CFM56-7B27 powered B737-800 from CIT Aerospace. ET-ANB with flight number... [view entry]

Ethiopia seeks climate change answers from public ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia will conduct a nationwide canvass of opinion to enable people to submit their ideas on how to tackle climate change, state media reported on Tuesday. The Ethiopian News Agency said the Horn of Africa country's population would be consulted... [view entry]

Angelina and Zahara Photo by: INF People.com Angelina Jolie Takes Zahara to Ethiopia It turns out that Angelina Jolie's recent goodwill mission in Kenya was also a homecoming for one member of the Jolie-Pitt family. While Jolie, 34, and Brad Pitt, 45, were "on a trip to Kenya with their... [view entry]