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The Ethiopian airliner which crashed into the Mediterranean soon after take-off today was a Boeing 737, the best-selling commercial aircraft in aviation history...
Foreign Affairs Correspondent Mary Fitzgerald talks to Ethiopia’s prime minister in the first of a series of articles from the African country
Since then, the former Marxist guerrilla has presided over sweeping political and economic change: introducing a multiparty system, boosting health and education, and adopting pro-market policies to help transform a limping, largely agricultural economy into one predicted to be among the five fastest-growing in the world in 2010.
“We have succeeded in proving that Ethiopia can grow at Asian growth rates,” says Meles, sitting in his cavernous offices in the capital Addis Ababa. “This has rekindled hope in the possibility that Ethiopia will not for long be the poster child for poverty in the world.”
Ethiopian Oromo rebellion 'on last legs'
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) – A rebellion by ethnic Oromos in Ethiopia is at its weakest state after years of internal divisions, a former rebel leader said Friday, claiming it had "zero" chance of toppling the government.
Six senior members of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), which for more than three decades has fought for independence of the Oromia region, crossed over from Kenya and surrendered earlier this month, along with 250 fighters
Somalia's instability is not Ethiopia's fault
Dear Editor,-
Your article Violence, fear and confusion.. (10th Jan) implies that Somalia was stable and at peace before Ethiopia’s intervention in 2006. Assumptions used to criticize Ethiopia in relation to the instability are unfounded and fallacious. Lack of peace and stability in Somalia prevailed well before 2006 and dates from the overthrow of Siad Barre in 1991. The instability in Somalia is the result of lack of a state structure [Berhanu Kebede, Ambassador]
The last chapter of the history of TPLF is yet to be written! However many writers have started to write about the long and bitter 17 years of struggle and the secret behind TPLF’s success and failure of the past. The following are few among many. Read, be informed and accept the torch and join the struggle to write the last chapter-defeating poverty and building a democratic Federal Ethiopia.... See Also: More on Tsenat... ETV coverage
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Sheger FM Interview with late Iyasu Berhe
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Special Program on today's Voa Tigrigna show about the late Artist Iyasu Berhe.
The program includes Iyasu's wife and two children, an eye witness when Iyasu collapsed the first time, his long time friend who was with him in Alamta, Manjus, and three farmers from Sheraro where
Iyasu Berhe spent a quarter of his life. There are also audience's reaction
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VOA Tigrigna Coverage on the late Iyasu Berhe
January 20, 2010 (Addis Ababa) - Funeral of the late renowned artist and long time TPLF member, Eyasu Berhe was conducted on Wednesday here at the Holy Trinity Cathedral...
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Agreement signed, Ethiopian will soon fly between Addis and Toronto Canada!
