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An aid worker’s selfless life

From women's hospital nurse to wife of an Ethiopian clan leader, devoted aid worker Valerie Browning has published a memoir of her life, which she believes would have been no life at all without risk.

Deal brewing in the Starbucks coffee fight

With its carefully designed ethical image badly tarnished, Starbucks is about to announce a deal with Ethiopia over its claims in premium coffee brands. And for Ethiopian farmers, it could be worth millions of dollars a year.

74 die in Ethiopian oil field attack

Gunmen raided a Chinese-run oil field near the Somali border on Tuesday, killing 65 Ethiopians and nine Chinese workers, an official of the Chinese company said. An ethnic Somali rebel group claimed responsibility for the attack. Seven Chinese workers were kidnapped.

Starbucks coffee roasted

Ethiopia's coffee growers are creating problems for Starbucks which has an annual turnover of $7.8 billion, not much lower than Ethiopia's gross domestic product. Ethiopian farmers make a pittance on the coffee and Starbucks has refused permission for Ethiopian farmers to trademark their beans.

Somalia inches towards war

Somalia was edging closer to full-scale war last night as Ethiopian troops moved into a second Somali town, potentially bringing them into conflict with an Islamic militia that has taken over the capital, Mogadishu, and is seeking to spread its influence over the rest of the country. The move of fresh Ethiopian troops into the anarchic country raises the prospect of renewed war in Somalia. Ethiopia strongly backs the UN-supported government of President Abdullahi Yusuf and has vowed to prevent the country from slipping into the hands of Islamic extremists.

'Absurd' Ethiopia charges slammed

Amnesty International has urged the Ethiopian government to free the 111 people on trial for treason and genocide, saying the genocide charges were "absurd".

UN condemns Ethiopia over rights

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, who is in Ethiopia visiting prisons, said conditions she had seen were "rudimentary" and "harsh". On Tuesday, a group of Western diplomats based in Addis Ababa called on the government to release all elected leaders, so they could help with the post-election reconciliation process.

UN pulls out Eritrea peacekeepers

Getting closer to renewed war.

Eritrea to expel UN peacekeepers

Relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea are poor and there are fears of a new war over their disputed border.