Meles Zenawi Knows What Ethiopians Want
Stranded at the Addis Ababa Airport for the second time in less than five months gave me time to think about Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia. Having been around Addis City for two nights and driven across on sometimes very rough terrain and seen massive constructions going on, I suddenly realised that no matter how his unflattering human rights records may be, the man has done well for Ethiopia.

Eritrea calls for disbanding of UN border force              By Patrick Worsnip: UNITED NATIONS, May 1 (Reuters) - Eritrea, which earlier this year obliged a U.N. peacekeeping force to leave its disputed border with Ethiopia, is now calling for the Security Council to wind up the mission altogether.

World Bank Launches New Assistance Strategy for Ethiopia
Ethiopia has entered the early stages of a ‘dual take-off’ in the provision of basic services and in economic growth. Over the past decade, its efforts to improve basic services have shown impressive results. Primary school enrollments have tripled, child mortality has almost been cut in half, and the number of people with access to clean water has more than doubled. Over the last four years, GDP growth has averaged over 11 percent per year. The percentage of Ethiopians living in poverty, cut from 46 percent in 1996 and 44 percent in 2001, to 39 percent in 2006...

Security Council slams Eritrea for obstructing UN mission
The Security Council has slammed Eritrea's continued "obstructions" which have forced the UN mission (UNMEE) to temporarily relocate. The statement condemned Asmara's "obstructions", saying they had reached such a level "as to undermine the basis of the mission's mandate and compelled UNMEE to temporarily relocate."

Norwegian lauds efforts of members of Tigray Women Association
Mekelle, May 1 (WIC) - A Norwegian expert lauded the efforts being made by the members of the Tigray Women Association to extricate themselves from poverty as well as ensuring their rights....

Is It an Act Of Biopiracy Over Ethiopian Most Critical Crop Teff (Eragrostis Teff)?
Currently, starting from some 4-5 years ago, an attempt to acquire “an intellectual property right” on Ethiopian most critical crop, Teff (Eragrostis tef) has been going on by a Dutch (The Netherlands) company, Soil and Crop (S & C). In applications published by the European Patent office in March 2005 (Pub.No.WO 2005/025319 A1) and US patent office in December 2006 (Pub.No. US 2006/0286240 A1) this company claimed “a patent over Processing of Teff flour” which actually is claiming on the inherent genetic quality of the crop.

Security Council members voiced anger on Tuesday at Eritrea           UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Security Council members voiced anger on Tuesday at moves by Eritrea to force a U.N. peacekeeping mission to leave its border with Ethiopia, but postponed a decision on how to respond.                                                             

Eritrean soldiers made an incursion into Djibouti
See also http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/27/world/africa/27somalia.html

Ethiopia - The end of the student movement 1960-2008
The strongest protest came from Aleqa Asres, who said “a youth who does not know about his or her history is like a person who drinks alcohol without putting food in his stomach. These students will get drunk quickly and will be bitter towards their own people. For Ethiopia’s problem, they will seek foreign (alien) solutions because they wouldn’t know that the solution is in their own backyard. As a consequence, they themselves become the problem.”

Reliance Power to enter global scene with projects in Ethiopia

Eritrea says UN border force not legal
Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki has said the continued presence of U.N. peacekeepers in the Red Sea state's border with arch-foe Ethiopia was illegal, government media reported on Saturday.

SOME OPPOSITIONS’ ENDLESS HOODWINKING,DENIALS AND LYING
Part II: Further Comments on Development and Inflation    By Mathza

The one man regime in Eritrea invades its neighbor. It did it again!

EPRDF-SF Condemns Terrorist Action in Addis Ababa
It is with profound sadness we hear the news that a coordinated bomb blast planted by terrorist groups at two privately owned gas stations has killed three and wounded dozens of innocent civilians in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Norway pledges to consolidate support to Mekelle University

Ethiopia sentences five Mengistu officers to death

(Reuters) - An Ethiopian Court has sentenced to death five top military officers of former Marxist ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam, for air raids that killed hundreds in an open market at hawzien in 1980.

The Idea of Privatizing Land in Ethiopia: But Privatizing For Whose Benefit?

by Tesfaye Habisso -land is different from other resources in several important respects. One of these is that it is fixed in supply. Population on the other hand is increasing in leaps and bounds. To meet this challenge, and given the country's very low industrial base and limited opportunities for non-agricultural employment pursuits, no sane government can leave the land issue to the mercy of market forces and implement private ownership of land instead of the prevailing public ownership. The former pattern of ownership will undoubtedly lead to the concentration of land in the hands of a few rich people and to the eviction and landlessness of many thousands of poor peasants in rural areas. 

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Candidates of EPRDF conclude training Addis Ababa, March 22, 2008 (WIC) - Candidates have to vividly understand their mission so that a successful democratic election could be conducted and a democratic order built, according to Addis Ababa EPRDF Organizational Affairs Head and Election Coordinator of the organization.