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There is a change in the management of one of the leading Catholic colleges in Eastern Africa, based here.
Ethiopia has sunk deeper into despotism after it passed a law that restricts the work of independent human rights defenders and civil society organizations.
COMMONWEALTH 10,000m champion Boniface Kiprop is targeting Saturday's BUPA Great Edinburgh International Cross Country, as he makes a comeback after an unimpressive two year of action.
The Ethiopian Government is best known for the tight control it has exerted over the political process of the country.
Top Ethiopian officer in Mogadishu reaffirmed Thursday that Ethiopia is committed to withdraw its troops from Somalia and waiting an order from Ethiopian government.
The Ethiopian sugar exporting sector is set to consolidate its share of the European sugar market following the revision of its quota to the market under a new initiative that encourages the increased importation of non-war materials from developing countries (LDCs).
The youngest commercial bank in Ethiopia, Oromia International Bank S.C (OIB) appointed Abe Sanu, the first youngest and short lived ex-President of Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) as its board advisor.
The year 2008 has just ended late last week. From the announcement of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's decision not to run for office in the next election to Barak Obama's election as the first black President of the US, from Ethiopia's drought controversy in March to the global financial crisis that led to a sharp price decline in the international oil market, the year has seen a mix of events as ...
Ethiopia's parliament has passed a law to regulate charities, despite strong criticism from opposition politicians, international human rights groups and national civil society organisations.
Hawiye traditional elders denounced Ethiopia for not fulfilling a previous promise to pull out its troops from Somalia on Wednesday.
THE CECAFA local organising committee is set to unveil plan C to counter 'a financial crisis crippling' the running of the Senior Challenge Cup.
Somalia's treacherous political landscape is reinventing itself following the surprise resignation of Abdullahi Yusuf as president of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG), after four years in power that fueled the rise of an Islamist phenomenon.
Amnesty International called the Charities and Societies Proclamation law (CSO law), adopted today by the Ethiopian parliament, a repressive law designed to strictly control and monitor civil society in an atmosphere of increasing intolerance of the work of human rights defenders and civil society organisations. Previous drafts of the CSO law imposed strict government controls and harsh criminal ...
Members of Somalia's federal parliament have criticized the continued detention of ex-Mogadishu Mayor Mohamed "Dheere" Omar by Ethiopian troops, Radio Garowe reports.
Hundreds of Ethiopian troops and Somali militias led by Col. Barre Aden Shire reached in Bardhere town some 490 km west of Mogadishu, witnesses said on Tuesday.
In continuation of the interview he gave to the national media, President Isaias Afwerki said that despite attempts to prolong its stay in power through securing various types of external subsidy, the TPLF regime is heading to ultimate demise. He underscored that the regime's political line characterized with the policy of divide and rule over the Ethiopian people continues to be exposed from time ...
Ethiopian soldiers backed by armored vehicles reentered two towns in southwestern Somalia, forcing Al Shabaab insurgents to withdraw, Radio Garowe reports.
UGANDA is reconsidering the continued presence of her forces in Somalia following the pull-out of Ethiopian forces from the volatile country.
Ethiopian troops with more military trucks accompanied by Somali militias have reached in Garbaharey, a provincial capital of Gedo region in western Somalia, witnesses said on Monday.
The Ethiopian soldiers have taken over the control of Ex-control Afgoi which was a military base for the Somali government soldiers in Mogadishu on Monday, officials told radio Shabelle.
Ethiopian troops have reportedly re-entered parts of Gedo region and forced Islamist rebels to retreat inward, Radio Garowe reports.
At least 9 people were killed in separate incidents of violence in Somalia's war-torn capital Mogadishu, Radio Garowe reported Sunday.
Ethiopian soldiers have reached in Burdhubo and Balad Hawo towns in Gedo region in south western Somalia on Sunday, witnesses told radio Shabelle
Islamic Courts Union (ICU) militiamen have began taking control of military bases vacated by withdrawing Ethiopian troops, Radio Garowe reported Saturday.
RECENTLY media reports carried a story "100 children go missing in one month."
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