Kuma Demeksa defeated a dead candidate to become mayor
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Addis Ababa-based business journal, Fortune Ethiopia, reports that Kuma Demeksa (real name Taye Teklemariam) was selected as… (more)
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Page 120025 people died in Benishangul region over land dispute
Addis Ababa – At least 25 people have been killed in clashes over land between rival tribes in southwestern Ethiopia… (more)
Haile Gebreselassie wins the 10k race in Hengelo, Netherlands
(AP) — HENGELO, Netherlands: Haile Gebrselassie discovered his old legs still carry him well in the 10,000 meters. Irving Saladino… (more)
Woyanne, Uganda deny breaking U.N. Somali arms ban
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia Woyanne and Uganda on Saturday denied accusations by a U.N. weapons sanctions committee that their… (more)
Ethiopia’s humanitarian situation rapidly deteriorating – UN
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said today that it is concerned by conditions in… (more)
UN accuses Uganda and Woyanne officers of arming rebels
NAIROBI (AFP) — United Nations monitors have accused Ugandan peacekeepers of selling arms to Islamist rebels fighting the government and… (more)