20100814
xinhuanet

ADDIS ABABA-- A book about the biography of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and the struggle of the Tigray People Libration Front (TPLF) will be launched in Ethiopia after two weeks.

20100812
africanews

The Prime Minister of Ethiopia has said his country may not need any food aid within five years thanks to an ambitious development plan that targets a heady average economic growth of 14.9 percent over the period. Ethiopia is still one of the world's poorest countries, with nearly 10 percent of the population relying on emergency food aid last year.

20100806
reuters

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Resurgent coffee sales and diversification into other products lifted Ethiopia's exports to a record $2 billion in 2009/2010 from $1.5 billion in the previous year, the trade ministry told Reuters on Friday.

20100720
africanews

Yemen is set to deport 63 Ethiopia women migrants who entered the country illegally, according to officials of the interior ministry.

20100720
reuters

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's highest court on Tuesday rejected a case brought by the country's opposition against the ruling party's landslide May election victory, finally exhausting legal appeals for the defeated parties.

20100706
AFRICANEWS

Following the new civil society law of Ethiopia introduced last year, the number non governmental organizations (NGOs) in the country reduced by more than half, civil society registering ministry's report reveals.

20100626
africanews

Leaders controlling about half the forces of a separatist rebel group in Ethiopia's Ogaden region have agreed to make peace, the government said on Saturday, but the rebel group denied there had been any deal.

20100622
allafrica

The US-backed regime in Ethiopia expelled an American journalist on 17 June.
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Heather Murdock had been reporting with the US international broadcaster Voice of America (VOA) in the eastern region of Harer, near an area where there was reported skirmishes between the army and rebels of the separatist Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF).

20100622
africanews

Ethiopia is hosting more than 150,000 refugees from four neighbouring countries, the country's government said as the world celebrates refugee Day.

20100621
voanews

The Vice Chairman of Ethiopia’s opposition Unity for Democracy and Justice has called on other opposition parties to bury their differences and form a coalition to challenge Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s ruling party in future elections.

20100526
Aljazeera

A prominent Ethiopian opposition leader has called for a re-run of national elections held last Sunday, alleging the vote was flawed.

Hailu Shawel, a leader of the All Ethiopians Unity Party and a prospective parliamentarian, has written a letter to the national election board asking for a repeat of the vote which saw a massive victory for the ruling party.

20100523
ALL AFRICA

Addis Ababa — Before tens of millions of registered voters are expected to cast their votes today, Sunday, May 23, 2010, Election Day, Merga Bekana, chairman of the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) took time to answer questions from Addis Fortune about the preparedness of the board for the voting process and answered questions about the recent changes made to the rules governing acceptable marks on voting cards.

20100523
ALL AFRICA

Addis Ababa — Before Election Day, Addis Fortune sat down with Thijs Berman, chief of the EU Election Observation Mission to Ethiopia, and interviewed him about the how the election campaigns, the electoral board, and his team’s mission were going as well as what he expected for today, Sunday, May 23, Election Day.

20100523
ALL AFRICA

Addis Ababa — Ethiopians voted on Sunday in national elections that are expected to return long-serving Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to power in the first ballot since a disputed poll in 2005 turned violent.

20100523

ADWA, Ethiopia (Reuters) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said on Sunday he expects to win a national election thanks to his party's record on economic development and rejected opposition complaints of intimidation.

20100523
PRESS TV

Voting has begun in Ethiopia to elect members of the lower House of Representatives and local councilors amid rights groups' criticism of "shrinking freedom."

20100523
ALJAZEERA

Vote counting is underway in Ethiopia following a national election that Meles Zenawi, the country's long-standing prime minister, has said he expects to win.