Saudi firms in $40m farm investments in Africa Reuters | April 1, 2009 RIYADH – A consortium of Saudi agricultural companies is looking to invest 150 million riyals ($40 million)…
Libya: death toll tops 200 for drowned migrants Associated Press Writers | April 1, 2009 In this photo taken Sunday March 29, 2009 a Libyan policeman distributes bread to migrant…
Ethnicity and the tilting balance of Ethiopian politics By Messay Kebede (Ph.D.) | March 31, 2009 We know that the genesis of ethnic conflicts and mobilization in Ethiopia sprung from…
300 African migrants feared drowned off Libya By Ali Shuaib | March 31, 2009 TRIPOLI (Reuters) – More than 300 Africans, including women and children, are feared to have drowned…
Ethiopian man convicted of 2nd-degree murder By Sam Pazzno, Cnews | March 31, 2009 Murder victim Natalie Novak TORONTO — An Ethiopian man who said he was suffering from a…
Birtukan to leave for Zwai Prison, Genocide Watch zooms in on Zenawi Ethiomedia | March 31, 2009 Jailed opposition leader Birtukan Mideksa ADDIS ABABA – The government may move jailed…
IPI calls on G20 leaders to discuss barriers to press freedom IPI/IFEX press release | March 31, 2009 VIENNA – When leaders of the world’s biggest economies gather in London…
Putting the cart before the horse By Yilma Bekele | March 30, 2009 Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) director, Eleni Gabre-Medhin, talks to Addisu Legesse (center) and Meles Zenawi during the…
EU gives Ethiopia over 45 million euro AFP | March 30, 2009 BRUSSELS – Ethiopia will receive 45.4 million euroes as part of a 314 million euroes (414 million dollars)…
Ethiopia’s coffee exporters awaiting devaluation, exchange says By Jason McLure | March 30, 2009 March 30 (Bloomberg) — Coffee exporters in Ethiopia, Africa’s biggest producer, are stockpiling beans in anticipation…