News Ethiopia bans grain exports January 31, 2006 ADDIS ABABA (AFP) – Ethiopia has indefinitely banned the export of all grain products in a bid to stem huge price hikes…

Interview Ex-prisoner tries to free Ethiopians By Joe Fiorito for Toronto Star January 31, 2006 Dr. Taye Woldesemayat sat in the coffee shop of a downtown hotel one morning not…

News Bono discusses African despots, including Zenawi By Spiegel Online January 31, 2006 U2 lead singer Bono, 45, discusses African despots, the lack of progress in sub-Saharan Africa and the…

News Amnesty Int’l warns over fate of several thousand detainees in Oromia region EthioMedia January 31, 2006 ADDIS ABABA – Amnesty International expressed its serious concern on Monday about the…

News Jolie ‘ashamed of US’ AP January 30, 2006 Jolie has two adopted children: Maddox, 4, from Cambodia and an infant daughter, Zahara, from Ethiopia (Photo: AP) HOLLYWOOD actress and…

News Internet reporter held without charge: CPJ January 30, 2006 Frezer Negash (Photo: Ethiopian Review) NEW YORK – Ethiopian security forces have detained a correspondent for the U.S.-based Web site…

News Nationwide boycott of classes, exams going strong: Tegbar January 30, 2006 ADDIS ABABA – A nationwide boycott of exams and classes called by Tegbar Student Association in collaboration with…

News Eritrea slams U.S. for “evil” moves January 28, 2006 “Some spoke of how they were taken away in mass round-ups in Addis Ababa and how they suffered appalling beatings…

News Ethiopia can manage even if aid cut: Meles January 28, 2006 ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s government would be able to support the country’s development even if donors cut…

Essay Our tolerance for big time Black screw-ups By Wondem Wolde-Emanuel January 27, 2006 Boutros Boutros-Ghali as an Egyption in charge of the United Nations and Meles Zenawi, as a…