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Family and supporters of Canadian citizen Bashir Makhtal will once again turn to Ottawa to seek his freedom after the supreme court of Ethiopia upheld his conviction and life sentence for terrorist activities. Family and supporters of Makhtal, who say...

However, it falls far behind her neighbours, Kenya and Rwanda, the African Report on Child Well-being 2008 showed. Youth and children affairs state minister Jessica Alupo launched the report at the Imperial Royale Hotel in Kampala yesterday. The African Child...

A new global economic forecast released by the economist magazine has placed Ethiopia as the 5th fastest economy growing country for the year 2010. The UK-based magazine predicts Qatar as the top fastest growing economies in the world, followed by...

Bob Geldof fought back tears as he visited Ethiopia on a recent trip to open a school funded by the profits of his 2004 Band Aid 20 record. Do They Know It's Christmas? was re-recorded to raise funds five years...

Mr Negasso, in power between 1995 and 2001, said he had joined the Unity for Democracy and Justice Party (UDJ) to try to unite Ethiopia. Analysts say his defection and that of ex-Defence Minister Seye Abraha are likely to boost...

Al Jazeera English (AJE) will be available from January or February. After the channel formally applies, Canadians will be allowed to submit their opinions about the channel. Toronto-based Ethnic Channels Group Ltd had sought permission from the regulatory body to...

Ethiopia's infamous famine, Bob Geldof overnight visited one of the then worst-affected villages in the north of the Horn of Africa country. Dozens of children and women greeted the Irish rock star as he arrived in Korem village, some 600km...