Ethiopian Breaking News

Zalambesa, 2 January 2010: In the early morning hours of January 1st 2010, TPLF soldiers launched successive attacks in the Zalambesa front and were swiftly driven back with 10 of their soldiers killed and two captured, leaving six AK-47 automatic rifles, a machinegun and communication equipments.

Eritreans flee to Ethiopia in search of foodEritrean refugees arriving in Ethiopia say the situation at home is unbearable Eritrea is turning down food aid while two-third of its population are malnourished, one of the highest proportion of malnutrition anywhere in the ...world. BBC news traveled to northern Ethiopia to interview Eritreans fleeing to Ethiopia in search of food, who accuse the government of causing widespread hunger in their homeland.Farmers from...

It's breakfast time at Dukem, the popular Ethiopian restaurant on U Street NW, but Thomas "Tommy T" Gobena orders lunch. In a city of red-eyed, Cinnabon-scarfing frequent fliers, he might be the most jet-lagged man in Washington.Gobena lives in Alexandria but will spend... most of this new year in the air and on the road, playing bass for Gogol Bordello, a merry band of self-branded "Gypsy punks" scheduled to hit about...

A museum to save an Ethiopian tribe's soulWomen jump up in their fluffy orange cotton skirts, waggling their shoulders at men who are swift to join the dance, sporting white feathers in their hair and shepherd's crooks in their hands.This tribal dance pays tribute to th...e heroes of the small Konso community, an ethnic group which has lived for 700 years in a remote region of south-east Ethiopia 600km from the...

National Bank of Egypt poised to open office in Addis Ethiopian, Egyptian business associations sign partnership agreementThe National Bank of Egypt is poised to open office here which will serve new and existing Egyptian projects in Ethiopia, diplomatic sources told The Reporter.

Nigerian terror suspect Umar Farouk was in Ethiopia three months agoUmar Farouk Abdulmutallabuk, the young Nigerian whose recent attempt to blow up a US airliner got foiled, was in Ethiopia three months ago, Yemeni foreign ministry sources told journalists.According to ...Yemeni officials, Abdulmutallabuk entered Yemen in August last year and came here five months later.Abdulmutallabuk allegedly tried to set off explosives in a Detroit-bound passenger plane carrying over 200 people....

Enkokilish puzzles meThis week I saw an Ethiopian film which I judged worthy of its audience. Not only did Enkokilish match up to my expectation of what an Ethiopian film should be but it also surpassed it. Although not for the first time, I am compelled to praise the E...thiopian brain that flowed with creative juices and produced the script for Enkokilish....

Ethiopians win Xiamen Marathon(Xinhua) - XIAMEN, Fujian province: Ethiopia's Feyisa Lilesa clocked 2 hours 8 minutes and 47 seconds to win the men's title of the 2010 Xiamen International Marathon here on Saturday. Negari Getachew Terfa and Mugo Samuel Muturl won the si...lver and bronze medals respectively.Ethiopia's Feyisa Lilesa touches the finishing line during the 2010 Xiamen International Marathon in Xiamen, Fujian province Saturday, January 2, 2010....

Alone among African nations, the ancient kingdom of Ethiopia never submitted to colonialism. (It chased the Italians out in 1941 after a five-year occupation.) Haile Selassie, Ethiopia’s emperor, was welcomed in European capitals as an equal and, thanks to Marcus Garvey... (who later angrily broke with him), became the black Messiah of the Rastafarian movement....

Eritrean Rebels Say Kill 25 Government Troops In AttacksZALAM BESA, Ethiopia (Reuters) - Two Eritrean rebel groups said on Friday they have killed 25 government soldiers and wounded at least 38 others, in ambushes on two military camps.There was no immediate comment fro...m the Eritrean government and the report could not be independently confirmed.Rebel spokesman Yasin Mohamed said the attacks by the Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RSADO) and the Eritrean...

[font=Georgia]It's a far cry from Ethiopia's traditional Eskista shoulder shake dance, but Salsa is sweeping Addis Ababa with aficionados twirling and spinning their way across the city's dance floors each night. From just one Salsa school five years ago, started by a U...S-educated Ethiopian entrepreneur, some 10 more have sprouted in this city of five million people....

Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) to build the first 42-Storey building for its HQAddis Ababa, December 31, 2009 (Addis Ababa) - The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) is to construct a 42-storey building for its headquarters in the metropolis. The building is the talles...t ever in the country.Speaking at a ceremony organized to award architects, who presented designs for future headquarters of the CBE, bank’s president Bekalu Zeleke here on Tuesday...

TRIER, Germany — Ethiopian athletics legend Haile Gebrselassie won the Trier Corrida here on Thursday as he warms up for next month's Dubai Marathon.The 36-year-old two-time 10,000metres Olympic champion won the 8 kilometres event in a time of 22minutes 22.seconds, 19 s...econds outside the race record set in 1996 by Kenyan Peter Githuka.Gebrselassie beat home Kenyan duo Shadrack Lagat (22:47) and Paul Kipkorir (23:18).

Hezbal Islam an Islamist rebel movement fighting the Somali government vowed on Thursday to carry out attacks inside Ethiopia targeting military bases and government buildings. According to Sheikh Shuriye Afrah Sabriye, the group’s regional governor of Hiiraan region bo...rdering with Ethiopia, Islamist forces are ready for a big war against Ethiopia, saying the attacks inside Ethiopia are imminent in the next few days, “Ethiopia is responsible for attacks on positions belonging...

Ethiopia rejects warning of hunger after droughtAn Ethiopian minister has denied reports that millions of people need urgent food aid after failed rains.Disaster Prevention Minister Mikitu Kassa told the BBC that the government was helping those hit by the drought.He wa...s speaking after the US-funded Famine Early Warning System warned of increased hunger in parts of the country in the coming months.Ethiopia has been extremely sensitive to images showing its people...

Teddy Afro, Ethiopia’s Bob Marley, at the Armory SaturdayTeddy Afro, Ethiopia’s biggest pop star, will kick off his 2010 American tour Saturday night at the D.C. Armory. Afro, born Tewodros Kassahun, is known as Ethiopia’s Bob Marley, thanks to his occasionally sociopol...itical lyrics and his frequent use of roots-reggae rhythms....

Ethiopian PM Says Relations with Egypt have changes from DISTRUST TO FRIENDLYADDIS ABABA, Dec 31 (NNN-ENA) — Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi says relations between Ethiopia have turned into friendly co-operation from distrust arising from disputes over the resourc...es of the Nile Basin, which is shared by the two countries.Speaking during the signing here Wednesday of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) which would enable an Ethiopia-Egypt Council of Commerce to be...

Ethiopia: Eritrea to use Sudanese territories for terrorist actionsDecember 30, 2009 (MEKELLE, ETHIOPIA) – Ethiopia on Wednesday told Sudan that arch-foe Eritrea is being prepared to use Sudanese territories for "terrorism" missions.Speaking at the ongoing 12th Ethio-Su...dan border development commission meeting in the northern Mekelle town, director for National Security and Intelligence Service, Getachew Assefa urged the joint commission to seriously look into Eritrea’s intention."According to our latest intelligence sources, the...

Supremacy battle between Kenya, Ethiopia in running continuesAIROBI, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- The long-standing supremacy battle between East Africa's athletics powerhouses, Kenya and Ethiopia played out in 2009 over mid, long distance and road running surfaces with mixed re...sults for both nations.CROSS COUNTRYHaving produced the first two five-time winners of the senior 12km men long race at the IAAF World Cross in John Ngugi and Paul Tergat, the emergence of Keninisa...

Ethiopia: Jijjiga Customs Seizes 6.3m Br of “Contraband”Jigjiga, 29 December 2009) – Customs officials in Jijjiga reported confiscating 6.3 million Br worth of goods in the first quarter of the 2009/10 fiscal year, 5.5 million Br worth of which were inward bound.The goo...ds that were allegedly smuggled included electronics, spare parts, food stuffs, cosmetics, building materials, medicines, and clothes, while the outward bound goods included khat, fruits, vegetables and livestock.

Artist Tekeste Yibeyin is noted chiefly for traditional and religious paintings distinguished by vivid color, decorative sense, and detail in costumes and settings. Talking to him was both a delight and a challenge. He is a man of obvious capacity, an able craftsmanship... who is terribly wary lest some treat him as they have been for so long....

Artist Tekeste Yibeyin is noted chiefly for traditional and religious paintings distinguished by vivid color, decorative sense, and detail in costumes and settings. Talking to him was both a delight and a challenge. He is a man of obvious capacity, an able craftsmanship... who is terribly wary lest some treat him as they have been for so long....

New traffic laws Stiff fines start Monday, for pedestrians, driversLast Monday, the Addis Ababa City Council introduced new Road Traffic Safety Regulations in the city. The use of seatbelts is now enforced, mobile phones usage while driving is banned and giving alms at ...traffic lights is prohibited.   The newly issued Road Traffic Safety Regulations which were ratified by the Addis Ababa City Council prohibits pedestrians from jumping over the ring road...