Ethiopia

GEBRAY BERHANE

Secretary general (Ethiopian but of Eritrean origins) of the ACP group (which is linked to Europe through the Lome Convention), [...]

According to an eyewitness quoted by the Amharic-language newspapers Tazabi [...]

COUNCIL OF REGION FIVE REJIGGED

According to the government daily Ethiopian Herald, a regional executive council meeting of Region Five (Somali) held in Jijiga on [...]

FIRST PRIVATE BANKS

The Ethiopian government has authorized the creation of two private banks by local investment groups, one headed by Bulcha Demeksa [...]

AIDAN WHITE

The general secretary of the Brussels-based International Federation of Journalists [...]

The European Development Fund has approved the award of ECU1.95 [...]

The All Amhara Peoples Organization (AAPO) changed its statutes to [...]

OPPOSITION DEMONSTRATION IN ADDIS

Tens of thousands of people (estimated at 80,000 according to the most optimist figures) demonstrated on Meskel Square in Addis [...]

IRVING HICKS

US president Bill Clinton has named Irving Hicks as ambassador to Ethiopia, replacing Marc Bass who has been there since [...]

ABERA YEMANE AB

The man in charge of foreign relations in the Coalition [...]

FIVE INTO ONE DOES GO

A new political formation which supports the Ethiopian government saw the light of day on April 2: Ethiopian National Democratic [...]

ROBIN CHRISTOPHER

The new British ambassador to Ethiopia assumed his duties on [...]

POLITICAL THREAT OVER CALUB

Just as the International Development Association gave final approval for a $74 million loan for a project to develop the [...]

TENDER FOR NORTHERN NETWORK IN JUNE

An invitation to tender is expected in June in several [...]

ABDUL MEJID HUSSEIN

As the World Bank in Washington announced the award of [...]

A military communique of the Islamic Front for the Liberation [...]

OPPOSITION REJECTS ELECTIONS

The Council of Alternative Forces for Peace and Democracy in Ethiopia (CAFPDE), which was created during the conference by Ethiopian [...]

The French flag carrier Air France is believed to be [...]

For several weeks, some Amhara opposition groups have been distributing [...]