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Ethiopia - Dubai Court said 'Raped maid consented' Source: 7days.ae A man originally accused of raping his maid has been jailed for a year for having an illegal affair after a court deemed that the woman had consented. Dubai Court of First Insta… more »

Ethiopian police seize ivory, other wildlife items APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) The Ethiopian police on Wednesday carried out unexpected inspection in a number of gift shops in Addis Ababa during which they seized ivory and several other illegal wildli… more »

Is Ethiopian Airlines to join Star Alliance next year? May beAccording to a story published by Addis Ababa, based The Reporter, Ethiopian Airlines is set to join Star Alliance, the World's first and largest airline alliance, by early next year. The p… more »

US Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies in Rome, Ertharin Cousin Ethiopia - United States Contributes an Additional USD 70 Million to WFP to Assist Emergency Relief Beneficiaries December 9, 2009, Addis Ababa: Before departing today from a fiv… more »

Ethiopia - National HIV/AIDS Case Management Implementation Guidelines Launched US Embassy Press Release December 9, 2009, Addis Ababa: The Ethiopian Ministry of Health, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and University of… more »

Teshome Mandefro Egrete, 1952-2009 UNICEF mourns as funeral is held for Ethiopian engineer killed in Kabul attack Source: Unicef The familiar blue flag flew at half mast in front of United Nations headquarters a few weeks ago. Its emblem of peac… more »

Ethiopia - Meles Zenawi appoints five senior government officials Source: ENA The Office of the Prime Minister of Ethiopia announced on Tuesday the appointments of five senior government officials. In its statement sent to ENA, the office said M… more »

Bob Geldof in Ethiopia Copenhagen climate summit: Africa can and must be part of the solution to climate change By Bob Geldof Daily Telegraph It’s now 25 years since the Ethiopian famines of the 1980s and the British public’s unprecedented… more »

96-year-old Wako says droughts in Ethiopia have intensified over the last 20 years. Photo: Jeff Williams/HelpAge International. Ethiopia - Older people: Witness to climate change Source: HelpAge International - UK Climate change and global agein… more »

Ethiopia - Weekly forced to stop publishing, its journalists flee abroad Source: RSF Reporters Without Borders condemns the climate of fear to which Ethiopia’s independent media are currently exposed. The Addis Ababa-based weekly Addis Neger suspen… more »

Ethiopian Newspaper Shuts Down, Editors Flee VOA News By Peter Heinlein | Addis Ababa Press-freedom groups are expressing concern about the state of Ethiopia's independent media as the country prepares for national elections One of Ethiopia's… more »

Somalia faces humanitarian crisis in 2010 with aid coffers empty, UN warns Source: UN News 8 December 2009 – War-torn and drought-ravaged Somalia is facing a humanitarian crisis with no funding so far raised or pledged for next year for food, water… more »

AfDB loans Kenya $166 mln for road to Ethiopia NAIROBI (Reuters) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) will lend Kenya 12.5 billion shillings to build a road connecting east Africa's biggest economy with its northern neighbour Ethiopia, officials said… more »

Nearly 5 million Ethiopians will need food aid in first half of 2010, UN reports Source: UN 8 December 2009 – Some 4.8 million Ethiopians will require emergency food and related aid costing $270 million for the first six months of 2010 in a country… more »