Reporting on bilateral meetings that took place between the UN Secretary General and Ethiopia's Prime Minister on the margins of the G8 Summit in Hokkaido Toyako, Japan, News network asserts: "Melles blasted the UN for not acting on Eritrea for its destructive measures on the Ethiopia-Eritrea border."

Industries must design and plan a mechanism by which they can contribute to reduce environmental pollution, the Addis Ababa City Administration Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) urged on Tuesday.

United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Wednesday launched its new multi-million dollar ecotourism program, with the view to contribute to the development of Ethiopia's unique and potentially very "lucrative" ecotourism sector.

Somalia Defense minister Muhyidin Muhammad Hajji Ibrahim met and held discussions with Ethiopia military officers on current security challenges and ways to tackle them, according to a report from the war-ravaged neighboring country.

African Union (AU) chair Tanzania wants the International Criminal Court (ICC) to suspend any moves to arrest Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for genocide in Darfur, news reports indicated citing the country's foreign affairs as saying on Monday.

Ethiopian soldiers stationed at a camp in central Somalia were targeted with mortars Tuesday, as Somali insurgents continue their guerrilla war against Ethiopian armed forces.

The Oromia Education Bureau (OEB) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on Monday presented successful outcomes of a Community-Based Basic Education Improvement Project.

The Ethiopian Media Women Association (EWMA) said on Monday it prepared a new book which deals with women in leadership.

Babcock & Brown Air Limited (NYSE: FLY), a global lessor of modern, fuel-efficient commercial jet aircraft, today announced that it has leased and delivered two Boeing 757-200 aircraft to Ethiopian Airlines.

The first technical meeting focusing on Family Planning, Reproductive Health and Integration with HIV/AIDS programs officially kicked off on Monday in Addis Ababa.

A two-day lessons bazaar and workshop intended to create the venue for pastoralists to share experience and identify problems in implementing projects in pastoralist areas was held on Tuesday at the Global Hotel.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded a $50 million cooperative agreement to U.S.-based Pathfinder International to fund a five-year program that will make sustainable improvements to key family health services and planning in Ethiopia, according to a news website Monday.

Worsening malnutrition and the threat of disease outbreaks are compounding Ethiopia's humanitarian crisis, according to the World Health Organization.

Ethiopia Monday named a strong track team for the Beijing Olympics with world champions Kenenisa Bekele and Tirunesh Dibaba doubling up in the 5,000 and 10,000 metres races.

The recent summit of the African Union (AU) heads of state held at Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, condemned what it called Eritrean military action against Djibouti.

The reaction from the Ethiopian government was prompt, revealing the gravity of the matter; Girma Birru, minister of Trade and Industry, left for Djibouti last Wednesday, July 9, in order to persuade Djiboutian authorities to reconsider the tariff adjustment announced last week by DP World-Djibouti. He stayed there for a night, and met Ismael Omar Guelleh, president of Djibouti.

The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) has awarded the German Gieseck & Deverient and the British De La Rue the multi million dollars contract to print various notes of the Ethiopian Birr, sources disclosed.

Worsening malnutrition and the threat of disease outbreaks are compounding Ethiopia's humanitarian crisis, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

Leading flower grower, Sher Karuturi, says that it will soon enter the food production sub-sector, with plans to establish extensive rice and wheat farms in Ethiopia already at an advanced stage.

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Owners of major businesses grouped into five sectors have began raising funds that would be used in financing the construction of a headquarters and a training center for the ruling Revolutionary Democrats.

The Ethiopian Human Right Commission (EHRC) on Friday recommended that steps should be taken to improve the treatment of prisoners at correctional centers in the country.

In addition to the five on going partnership projects among UK and Ethiopian Universities, four faculties in Addis Ababa, Bahir Dar, and Adama Universities launch joint projects together with their UK counterparts in the health and education sectors.

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on Thursday said it condemned High Court order to collect fines from four publishing houses stemming from convictions related to the 2005 post-election riots, saying it was a violation of press freedom.

The Engineering Capacity Building Program (ecbp) on Thursday said it was to help young enterpreaunres realize their business ambitions with financial support.