Ethiopia

Eritrea says will not retaliate against Ethiopia

Posted by ATACMAG on Fri, 03/16/2012 - 9:42am in Politics, Africa, Conflict, Eritrea, Ethiopia, war

Eritrea said it will not retaliate after rival neighbour Ethiopia attacked its territory, dismissing charges it harbours armed groups against Addis Ababa as a "base and bogus lie." &

Five Tourists Killed and 4 Kidnapped in Ethiopia

Posted by ATACMAG on Wed, 01/18/2012 - 10:52am in Other-News, Addis ababa, Africa, Bereket Simon, Eritrea, Ethiopia

ADDIS ABABA - Two Germans, two Hungarians and an Austrian were killed by gunmen in an attack on tourists in the remote Afar region of northern Ethiopia, the Ethiopian government said on Wednesday.<

Geoffrey Mutai Wins New York Marathon With Course Record

Posted by ATACMAG on Mon, 11/07/2011 - 9:49am in Sports, Africa, Ethiopia, Geoffrey Mutai, kenya, New york, Sports, track and field

The footsteps keep getting faster, pounding like a drumbeat on the city streets.

Refugees fleeing Sudan fighting pour into Ethiopia

Posted by ATACMAG on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 9:59am in Other-News, Africa, Ethiopia, refugee, sudan

SHERKOLE, Ethiopia - The two holes where the bullets entered Sudanese refugee Abseta Afalla's calf are still raw, a grim reminder from the boiling civil war in Sudan's Blue Nile state he fl

Kenya flies high the African flag in Daegu

Posted by Ernest Anteh on Thu, 09/01/2011 - 4:59am in Sports, Botswana, Daegu, David redisah, Ethiopia, IAAF, kenya, World Athletics Championship

Kenya continues to be the brightest African Team in the on-going World Athletics Championship in Daegu, South Korea.

African leaders meet to raise funds for drought crisis

Posted by ATACMAG on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 9:32am in Health, Africa, African leaders, Ethiopia, ismael omar guelleh, males zenawi, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, teodoro obiang nguema

African leaders held a fund-raising in Ethiopia Thursday in a bid to plug a $1.1 billion shortfall in aid for millions facing starvation in the Horn of Africa's worst drought in decades.