Archive for the ‘General News’ Category

Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia: Report from London Ethiopians who came to the meeting of the Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia (SMNE) held in London, UK on November 23, 2008 have much in common with those Ethiopians who met earlier in Oakland and Minneapolis—they were all seeking an Ethiopia where their ... Full story

Addis Abeba last week got its second map, three months after the first one was prepared by the Ethiopian Mapping Agency (EMA) in September this year. The first map is currently available on the market and is also the only one to have been prepared in ten years. The second one, prepared through the initiative of the German government''s Gesellschaft Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) through its Urban ... Full story

Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Ethiopia’s annual inflation rate declined to 55.4 percent in October from 59.6 percent in September, the Central Statistical Agency said. Food prices increased by 72.3 percent, slower than the annualized rate of 80.9 percent in September, the Addis-Ababa- based agency said in a statement on its website ... Full story

Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia urged the public and investors in Gurage Zone, South Ethiopia Peoples' State to exert concerted efforts with a view to accelerating development in the area. Meles on Sunday laid a cornerstone for construction of a university in Wolkite Town. The cornerstone was laid at the end of a two-day development and ... Full story

MOGADISHU (AFP) — Somalia's top Islamist leader returned Saturday to his Jowhar stronghold two years after Ethiopia ousted him, aiming to push for the implementation of a deal to restore peace. Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, who headed the very movement that Ethiopia sought to break, spoke to his supporters and asked them to back the measures adopted in ... Full story

TUNIS (AFP) – Ethiopian film "Teza" scooped four main awards at Africa's Carthage Film Festival Saturday, including ... Full story

Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said Ethiopia has special consideration to its cooperation with the European Union (EU). Meles made the statement here on Saturday during his meeting with a European Parliament delegation led by Alian Hutchinson, Chairman of EU Parliament. A senior government official, who attended the meeting, told journalists that the two sides ... Full story