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Ex-Ethiopia leader swaps partiesEx-Ethiopia President Negasso Gidada joins opposition Critics accuse Meles Zenawi of suppressing his opponents Ethiopia's former President Negasso Gidada has joined an opposition party, as the country builds up to an election scheduled... In this article: Negasso Gidada, Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia, Allegation, Addis Ababa, Reuters, and BBC |
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Medical News Today | 2 days ago
News Outlets Examine Sanitation In Ethiopia, Liberia
...Tesfaye Zewde described how an estimated 24,000 health workers are making home visits to educate Ethiopians about sanitation and hygiene. "In Ethiopia, it is estimated that about 35 million people do not have access to sanitation...
In this article: Liberia, Ministry of Health, Medical advice, Diarrhea, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, and Addis Ababa
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washingtonpost.com | 4 days ago
The ultimate crop rotation: Wealthy nations outsource crops to Ethiopia's farmlands
BAKO, ETHIOPIA -- In recent months, the Ethiopian government began marketing abroad one of the hottest commodities in an increasingly crowded and hungry world: farmland. "Why Attractive?" reads one glossy poster with photos of green...
In this article: Food and Agriculture Organization, Africa, Leasing, U.N., and Meles Zenawi
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | 4 days ago
In demand: Ethiopia's farmlands
...well, I tell you, it will change the dynamics of the food economy in this country," said Mafa Chipeta, the FAO's representative in Ethiopia, dismissing the worst-case scenarios. "I can't believe Ethiopia or any other government would...
In this article: Leasing, FAO, Africa, Post-Gazette, Meles Zenawi, and Latin America
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BBC News | 7 days ago
Ethiopia convicts coup plotters
Ethiopia convicts military men of coup plot Exiled politician Berhanu Nega denies leading an armed struggle About 26 Ethiopians have been convicted of plotting a coup and attempting to assassinate government officials, after a trial...
In this article: Defendant, Allegation, Culprit, Economics, US, Addis Ababa, and BBC
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Also In Global Health News: Sleeping Sickness; Aid For Philippines; U.S., China In Africa; Polio Eradication In Afghanistan; Ethiopia Famine
...Examines Disputed Ethiopian Famine The Times of London looks at the disputed scale of the hunger situation in Ethiopia. "In Addis Ababa, Ethiopian and Western officials voice disapproval of doom-laden reports that fail to acknowledge the...
In this article: Sleeping sickness, Africa, Afghanistan, U.S., United Nations, China, Philippines, Nifurtimox, and Medical advice
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AP Online | November 15, 2009
Ethiopia orders 12 A350 aircraft from Airbus
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Ethiopian Airlines has confirmed an order of 12 A350 XWB aircraft from Airbus at Dubai airshow. The order covers Trent XWB engines for 12 A350 XWB planes that will begin service in 2017. Airbus values...
In this article: Airbus, Dubai, Air China, Rolls-Royce, Ethiopian Airlines, and United Arab Emirates
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Reuters | November 14, 2009
Ethiopia's ONLF rebels say captured seven towns
By Barry Malone Ethiopian rebels fighting for independence for a region with potentially significant oil and gas reserves said on Saturday they had captured seven towns near the border with neighboring Somalia. The Ogaden National...
In this article: Ogaden National Liberation Front, Petronas, Sinopec, Addis Ababa, Somalia, and Sweden
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Activist: Rights, liberties waning in Ethiopia
...by New York-based Human Rights Watch. The soft-spoken lawyer - who won a court order that allowed him serve as an election monitor in Ethiopia in 2005, only to be arrested and charged with treason and attempted genocide later - says a bevy...
In this article: Meles Zenawi, Allegation, Human Rights Watch, Defendant, Oxford University, and Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front
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Ethiopia (IPA: /ˌiːθiːˈoʊpiə/) (Ge'ez: ኢትዮጵያ ') , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country situated in the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia is bordered by Eritrea to the north, Sudan to the west, Kenya to the south, Somalia to the east and Djibouti to the north-east. Its size is 1,100,000 km² with an estimated population of over 78,000,000. Its capital is Addis Ababa.
The country is famous for its 1984 devastating famine as well as for its famous Olympic distance athletes, rock-hewn churches and as the origin of the Coffee bean. Having converted during the fourth century AD, it is also the second-oldest country to have become officially Christian, after Armenia. Ethiopia also has a considerable Muslim minority since the earliest days of Islam - being the site of the first Hijra in Islam history, the earliest 9th century Sultanates, the oldest Muslim settlement in Africa at Negash and home to the fourth holiest Muslim city of Harar - but the country has been secular since 1974. Historically a relatively isolated mountain country, Ethiopia by the mid 20th century became a crossroads of global international cooperation under the leadership of Emperor Haile Selassie I. It became a member of the League of Nations in 1923, signed the Declaration by United Nations in 1942, and was one of the fifty-one original members of the United Nations (UN). The headquarters of United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) is in Addis Ababa, as is the headquarters of the African Union (formerly the Organisation of African Unity), of which Ethiopia was the principal founder. There are about forty-five Ethiopian embassies and consulates around the world.
- Name:
- Ethiopia
- Conventional Long Name:
- Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
- Capital:
- Addis Ababa
- Largest City:
- Addis Ababa
- Government type:
- Federal Parliamentary republic
- Founding Date:
- January 01, 0008
- Formations:
- Democratic Republic
- Area:
- 1,104,300
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $68.971 billion
- GDP (nominal):
- $25.081 billion
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $317
- Time Zone:
- EAT
- Currency:
- Birr
- Demonym:
- Ethiopian
- Drives On:
- right
- Currency (code):
- ETB
- Country Calling Code:
- 251
- ccTLD:
- .et
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