Ethiopia - The Year in Pictures
A look back of 2007 in Pictures.
Holland Car Plc of Ethiopia rolled out its new car called Abay

ABAY 1292 cc Assembled in Ethiopia by Holland Car PLC
Ethiopia frees 38 opposition members

One of the politicians released in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Friday, July 20, 2007, gives a V-sign. Three minibuses left an Ethiopian prison carrying 38 opposition politicians and activists pardoned by the government Friday. Dozens of family members and their supporters outside shouted in joy and whistled. The politicians and activists were released only minutes after Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told journalists the government had pardoned them. They had been sentenced to various prison terms, including life, for inciting violence in an attempt to overthrow the government. (AP Photo)

CELEBRATIONS: Relatives of the Ethiopian opposition members freed from jail celebrate outside Kaliti prison in Addis Ababa July 20. Ethiopia Friday freed 38 opposition members sentenced to jail this week for treason, inciting violence, and trying to overthrow the government.(REUTERS)

Almas Shawel (R), wife to chairman of the Ethiopian opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) Hailu Shawel, celebrates with an unidentified relative outside Kaliti prison in Addis Ababa July 20, 2007. Ethiopia on Friday freed 38 opposition members sentenced to jail this week for treason, inciting violence and trying to overthrow the government, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said. REUTERS/Barry Malone (ETHIOPIA)
Beyonce meets the Patriarch

Beyonce with Abune Paulos at the Trinity Cathedral Photo ENA
Meles Zenawi on the occasion of the Ethiopian Millennium

Kinijit Leaders in Texas

Fear and Cries of Army Brutality in Ogaden - NYT

ONLF rebels. Video image by Courtenay Morris for The New York Times
Meles Zenawi at G8 Summit in Germany


File Photo: Berhanu Nega in Arlington VA

Seyoum Mesfin Addresses the UN General Assembly in New York

File Photo: Ethiopian Troops in Somalia

Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia with Secretary Rice in Addis Ababa Dec 5 2007. Photo American Embassy

Protesters Ask Senator Inhofe to Be Fair During Scheduled Ethiopia Visit


U.S. singer Beyonce Knowles performs during a concert in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa October 20, 2007 REUTERS/Barry Malone (ETHIOPIA)

Eritreans stand in long lines for milk and other staples at stores. Shoppers sometimes wait for hours for a single loaf of bread (NYT)
Ethiopia Millennium pictures



Jeffrey Gettleman of The New York Times Ogaden Ethiopia
Erdogan: I am ashamed as a human

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Addis Ababa

Supporters of the Somali Transitional Federal government display posters of the TFG Prime Minster Ali Mohamed Gedi on the left and the Ethiopian prime minister, Meles Zenawi on the right, in a suburb of southern Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday Dec. AP/GUY CALAF
Ethiopia - Kenenisa Bekele finds happiness again after tragedy

Kenenisa Bekele(R) is seen with his wife Dannawit Gebregziabher

Haile Gebrselassie from Ethiopia shows a poster with his winning time printed on it after he won the 34th Berlin Marathon in Berlin Sunday, Sept. 30, 2007. Gebrselassie set a new world record by clocking 2 hours, 4 minutes, 26 seconds for the classical 42.195 kilometers marathon distance. Around 40,000 runners from 115 countries took part in the event. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Ethiopian distance runner Haile Gebrselassie poses for photographers in Times Square in New York, Friday, Aug. 3, 2007. Gebrselassie will be making his New York racing debut on Sunday in the NYC Half-Marathon. (AP Photo/Shiho Fukada)

Zersenay Tadese of Eritrea celebrates after crossing the finish line , winning the mens race , Saturday, March 24, 2007 at the 35th world cross championship in Mombasa, Kenya.(AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)

Model Gelila Bekele on The cover of African Magazine
"Ethiopia's jails nice" Terror Suspects

Terror Suspects shown on ETV
A 'Fake Strabucks' in Mekele Ethiopia

Customers wait for their coffee outside a local 'Starbucks Coffee' shop in Mekele March 12, 2007. Ethiopia, Africa's biggest coffee producer and the birthplace of coffee, accuses Starbucks of blocking its efforts to trademark its Sidamo and Harar beans. REUTERS/Radu Sigheti (ETHIOPIA)