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Signatories of the Mogadishu Roadmap who were meeting in Addis Ababa agreed to make amends to the e some of the issues that were differed upon by the respective leaders, Garowe Online reports. The leaders, who have been meeting in Addis Ababa for the past two days, had met to discuss changes to the draft constitution, clarifications of committee mandates
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Addis Ababa - Ethiopia's federal court ruled on Thursday that 11 people should face terror charges after prosecutors said they formed a cell with an al-Qaeda-linked group from neighbouring Somalia. The charges come amid signs of increasing militancy in the East African nation. Ethiopian troops moved into Somalia at the beginning of the year to fight the Somali militant group
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Addis Ababa - An Ethiopian judge delayed the verdict on Friday in the case of 24 people charged with terrorism, including prominent journalist Eskinder Nega and opposition member Andualem Arage. The conclusion of the trial, which has been widely condemned by human rights organisations, was postponed until June 21 because the judge had not received a full transcript of the
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Addis Ababa - The African Union called on Sudan to stop its aerial bombardment of South Sudan and for both countries to cease hostilities as an uneasy calm settled over the south on Wednesday with a lull in violence. Sudan and South Sudan must withdraw their forces from the disputed border region and keep their troops within their borders, the
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Addis Ababa - Ethiopia's prime minister says Ethiopian troops fighting al-Qaeda-linked militants in neighbouring Somalia will soon return home. Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said on Tuesday that regions of Somalia currently controlled by Ethiopian forces will be handed over to troops from Burundi, Kenya, Djibouti and Rwanda. The first three countries have troops in Somalia as part of the African
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Salsa's worldwide craze hasn't skipped over Ethiopia. Young people and other footloose folks have welcomed the Latin dance and music form into the country's diverse cultural repertoire. Plus, a new hybrid of Ethiopian and Latin music adds even more flavour: Ethio-salsa. Six years ago, a new beat began to move Ethiopians. At least that's when Nebiyu Berhanu, one of Addis
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When the Ethiopian government asked Thwol Othoy if he wanted to be resettled, he agreed, attracted by promises of a better life - a clinic, school for his children and land to farm. But he now struggles to feed his family. After moving from western Ethiopia to the tiny town of Abobo in the Gambella region, he was allocated less
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Ethiopian forces on Monday seized the main base of the Al Qaeda-linked Shebab insurgents in central Somalia, the latest stronghold town the extremists have lost in recent months, witnesses said. "Ethiopian troops have taken positions inside and outside the town, but most of the residents fled the city before they arrived," said Abdukadir Sahal, a resident of the captured town
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Hundreds of heavily armed Ethiopian troops advanced into a central Somali town Saturday with the aim of attacking the main stronghold of the Al Qaeda-linked Shebab militia in the region, witnesses said. A convoy of battle trucks drove into Dhusamareb, which is under the control of a pro-government Somali militia, ahead of a planned attack on the Shebab-controlled town of
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Ethiopia attacked an Eritrean military base on Thursday in response to the killing earlier this year of five European tourists in Ethiopia's Afar region, a government spokesman said. "Early this morning Ethiopian defence forces attacked a military post inside Eritrea ..." spokesman Shimeles Kemal told reporters, accusing Eritrea of using the base to train and arm "hit-and-run terrorists". "These groups
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A gun attack by suspected rebels on a public bus in western Ethiopia has left 19 people dead and eight others injured, a government official. "The attack took place yesterday (Monday) around 2 pm.... I suspect it was an anti-peace element we consider as rebels," said regional president Omot Odeng Olol. Omot said the suspected rebels armed with machine guns
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Addis Ababa - Ethiopia rejected on Sunday reports that dozens of its soldiers had been killed and two captured by Islamist rebels during fierce fighting in Somalia, branding them as "false". The rebels, residents and government officials said there were sustained clashes on Saturday between Ethiopian soldiers and al-Shabaab near the strategic town of Baidoa and in another small town
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Addis Ababa - Ethiopian rebels said on Tuesday they had freed two German tourists who they had held hostage for six weeks after a gunbattle that killed five others in the remote Afar desert region. The Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front (ARDUF) "has apologised to them and wishes the two German tourists [a] lucky journey back home, hoping...they will find
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Ethiopian troops in battle tanks thrust into rebel-held Somalia Tuesday, sparking heavy fighting as they advanced towards the Shebab stronghold of Baidoa, witnesses said. "We are getting information that heavy fighting broke out near Bohol-Bashir. The Ethiopian soldiers have taken control of Kurteele and are advancing towards Baidoa," local resident Abdikarin Ahmed told AFP. -
Addis Ababa - SA says Nkosazana Dlamaini Zuma will vie for the African Union’s top job in the next election after she failed to secure two-thirds of votes needed to become commission chairperson of the bloc. "Nothing stops us from fielding the same candidate because she has shown or proven to be a formidable candidate that the incumbent could not
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says African nations should stop treating gays as "second-class citizens, or even criminals". Ban told African leaders that gathered in Ethiopia's capital on Sunday for an African Union summit that discrimination based on sexual orientation "had been ignored or even sanctioned by many states for far too long". Ban said it
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Addis Ababa - Eritrea is using an Ethiopian rebel group as a "surrogate" to deny responsibility for an incident during which five Europeans were killed and two captured last week, Addis Ababa said on Tuesday. Five Europeans trekking on the slopes of the famed Erta Ale volcano were killed and two others captured a week ago in the region's worst
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Ethiopian rebels said German tourists they seized last week were safe and blamed the government for the incident in which five Europeans were also killed on the slopes of a famed volcano. Addis Ababa had blamed the region's worst attack on tourists in years on gunmen armed by arch-foe Eritrea but a rebel group claiming to fight for the Afar
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Addis Ababa - An Ethiopian rebel group said at the weekend it had kidnapped two German tourists and two Ethiopians, adding that they were safe, in good health and could be released unharmed. The four were part of a group of 27 tourists attacked on Tuesday in the remote region of Afar in Ethiopia. Two Germans, two Hungarians and an
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Addis Ababa — The Ethiopian Government has threatened revenge against Eritrea after Tuesday's killing of five tourists in North eastern region of Afar. Two Germans, two Hungarians and one Austrian were killed by gunmen, while four other foreigners were kidnapped and injured. Ethiopian authorities emphasised their right to self defence as Eritrea strongly denied the accusations. Following Ethiopia's accusation, Asmara
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Unknown attackers killed five foreign tourists in Ethiopia's northeastern Afar region, state television reported Tuesday. The foreigners, whose nationalities were not immediately known, were killed on Monday in the remote region bordering Eritrea, Ethiopian Television said, citing the defence ministry. A German foreign ministry official who spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity said they were probing reports that German
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Addis Ababa - Ethiopian state TV says 5 foreign tourists have been killed by unknown armed rebels in Ethiopia's restive Afar region in the country's north. The Ethiopian Television, or ETV, cited the Ethiopian Ministry of Defence reporting that a group of 8 unidentified foreign nationals were attacked near the Eritrean border. ETV said Tuesday that 2 injured tourists were
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Addis Ababa - Ethiopia is forcing tens of thousands of people off their land so it can lease it to foreign investors, leaving former landowners destitute and in some cases starving, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday. The Horn of Africa state has already leased 3 million hectares - an area just smaller than Belgium - to foreign farm
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Hundreds of Ethiopian troops poured into a western Somalia border town on Saturday, opening a new front against the militant group al-Shabab, which now faces hostile militaries on three sides. Resident Mohammed Abdi said hundreds of residents fled Beledweyne on Saturday after hundreds of Ethiopian and Somali troops moved in. Capt. Hashi Nor of the Somali
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An Ethiopian court sentenced two Swedish journalists to 11 years in jail for supporting terrorism and entering the country illegally, after a trial criticised by rights groups. "The sentence should be punishment of 11 years imprisonment," Judge Shemsu Sirgaga on Tuesday told the court in the Amharic language through a translator. "This sentence should satisfy the goal of peace and
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