Ethiopia

France is expected to announce (on April 4) its policy [...]

SPECIAL IGADD SUMMIT

According to information obtained by The Indian Ocean Newsletter from diplomatic sources in Nairobi, the Kenyan government, spurred on by [...]

GOVERNMENT IN TALKS WITH CAFPD

Ethiopia's Council of Alternative Forces for Peace and Democracy (CAFPD, opposition) nominated five members on March 15 to negotiate with [...]

MELES ZENAWI

Ethiopia's head of state Meles Zenawi has officially confirmed that [...]

The chamber of commerce in Addis Ababa is to organize [...]

Armed conflict between elements of the Oromo Liberation Front and [...]

A conference on computer-based information services (Internet, email, etc) in [...]

WELILE AUGUSTINE NHLAPO

The Republic of South Africa's new ambassador to Ethiopia and permanent representative to the Organization of African Unity, who took [...]

A statement issued by the United Oromo People's Liberation Front [...]

ANTI-US TREND

Two grenades were thrown at the downtown premises of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Addis Ababa [...]

FIGHTS AROUND A MOSQUE

Nine persons were reported killed and 130 others injured when violence flared up in Addis Ababa on February 21 around [...]

MATTEO ZUPPI

A delegation of the Roman Catholic community Sant'Egidio headed by [...]

According to the Arab publication Asharq al-Awsat of March first, [...]

SEEING IT THEIR WAY

Once spread right across Africa, Italian cooperative assistance (except to North Africa) has been recycled in recent years into two [...]

The International Monetary Fund, in a recent issue of its [...]

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HEADWAY IN ENERGY AND MINES

Work will soon begin on the Calub project that aims to produce 65,000 t/year of motor and household fuels from the wet gas deposit in the Ogaden region. Production start-up is set for August, 1997 and studies will shortly be [.

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DETAILS OF WASHINGTON TALKS

The Ethiopian delegation led by Dawit Yohannes which attended bilateral talks with four of Ethiopia's opposition groups in Washington last week (ION N° 658) managed to accentuate somewhat the political differences between the groups participating.

MELES ZENAWI

According to the Arabic language daily Al Hayat of February [...]

Ethiopia's council of representatives (transitional parliament) has lifted the voting [...]