Ethiopia
Ethiopia threatens to withdraw from Somalia
By Brian Smith, September 22, 2008
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has warned that he is prepared to withdraw his country’s troops from Somalia, where they are propping up the US-backed Transitional Federal Government (TFG), even if the latter was not in control of the country.
Global food price rises exacerbate famine in Ethiopia and Somalia
By Barry Mason, July 3, 2008
It is not unusual for Ethiopia and Somalia to be hit by drought and food shortages, but this year the rise in food costs makes an already disastrous situation worse.
Ethiopia steps up military occupation of Mogadishu
By Brian Smith and Chris Talbot, November 12, 2007
A brutal clampdown by the United States-backed Ethiopian forces occupying Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, has resulted in the deaths of more than 70 civilians and up to 200 wounded.
Ethiopia accused of using white phosphorus bombs in US-backed occupation of Somalia
By Brian Smith, August 13, 2007
A new report by United Nations arms monitors accuses Ethiopia’s army of using illegal white phosphorus bombs during the US-backed occupation of Somalia.
War crimes investigation after Ethiopia shells civilians in Somali capital
By Ann Talbot, April 16, 2007
The European Union (EU) has begun a war crimes investigation after Ethiopian and Ugandan forces backing the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) attacked civilian areas in the Somali capital of Mogadishu.Ethiopia invaded Somalia at the end of last year to install the Transitional Federal Government (TFG),
US backs Ethiopia’s invasion of Somalia
By Ann Talbot, December 28, 2006
The Bush administration is openly backing Ethiopia’s invasion of its neighbour Somalia.
Letters on Ethiopia
June 28, 2005
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Ethiopia: West plays down murder of demonstrators
By Brian Smith, June 23, 2005
Security forces fired indiscriminately at crowds of unarmed protesters in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, killing 36 and wounding more than 100 people on June 8. Protests had erupted in Addis Ababa and several other towns and cities over the previous week in response to alleged fraud in the disputed elec
Oldest modern human fossil discovered in Ethiopia
By Frank Gaglioti, July 25, 2003
A team of 45 scientists from 14 different countries led by Professor Tim White from Berkeley University has uncovered and assembled three fossilised skulls from Ethiopia that provide the oldest record of modern humans. The fossils give strong support to what is known as the Out of Africa theory: that humans
Famine could affect 15 million in Ethiopia and Eritrea
By Barry Mason, October 21, 2002
Warnings that a severe famine could affect up to 15 million people in Ethiopia and Eritrea have been made by aid agencies. This comes at a time when the famine that is still developing in Southern Africa is affecting 15 million, together with six million needing emergency food rations in Afghanistan and up
Ethiopia: Students killed in brutal police attack
By David Rowan, April 27, 2001
Ethiopian Special Forces police opened fire on a peaceful protest organised by students at Addis Ababa University (AAU) on April 18, killing at least 41 people and wounding 250.
Fragile peace in Ethiopia-Eritrea war
By David Rowan and Chris Talbot, July 6, 2000
Representatives from Ethiopia and Eritrea are taking part in further peace talks in Washington this week. A partial peace agreement was signed in Algiers on June 18 and both sides appear to have observed a cease-fire since that date.
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