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Ethiopia troops "slit throats"

afrol News, 6 May - A new report published by Amnesty International has accused Ethiopian troops of increasingly committing "throat-slitting executions" in Somalia.

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New AU chief takes office

afrol News, 29 April - Dr. Jean Ping has officially replaced Alpha Oumar Konaré as the Chairman of the African Union Commission, the executive arm of the continental body.

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Sahel nations lose 1.7m ha land

afrol News, 28 April - On average each year, Sahelian countries lost 1.7 million hectares of arable land to desertification, environmental experts told journalists.

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Ethiopia breaks diplomatic ties with Qatar

afrol News, 22 April - Ethiopian authorities have broken diplomatic ties with the government of Qatar, blaming the Middle East emirate of involved in subversive activities, including efforts to "destabilize the Horn of Africa."

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Locusts storm Ethiopia

afrol News, 18 April - Locust breeding and swarms have been reported near Konso and the Rift Valley in southern Ethiopia, despite the increased rainfall over the last week across the country, Food Emergency Warning System alerted.

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Gunmen raid South Africa court

afrol News, 14 April - Armed robbers raided a High Court in South Africa's commercial capital Johannesburg and stole several case files of high-profile organised crimes from the office of a senior state prosecutor.

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Ethiopia opens commodity exchange

afrol News, 14 April - Plans to open the first-ever commodity exchange in Africa are underway in Ethiopia. The exchange will trade in six commodities: coffee, sesame, haricot beans, teff, wheat and maize.

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Climate change threatens Africa

afrol News, 3 April - The development of better meteorological services are crucial for Africa's development and its fight against poverty, considering its vulnerability to climate change, variability and extreme weather events, a conference of finance and economy meeting in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa was told.

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Ethiopia battles food scarcity

afrol News, 20 March - Ethiopia is again facing food scarcity that has put the lives of over eight million Ethiopians at risk, particularly those in the South-West Oromia region where 11 people died of hunger and lack of clean water.

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Ethiopia grenade victims assisted

afrol News, 13 March - Ethiopian victims of a grenade attack in Somalia's port town of Bossasso last month have been assisted by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to return home on Wednesday.

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Eritrean officials punch UN

afrol News, 6 March - Eritrean authoritires have renewed their attack on the United Nations, accusing it of supporting Ethiopia over the border dispute case.

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Horn of Africans protest in UK

afrol News, 18 January - Thousands of citizens of the Horn of Africa staged a mass demonstration in Downing Street, London, protesting against United Kingdom and the United States for supporting the Ethiopian government.

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Ethiopia jails human activists

afrol News, 28 December - A court in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa sentenced two human rights activists to two and a half years in prison after they were found guilty of "promoting violence and provocations against the government and the public order."

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Ethiopia diapora lured

afrol News, 24 October - A new programme initiated by the International Organisation of Migration (IOM) aims to lure the Ethiopian diaspora to assist those eager to share their knowledge and skills to contribute to the development of their country of origin.

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Ethiopia dashes rebel claims

afrol News, 24 October - The Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawa has described as "unfounded and baseless" the claims advanced by the rebels of Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) that they had killed hundreds of government soldiers during the weekend clashes.

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» 17.10.2007 - Nets aid Africa's malaria fight
» 07.09.2007 - High attrition cripples Ethiopia's health sector
» 06.09.2007 - Ethiopia: Over 100 rebel suspects missing
» 03.09.2007 - Ethiopian rebels cease fire
» 30.08.2007 - Fact-finding humanitarian mission begins in Ogaden
» 30.08.2007 - Offshore IT outsourcing center for Ethiopia
» 28.08.2007 - Ethiopia expels Norwegian diplomats
» 23.08.2007 - Volcanic eruption kills 5 in Ethiopia
» 13.08.2007 - Ethiopia initiates 10 irrigation projects
» 08.08.2007 - Ethiopia rebels warn foreign oil companies
» 03.08.2007 - More Ethiopian journalists behind bars
» 25.07.2007 - Ethiopia expels ICRC from rebel region
» 16.07.2007 - Protest over harsh Ethiopian sentences
» 09.07.2007 - Ethiopian prosecutor favours death penalty for convicted opposition
» 09.06.2007 - Ethiopian Somalis deny ties to Somalia's Islamists

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