UN says 270,000 at risk as floods loom in Ethiopia

By Barry Malone ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – More than a quarter of a million Ethiopians are risk from severe flooding next month when heavy rain is expected in the country, according to government estimates issued by the United Nations on Monday.

PREVIEW: Landslide win expected for Ethiopian regime

Addis Ababa – Ethiopia will go to the polls Sunday in an election widely expected to deliver a landslide re-election for Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, whose party faces accusations of repressing political opposition….

Ethiopian activist killed in political murder, says opposition

Addis Ababa – An Ethiopian opposition activist has been beaten to death in a politically motivated murder in the run-up to elections in May, an opposition leader said Friday….

VOA s Amharic language service to be blocked : Zenawi

Reuters. ADDIS ABABA. US-funded broadcaster Voice of Americas local Amharic language service in Ethiopia will be blocked because it is destabilising the country, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said.

Background Note: Ethiopia

Geography Area: 1.1 million sq. km (472,000 sq. mi.); about the size of Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico combined

Opposition accuses Ethiopian government of intimidation

Addis Ababa – An Ethiopian opposition coalition on Friday accused the government of intimidation, just two days after an international lobby group warned that upcoming elections are unlikely to be free and fair….

VOA’ s Amharic language service to be blocked : Zenawi (The Herald)

Reuters. ADDIS ABABA.

Ethiopian PM wants VOA news service jammed (The Star)

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – U.S.-funded broadcaster Voice of America’s (VOA) local Amharic language service in Ethiopia will be blocked because it is destabilising the country, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said.

Ethiopia’s Virgin Land up for grab by Farming Giants

By Xan Rice in Bako Ethiopia – country of the silver sickle – offers land dirt cheap to farming giants.

Ethiopia : New Election Code Sparks Furore (AllAfrica.com)

Addis Ababa — Opposition parties are troubled by what they say is government’s strategy to keep them out of the general elections in May 2010. They accuse the ruling Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) of harassment.

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