Daily Ethiopia

A coalition of Ethiopian opposition parties will take steps toward becoming a single party by forming a front, said Negasso Gidada, co-deputy chairman of the so-called Medrek alliance.

Addis Ababa City Administration Education Bureau has launched FM 94.7 Radio transmission here on Friday.

The peace accord signed between the government and the United Western Somali Liberation Front (UWSLF) has considered the mutual interest of the people, one central committee of the Ogden National Liberation (ONLF) Front has said.

Egyptian Health Minister Hatem el-Gabali begins on Monday a three-day visit to Ethiopia where he will seek to bolster cooperation in the health field between the two countries.

Ethiopia's government will sign a peace deal with the United Western Somali Liberation Front, a rebel organization that has been fighting for independence in the ethnic Somali region in the east of the country.

Newly established Abay Bank SC officially received permission to start work on Friday, July 23, 2010, from the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) and is set to start business in September, 2010.

The newly formed Habesha Breweries SC is to make an offer for one of the three state owned breweries, Meta Abo, Harar, or Bedele, that are to be put up for auction this year by the Privatisation and Public Enterprises Supervising Agency (PPESA).

African heads of state will decide today whether to endorse the International Criminal Court’s proposal to establish an office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

A Chinese loan has been secured for Ethiopia’s biggest Hydropower project, Gilgel Gibe III, after years of pressure from foreign environmentalists blocked access to funding from international financial institutions.

Two Israel Air Force fighter jets were scrambled yesterday to intercept an Ethiopian Airlines plane heading for Israeli airspace due to initial fears that the plane may have been hijacked.