Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Jean Ping, stressed that the relevant AU instruments systematically condemn any unconstitutional change and, accordingly, he condemns the seizure of power by force that took place in Niger, AU said.

Fortune - Only three bodies among the eight flight crews, one of whom has not so far been named, who were aboard ET409 which crashed immediately after taking off on its fatal flight from Beirut to Addis Abeba were delivered Sunday, February 14, 2010, at the Bole International Airport after identification was carried out through DNA testing and clearance granted by Lebanese authorities.

Without peace and stability, all our remarkable integration achievements will fall like a castle built on sand. Trade and development can only thrive in a secure and peaceful environment, says Hon. Kiraso.

Ethiopia has dispatched a team to France to know the outcome of the investigations pertaining to the flight recorder (black box), which was retrieved on the week end in Lebanese, officials disclosed on Tuesday.

Allana Potash Corp. Inc. (TSX VENTURE:AAA) ("Allana" or the "Company"), is pleased to provide an update of exploration activities at its Danakhil Potash Project in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia has urged Lebanon to stop pre-mature speculations being given by government officials on the cause that downed its passenger plane into the Mediterranean Sea early Monday.

Ethiopian Airlines is one of Africa's fastest growing airlines and has had a good safety record for more than a decade. The carrier started operations in 1946, a year after it was founded, and is considered to be among a trio of sub-Saharan aviation giants, alongside South African Airways and Kenyan Airways.

Two more bodies were recovered on Tuesday after an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing carrying 90 people plunged into the sea off Lebanon's coast shortly after take-off from Beirut the day before. Officials said the find brought to 32 the number of bodies recovered from the crash in which all occupants of the plane are presumed to have died.

Five bodies of Ethiopian citizens have been found so far from Monday’s Ethiopian Airlines crash in Beirut, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said here on Tuesday.

Afric - Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and Girma Wake, CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, have announced their condolences to the families of victims of Ethiopian Airline crash in Beirut Lebanon. The plane, a Boeing 737-800 carrying 83 passengers and seven crew members, crashed immediately after take off from Beirut airport in Lebanon around midnight GMT. It was a direct flight to Addis Ababa.