Ethiopia

ASRAT WOLDEYES

An eminent surgeon who teaches at the University of Addis Ababa, professor Asrat Woldeyes was jailed again on July 19. [...]

The UNHCR repatriated on July 24, 193 Ethiopian refugees from [...]

HAILE WOLDE MICHAEL

A member of the executive committee of the electoral commission [...]

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PURGES IN THE RULING EPRDF

The Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) is experiencing its most serious internal crisis since it came to power in May 1991. The abscess, full of accusations of corruption and ideological heresy, burst on July 9, with the announcement by [.

ADB DOWNSCALES AID FOR CHEMOGA

AEM has learned that the board of the African Development Bank will approve a grant for a feasibility study on [...]

REDUCED ADB ASSISTANCE FOR BIKILAL STUDY

The ADB's board is expected in August to approve a [...]

KASSA KEBEDE

Half-brother of the former Ethiopian president Mengistu Haile Mariam, Kassa Kebede has been on tour in the United States to [...]

The United States recently approved 201 million dollars in aid [...]

The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) made a record profit [...]

During a recent visit to Ethiopia by a delegation from [...]

OROMO LIBERATION FRONT ATTACKS

In a statement dated July 7, the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) claims to have launched several attacks recently on the [...]

The European Community is to finance a project for Ethiopia [...]

CALUB SMALLER, MORE EXPENSIVE

The cost of the Calub project has been revised sharply upwards as negotiations proceed with a private operator who aims [...]

JAPANESE AND GERMAN AID

The German government announced on June 28, approval for development aid to Ethiopia amounting to 53.5 million dollars. This announcement [...]

According to a statement issued in the Kenyan capital Nairobi [...]

ELECTORAL LAW ON THE TABLE

At its 71st session held last week, the Ethiopian council of representatives (parliament) debated a draft on electoral law, laying [...]

POSSIBLE PEACE CONFERENCE IN ADDIS

A coordination committee that was set up following the conference for peace and reconciliation in Ethiopia that was held in [...]

French Compagnie Générale de Géophysique (CGG) has won a 2.2 [...]

SEBIRUMI KISINZIGGO

The Ethiopian government expelled the first secretary from the Ugandan [...]