2006: Year of political fiasco in Ethiopia RSF Press Release February 1, 2007 Over 90% of the 26 million Ethiopian registered voters cast ballots in what international observers billed as…
Ethiopia foils Eritrean attack on AU Summit The Associated Press | February 1, 2007 United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (R) speaks to the media during a news conference at…
Ethiopia: The treasure trove of distance runners By Jere Longman | February 1, 2007 Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia breaks the tape to win the women’s 5000-meter run in a world…
Seattle rising! Seattle shining! By Prof. Al Mariam January 30, 2007 Prof. Al Mariam is seen addressing the audience (All photos: Courtesy of Muluneh Yohannes) SEATTLE – Several hundreds of…
Mortars fired at Ethiopian troops in Somalia By Guled Mohamed January 27, 2007 MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Attackers fired four mortar bombs at an Ethiopian camp near Mogadishu overnight, in the…
Gunmen kill 5 in restive Somali capital By Mohamed Olad Hassan, AP January 26, 2007 MOGADISHU, Somalia – A spate of gunfire and mortar attacks in the Somali capital killed…
Meles craves 50 more years in power Addis Fortune January 26, 2007 The debate that followed the synopsis of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s Dead Ends and New Beginnings for Africa…
Play them the “Emiye Etiopia Album!” Some stories behind mission-impossible Somalia By Workie Briye January 25, 2007 Ethiopian soldiers attend a parade in Afisiyooni air base in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu…
In Somalia, new government faces old problems: clans By Jeffrey Gettleman January 22, 2007 Somalia’s President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (3rd R) meets warlord Mohamed Qanyare Afrah (R), Prime Minister Ali…
Top Islamist commander arrested Victor Obure, The East African Standard January 17, 2007 The head of Somalia Islamic Courts Council (SICC) Sheik Shariff Sheik Ahmed (L) sits in front of…