World news about “Ethiopia” published by euronews.
Boeing 787 Dreamliner takes maiden commercial flight Boeing’s much-lauded Dreamliner flew into the skies and the history books on Saturday. An Ethiopian airlines flight to Kenya was Boeing’s maiden commercial… 27/04/2013
Ethiopia’s former PM state funeral – nocomment Thousands of mourners were in Meskel Square in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa on September 2 for the state funeral ceremony of former Ethiopian Prime Minister… 03/09/2012
Teaching indigenous culture UNESCO estimates that indigenous peoples make up five percent of the world’s population, but they often face the threat of losing their cultural identity… 27/01/2012
Haile Gebrselassie: ‘I will try to do the impossible’ Former world marathon record-holder Haile Gebrselassie plans to run at the 2012 Olympics in London after reversing his decision to retire. With only a few… 24/10/2011
Vaccination campaign at Ethiopian camp – nocomment Aid workers at the Kobe refugee camp in Ethiopia launch a vaccination campaign to combat an outbreak of measles among Somali communities fleeing famine. 13/08/2011
Skipping school Increasing the numbers of children in school and fighting truancy is always hard. The methods – from incentives to punitive measures – also aim to address the… 27/06/2011
Mali donors pledge 340 million euros to aid securityThe International community has pledged some 340 million euros to help bring stability and security to Mali. But the donors’ conference, held in the… 29/01/2013
South Sudan and Sudan in more direct talksThey were on the brink of war in April, but now the leaders of Sudan and South Sudan have held face-to-face talks in Ethiopia. A UN deadline for a peace… 24/09/2012
Swedish journalists jailed in Ethiopia go freeAfter 14 months in jail Ethiopia has pardoned two Swedish journalists it had found guilty of “supporting terrorism” and sentenced to 11 years. Another 2000… 10/09/2012
Tributes paid to Ethiopia’s late prime ministerThousands of people are attending the state funeral of Ethiopia’s late prime minister Meles Zenawi. The 57-year-old died from an infection suddenly last… 02/09/2012
State funeral for Ethiopia leader ZenawiThe funeral for Ethiopia’s long-serving Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is taking place in Addis Ababa. Several African leaders are expected to attend the… 02/09/2012
Ethiopia prepares for a future without MelesThe body of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi was returned to Addis Ababa from Brussels late Tuesday night to be greeted by thousands of mourners. The… 22/08/2012
Ethiopia PM death: Meles Zenawi body flown homeThe body of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is returning to Addis Ababa after the 57-year-old died suddenly overnight from an undisclosed illness in a… 21/08/2012
Ethiopia: PM Meles Zenawi, 57, dies after illnessEthiopia’s Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has died aged 57. State television said he had suffered a “sudden infection” while recovering from an illness at a… 21/08/2012
African leaders meet at AU summit in EthiopiaThe feuding Sudanese leader Omar Hassan al-Bashir and his southern counterpart Salva Kiir have come face to face at this year’s African Union summit in Addis… 15/07/2012
Award-winning Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega jailed for 18 years“Freedom is partial to no race. Freedom has no religion. Freedom favors no ethnicity,” wrote Eskinder Nega, an Ethiopian journalist, just five days before… 13/07/2012
Protests over G8 leaders attitude to AfricaThere were protests in Maryland where the demonstrators anger was aimed at the G8 leaders who have invited four African heads of state to the summit at Camp… 19/05/2012
Ethiopia sends elders to help free abducted foreignersEthiopia says its working to secure the release of four people kidnapped after a deadly attack on foreign tourists. Injured survivors have been transferred… 20/01/2012
Search continues for kidnapped touristsThe bodies of the five foreign tourists killed in the north of Ethiopia, along with the injured and survivors, have returned to Addis Ababa. Another couple… 19/01/2012
Five dead, four missing in Ethiopia attackEthiopian security forces are hunting gunmen who kidapped four people including two German tourists and killed five others in an attack in the Afar… 18/01/2012
German tourists killed in EthiopiaFive foreign tourists have been killed in Ethiopia’s remote northern Afar region. It is believed the attack was carried out by gunman crossing into the… 18/01/2012
Five foreign tourists killed in Ethiopia – state TVGunmen have killed five foreign tourists and seriously injured two others in Ethiopia’s remote northern region, according to state television in Addis Ababa… 17/01/2012
Imprisonment of Swedish journalists in Ethiopia sparks outrage in EuropeThe detention of two Swedish journalists in Ethiopia has provoked anger by their own government and at by European Union, and both the EU and the Swedish… 27/12/2011
Ethiopia jails Swedish reporters for aiding rebelsTwo Swedish journalists have been jailed for 11 years in Ethiopia for entering the country illegally and helping an outlawed rebel group. Martin Schibbye… 27/12/2011
Reports of Ethiopian troops in SomaliaEyewitnesses say Ethiopian soldiers have crossed the border into Somalia in significant numbers. They report seeing at least 20 vehicles carrying troops and a… 19/11/2011
Swedish minister criticised as journalists face Ethiopian trialSweden’s foreign minister has been criticised for supposedly neglecting the plight of two Swedish journalists facing terrorism charges in Ethiopia. Carl… 17/10/2011
Gebrehaileselassie wins Asturias sports prizeThis year’s Prince of Asturias Award winner in the sporting field has been revealed by the 30-strong jury at Oviedo in Spain. The chairwoman, former tennis… 02/09/2011
Somalia: politics still holding up vital food aidGetting food into Mogadishu and getting it to the people who desperately need it is proving extremely complicated. A customs row has held up the first plane… 27/07/2011
Meles is set to return as Ethiopia PMProvisional results in Ethiopia’s general election point to a landslide victory for Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s ruling party. Although official results… 25/05/2010
Hopes for peaceful ballot in EthiopiaEthiopians are going to the polls in a ballot seen as a test of democracy. Incumbent Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is expected to be returned to power, with… 23/05/2010
Fighting against AIDS in the horn of AfricaHIV and AIDS in Africa continues to blight lives all across the continent. Handicap International is working with local projects to co-ordinate action… 09/02/2010
Black box found after Beirut air crashThe “black box” flight recorders of the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed off the Lebanese coast on Monday have been found by search teams. Once it has… 28/01/2010
Weather blamed for plane crash off LebanonBad weather is being blamed for the crash of an Ethiopian airlines plane off the coast of Lebanon. The Lebanese Prime Minister has flown over the crash… 25/01/2010
Lebanon grieves for the dead from plane crashThe grim task of searching the turbulent seas off the coast of Lebanon goes on following the crash of the Ethopian airline. As the hours have ticked around 20… 25/01/2010
Ethiopian Airlines: Bodies recovered from downed jetSearch and rescue teams off the coast of Lebanon have recovered two bodies from the site of the crashed Ethiopian airlines. The jet fell from the sky shortly… 25/01/2010
Airliner crashes into Med off Lebanese coastAn Ethiopian Airlines plane with around 90 passengers and crew has reportedly crashed into the Mediterranean shortly after taking off from Beirut… 25/01/2010
Big end-of-year catch for Somali piratesSomali pirates have ended the year with a bumper catch, including a UK-flagged chemical tanker. The seizure of the St James Park and, earlier, a Yemeni… 29/12/2009
‘Ardi’ could be the oldest human ancestorThe remains of an ancient human-like creature are said by scientists to come from the oldest pre-human species yet discovered. Ardipithecus ramidus, or… 02/10/2009
Microcredit can help transform livesThe world’s poor can change their lives with microcredit. In Ethiopia, a Bank for the Unbankables that is supported by several European Organisations is… 17/07/2009
Ethiopian troops pull out of MogadishuEthiopian troops have begun a staged withdrawal from their two bases in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. Opinion is divided over the pull-out – while some… 14/01/2009
