2008-07-24
Insurgents Resist Ethiopian Army's Push Into Key Town
Islamist insurgents attacked Ethiopian troops in central Somalia on Thursday as the Ethiopian army attempted to retake control of a key town, Radio Garowe reported.2008-07-23
Aweys Declares Himself Opposition Leader
An exiled Somali Islamist leader has declared himself the new chairman of an opposition coalition, which is led by another Islamist who inked a peace pact with the country's Ethiopian-backed interim government on June 9th. 2008-07-22
Humanitarian Bulletin - 21 July 2008
FOOD SECURITY UPDATE 2008-07-23
Rayon Takes on Tusker
DAR ES SALAAM-1998 East and Central Africa Club champions Rayon return to action today afternoon for a tricky quarter-final match against Kenya's Tusker. 2008-07-23
Athletes Fight Over Olympics Slots
The Olympic Games don't come around every other year and it is every athlete's dream to win a medal on the world's biggest sporting stage. 2008-07-22
Lease Board Resumes Land Transfers
The Addis Abeba Lease Board last week made a decision to resume distributing of land for investment three months after the Caretaker Administration stopped transfers during the transition of power to the new administration led by Mayor Kuma Demeksa. 2008-07-22
PM Appoints Director General of New Revenue Authority
Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has appointed former Minister of Revenue (MoR) Melaku Fanta as director general of the newly established Revenue and Customs Authority (RCuA), a merger of the former three revenue collecting agencies. 2008-07-22
Federal Subsidies Large Chunk of Oromia, Amhara Budgets
The Oromia and Amhara Regional States last week on Friday approved a 6.9 billion Br and 4.19 billion Br budget, respectively. The Federal Budget subsidy accounts for a large portion of these budget. 2008-07-21
Community-Led Saving Yields Good Results for HIV Positive Women - Care
A community-based program to empower women through economic independence has resulted in an improvement in the lives of women affected and infected by HIV/AIDS, CARE Ethiopia said on Wednesday. 2008-07-21
Indian Investment Reaches $1.8 Billion - Tata Inernational Opens Office in Addis
The total investment in Ethiopia by 351 Indian companies has become 1.8 billion USD as at April 2008, in a sign of marked surge in number and size of investment from the emerging economy. 2008-07-21
Country Needs 25 Years to Join Group of Middle Income Countries
It will take Ethiopia a difficult 25 years to join the ranks of countries in the middle income status, as the registered ecomonic growth can not be in par with the ever growing size of poor population, a new study report revealed on Thursday. 2008-07-21
Authority Says Working to Improve Water Supply, Urges Public to Settle Bills
The Addis Ababa Water and Sewerage Authority (AWSA) on Friday admitted there was water shortage in the city and said it was doing every thing possible to ensure adequate supply. 2008-07-21
Rayon Storm Into Cecafa Quarters
Rwanda's second representative in the on going Cecefa/Kagame Cup, Rayon Sport booked their place in the quarter-finals after beating Ethiopia's Awassa 2-0 in a match played last evening at Jamhuri Stadium, Morogoro. 2008-07-21
Ethiopian Refugee Held On Defilement
THE Police on Thursday arrested an Ethiopian refugee on suspicion that he raped a 13-year-old school girl in Kakajjo zone, Old Kampala, on Monday. 2008-07-16
Minister Confers With Ethiopian Army On Security - Report
Somalia Defense minister Muhyidin Muhammad Hajji Ibrahim met and held discussions with Ethiopia military officers on current security challenges and ways to tackle them, according to a report from the war-ravaged neighboring country. 2008-07-16
African Union Asks Court to Halt Bashir Warrant
African Union (AU) chair Tanzania wants the International Criminal Court (ICC) to suspend any moves to arrest Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for genocide in Darfur, news reports indicated citing the country's foreign affairs as saying on Monday. 2008-07-17
Press Statement - Ethiopia - Duplicity At the AU And G8 Summits
Reporting on bilateral meetings that took place between the UN Secretary General and Ethiopia's Prime Minister on the margins of the G8 Summit in Hokkaido Toyako, Japan, News network asserts: "Melles blasted the UN for not acting on Eritrea for its destructive measures on the Ethiopia-Eritrea border." 2008-07-16
Insurgents Launch Six Mortars At Ethiopia Army Base
Ethiopian soldiers stationed at a camp in central Somalia were targeted with mortars Tuesday, as Somali insurgents continue their guerrilla war against Ethiopian armed forces. 2008-07-15
UN Raises Alarm As Humanitarian Crisis Worsens
Worsening malnutrition and the threat of disease outbreaks are compounding Ethiopia's humanitarian crisis, according to the World Health Organization. 2008-07-17
Industries Urged to Protect City's Natural Environment Sector Advised to Employ Environmental Audit
Industries must design and plan a mechanism by which they can contribute to reduce environmental pollution, the Addis Ababa City Administration Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) urged on Tuesday. |
