Ethiopia

UNIVERSITY SHAKE-UP

The Ethiopian authorities last week sacked 41 members of the teaching staff at Addis Ababa University, among them, five of [...]

UNREST IN GONDAR

Since the arrival in power of the Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) in Ethiopia small armed groups have been [...]

PARTIES KICKED OUT OF PARLIAMENT

The Ethiopian Council of Representatives, the parliament has expelled from its ranks and from its provisional government five ot the [...]

STRONG OIL POTENTIAL IN SOMALIA

According to a recent study carried out by Petroconsultants of Geneva, Switzerland on oil potential in East Africa, Somalia has [...]

PRESIDENT RESPONDS TO OPPONENTS

During a press conference in Addis Ababa on March 29, Ethiopia's President Meles Zenawi distinguished two different types of opposition. [...]

DOURI MOHAMED

Ethiopia's minister of planning and development, Douri Mohamed was appointed Chancellor of Addis Ababa University on March 29. The University [...]

TRANSPORT ASSISTANCE

In a report on its technical cooperation activities in Africa, dated March 15, the United Nations Conference on Trade and [...]

V. IHEME

The new African Development Bank (ADB) representative in Ethiopia recently [...]

Delegates from the Southern Ethiopia People's Democratic Coalition (SEPDC) on [...]

British Overseas Development minister, Lynda Chalker announced on March 18 [...]

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OPPOSITION MEETING IN PARIS

With the exception of the All Amhara People's Organisation (AAPO), whose delegates were unable to obtain the necessary visas from the authorities in Addis Ababa, the principle Ethiopian opposition groups met in Paris from 11 to 13 March (ION N°566).

MAHAMOODA GAAS

The leader of the Afar Revolutionary Democratic Union (ARDU) who attended a conference in Paris last week on reconciliation in [...]

AID ACCORD WITH THE NETHERLANDS

The Netherlands Cooperation minister Jan Pronk, recently signed in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, a technical accord with the authorities [...]

OPPOSITION CONFERENCE IN PARIS

Under the aegis of the Foundation pour le Progrès de l'Homme, an organization connected to the Comité Catholique Contre la [...]

Ethiopians who want the Italian government to return the Axoum [...]

Ethiopian Airlines is planning to start flying from Addis Ababa [...]

TRANSPORT LINK-UP MOVES ALONG

A four-man mission from the Caisse Française du Développement (CFD), Messrs Martin, Ficatier, Wachenheim and Widmaier, set off for Djibouti [...]

The transitional government in Ethiopia announced last week, the release [...]

LOUIS AMIGUES

The French authorities appointed a new ambassador to Ethiopia on February 17. Louis Amigues is Deputy Inspector General at the [...]