Addis Ababa This is Me

 View all 26 references Web References

1. 1. Smoke rises from the vicinity of the International Airport of Mogadishu on 30 March 2007

   www.fettan.com/Fettan_Archives - [Cached]

   Published on: 3/30/2007   Last Visited: 6/11/2008

   Addis Ababa and Asmara have routinely fired harsh rhetoric at each other since a 1998 to 2000 border war killed 70 000 people.
   ...
   Eritrea Expels Head of UN Mission in Eritrea, Ethiopia (zeenews.com, 03/23/07) "Addis Ababa, March 23: Eritrea has expelled the head of the United Nations Mission in Eritrea and Ethiopia (Unmee), mine action co-ordination centre (MACC), the public information office of Unmee said.
   ...
   The charge came as the Europeans, all linked to the British embassy in Addis Ababa, put out a statement saying they were treated well by their captors.
   ...
   Defense of Ethiopian Opposition Leader Rejects Translation of Accusation (sudantribune.com, 03/06/07) "March 5, 2007 (ADDIS ABABA) The defence lawyers of the Ethiopian opposition leader rejected today a translated copy - made by the accusation - of a press statement given by Eng.
   ...
   The Foreign Office was engaged in frantic negotiations to secure the release of the five Britons, all based at the British embassy in Addis Ababa, who were part of a sightseeing party seized by gunmen in the desolate Afar region of the country."
   
   Meles Zenawi Accuses His Cousin Isaias Afeworki of Kidnapping Missing Tourists: Here We Go Again; Another Border Incident in the Making - Two Tyrants Seeking Global Attention and More Bloodshed. (newsday.com -AP- 03/03/07) "MEKELE, Ethiopia -- Ethiopian officials on Saturday accused forces from archrival Eritrea of kidnapping five British citizens and 13 Ethiopians who were touring a remote region near the African countries' long-disputed border, then taking the group to a military camp in Eritrea.The claims could not be independently verified.The group went missing Thursday while traveling in Ethiopia's Afar region, a barren expanse of ancient salt mines and volcanoes some 500 miles northeast of the capital, Addis Ababa."RELATED STORIES: Meles Zenawi Accuses Eritrea Over Missing Tourists (news.yahoo.com -afp- 03/03/07) Kidnapped Britons Spotted in [Ethiopia] (cnn.com, 03/03/07) Tourist Kidnap Blamed on Eritrea (theaustralian.news.com, 03/04/07) Reuters Video Report (03/03/07)
   
   Britons Feared Kidnapped in Ethiopia (today.reuters.co.uk, 03/03/07) "ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Two groups of tourists, including at least seven French nationals and five Britons, are believed to have been kidnapped in a remote and inhospitable area of Ethiopia where separatist rebels operate.
   ...
   Gunmen Kidnap Five Europeans in Ethiopia (news.yahoo.com -afp- 03/02/07) "ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - Five Europeans and 13 Ethiopians have been kidnapped by an unidentified group in northeastern Ethiopia, police announced here Friday, after conflicting reports that up to 20 foreigners had been abducted.The abductions of the Europeans and their Ethiopian staff happened on Thursday night at a camp in the inhospitable Afar region, where separatist rebels are known to operate, the Ethiopia's state news agency ENA quoted the police as saying."RELATED STORIES: At Least 12 Europeans Seized in Ethiopia (newsday.com -ap- 03/02/07) Tourists Missing on Ethiopia Trip (news.bbc.co.uk, 03/02/07) 15 Europeans Missing in Ethiopia's 'Land of Death' (cnn.com -reuters- 03/02/07)
   
   Ten French Tourists Reported Kidnapped in Ethiopia (cnn.com, 03/01/07) "ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- Ten French tourists were kidnapped in northern Ethiopia Thursday by unknown abductors, a businessman and a tour operator who work in the region said.The tourists were in a convoy of four vehicles in Dalol, 800 kilometers (500 miles) northeast of Addis Ababa, traveling to salt mines in the Afar region when they were kidnapped, said the businessman, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.""
   ...
   About 16,000 of the Falash Mura - Jews who converted to Christianity, and some who reverted back - live in squalid conditions in immigration compounds in the capital, Addis Ababa, the city of Gondar in north-western Ethiopia, and in villages.
   ...
   UN Says 50,000 Somalis Have Crossed to Ethiopia (alertnet.org -reuters- 02/07/07) "ADDIS ABABA, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Around 50,000 Somalis have crossed into neighbouring Ethiopia in the past six months of instability in their homeland, and most are living without humanitarian aid, the United Nations said on Wednesday.The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said a majority of the would-be refugees were women and children fleeing fighting in Somalia where an Islamist movement took control of most of the south in June but fell over the New Year."Most of these people are being taken care of by family and clan members in Ethiopia, with no assistance from humanitarian agencies thus far," the UNHCR statement said."RELATED STORY: ETHIOPIA-SOMALIA: Asylum-Seekers Living Rough (irinnes.org, 02/08/07)
   
   Somali Transitional Government Sends Captured Foreign Fighters, Islamists to Ethiopia (garoweonline.com, 02/07/07) "MOGADISHU, Somalia Feb 7 (Garowe Online) - Somalia's interim government officially handed over custody of 39 prisoners caught during recent battles near the Somali-Kenya border, according to government sources.The 39 prisoners, which included 11 women and 11 children, were reportedly airlifted from the Mogadishu airport to Addis Ababa aboard an Ethiopian military plane on Tuesday.
   ...
   After consultations on Somalia, the Slovak ambassador Peter Burian, council president for February, told reporters the panel "welcomed the African Union's intention to establish such a mission in Somalia," as expressed at the AU summit this week in Addis Ababa."RELATED STORY: U.N. Pushes Africans to Send Peacekeepers to Somalia (news.yahoo.com -reuters- 02/02/07)
   
   Isaias Afeworki Rejects Accusations of Plot Labeled by Meles Zenawi (news24.com, 02/02/07) "Addis Ababa - Eritrea rejected on Friday accusations by bitter rival Ethiopia that it had plotted to bomb an African leaders summit.
   ...
   We have not planted bombs in Addis Ababa, or anywhere in Ethiopia," he said."
   
   Meles Zenawi Says All His Soldiers Will Have Left Somalia by Mid February (somalinet.com, 02/03/07) "by mid February, the Ethiopian government has said urging all African nations who pledged forces for Somalia peacekeeping mission do so before Ethiopia completes its troop withdrawal form Somalia.
   ...
   Sudan Humiliated as Ghana Takes African Union Helm (news.yahoo.com -afp- 01/29/07) "ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - Sudan suffered a double humiliation after the African Union summit opened when it was snubbed in favour of Ghana for the AU presidency and lectured by UN chief Ban Ki-Moon over the conflict in Darfur.
   ...
   Reuters Photos: Somali Refugees in Addis Abeba (alertnet.org -reuters, 01/24/07) "Veiled women walk past a mosque under construction in the district of "Little Mogadishu", home to many Somali refugees in Addis Ababa in this January 12, 2007 file photo.

2. 2. Tigrai.net / Tigrai.org - The gateway to Ethiopia - Tigrai (Tigray) Tourism, Technology and Education Resource

   www.tigrai.org/News/Feb-July20 - [Cached]

   Published on: 2/1/2006   Last Visited: 2/7/2008

   ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - At least six explosions tore through the Ethiopian capital on Friday, killing three people and injuring at least 21 in the latest of a series of mysterious blasts to strike Addis Ababa this year.
   ...
   The couple went to Addis Ababa in 1959 on a three-year contract to establish a training school for midwives.
   ...
   Addis Ababa - The World Bank has approved $289.7mn in loans and grants to Ethiopia to finance infrastructure and financial sector development, the bank said on Thursday.
   
   Bay: Nothing has been settled in Mogadishu
   ...
   ADDIS ABABA, June 20 (Reuters) - Somalia's interim president said on Tuesday the Islamist militia which has captured Mogadishu from secular warlords could not have succeeded without support from Muslim fundamentalists across the world. [left image -Sharif Sheikh Ahmed -chairman of the courts]
   ...
   So the 12-year-old girl from Ethiopia's bustling capital, Addis Ababa, decided to take action.
   ...
   Addis Ababa - The World Bank has approved $289.7mn in loans and grants to Ethiopia to finance infrastructure and financial sector development, the bank said on Thursday.
   
   End to poverty in sight for Ethiopia ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia, one of the world's most needy countries, said today it could end extreme poverty if it kept up the healthy seven per cent economic growth of the last three years.
   
   Ethiopian Bekele wins world titles on three surfaces Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele became the first athlete to win world titles on three surfaces when he took the men's 3,000 metres crown at the world indoor championships on Sunday.
   ...
   Addis Ababa - The Embassy of Germany says that an international conference on Axumite and Tigrayan history was taking place at Axum town from January 7- 12, 2006.

3. 3. All Star Kids - helping kids in Africa

   www.allstarkids.org.uk/news.ph - [Cached]

   Last Visited: 11/17/2006

   (AP) ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia African, Arab, European and U.N. leaders reached a tentative agreement with Sudan on Thursday to let a joint African Union and United Nations peacekeeping force into the D ...
   ...
   Addis Ababa - United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan opened high-level talks here on Thursday with senior African Union officials to seek solutions to the crisis in Sudan's troubled western Darfu ...
   ...
   remarks upon the signing of the United Nations - African Union Agreement, and the launch of the Economic Commission for Africa Business Plan in Addis Ababa, 16 November:
   ...
   ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - U.N. chief Kofi Annan led a push on Thursday for a "hybrid" force of African Union and United Nations peacekeepers to be allowed into Darfur amid reports of new violence in ...