World news about “Ethiopia” published by euronews.
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
Ethiopia sends elders to help free abducted foreigners Ethiopia 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 tourists The 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 attack Ethiopian 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 Ethiopia Five 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 TV Gunmen 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
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
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
