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- Ethiopian parliament to vote against defence budget
Parliament discussed on Thursday [2 July], among many issues, regarding the 2009-2010 budget, a motion to cut back the defence budget by a significant margin. Parliament is expected to vote on the motion before it goes on recess. The motion was
- New masters hold the key to Africa's pace of recovery
By William Wallis A new aphorism has emerged in Addis Ababa to describe Africa's rapidly shifting relations with the outside world. Washington, so it goes, is in charge of corralling the western donors. Europe provides the money. The Chinese walk off
- Ethiopian man charged with shackling girl for 18 years
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Hundreds of women have rallied to demand the death penalty for a man who allegedly shackled a girl with dogs for 18 years and abused her, the Ethiopian News Agency reported yesterday. The unnamed suspect from Adama - a town 63
- Ethiopian man shackles girl with dogs
Hundreds of women have rallied to demand the death penalty for a man who shackled a girl with dogs for 18 years and abused her, the Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) reports. The unnamed suspect from Adama - a town 100 kilometres east of the capital Addis
- Ethiopia Downplays Somali Rebel Threat
Ethiopia has dismissed a declaration of war by an official of a radical rebel group in neighboring Somalia, saying it appears to be an empty threat. But, African leaders at a summit in Libya are seriously concerned by reports that foreign Islamic
- African leaders agree to change AU's executive body
ADDIS ABABA, July 3 (Xinhua) -- African leaders, who are in Libya's port city of Sirte to attend the 13th summit of the African Union (AU), early Friday agreed to transform the AU's executive body into an authority with a broader mandate, according to
- Addis Ababa pooh-poohs Somali Islamist attack threat
Ethiopia yesterday dismissed a threat of invasion from Somaliaâ??s Islamist rebels who say Ethiopian troops have crossed back into the chaotic Horn of Africa country they withdrew from in January. Ethiopian troops invaded Somalia in 2006 to oust an
- SCENARIOS-What next for Ethiopia's leadership?
ADDIS ABABA, July 2 (Reuters) - Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi wants to step down after 18 years running sub-Saharan Africa's second most populous country. [NLN889141] But Meles says he is 'bored' of questions about this, and will only repeat he
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