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• Algiers Peace Agreement, June 2000 PDF format (via United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
  
  
• Amnesty International on Ethiopia--Profile and Updates (New York and Washington, DC)
  
  
• Andinet North America Association of Support Organizations (Washington, DC)
  The official website of international support groups in the USA and Canada for the Ethiopian political party, Unity for Democracy and Justice.
  --See also: Kinijit For Unity and Democracy in Ethiopia below
  
  
• Chatham House "Horn of Africa Group" Research Project (London, UK)
  • Lost opportunities in the Horn of Africa: how conflicts connect and peace agreements unravel. (June 2008) By Sally Healy. A Horn of Africa Group report. 50 pages in PDF format
    
  • Ethiopia and Eritrea: allergic to persuasion. (January 2007) By Sally Healy and Martin Plaut. A Horn of Africa Group briefing paper. 12 pages in PDF format
    
  
  
• The Committee to Protect Journalists: Ethiopia (New York)
  This site offers reports on the press freedom in Ethiopia and journalists in exile from 1999 to the present. See also: Attacks on the Press.
  
  
• The Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (1994) -- in English
  • The Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (1994) and Subsequent Events (Axel Tschentscher, International Constitutional Law, Universität Bern, Switzerland)
  • The Constitution of the FDRE (1994) in HTML format (via The Parliament of Ethiopia)
    -or- PDF format (via National Electoral Board of Ethiopia, 2005)
  
  
• Council on Foreign Relations on Horn of Africa: Backgrounders, reports, and interviews (1995-2008) (Washington, DC)
  • Avoiding conflict in the Horn of Africa: U.S. policy toward Ethiopia and Eritrea. By Terence Lyons (December 2006). Council Special Report No. 21. -- Washington, DC: The Council, 2006. 51 pages in PDF format
  
  
• Elections in Ethiopia, 2005
  • BBC News on Ethiopian elections, May 17, 2005 (British Broadcasting Corporation, London, UK)
  • Electionworld on Ethiopia (2000 Elections--) (Wilfried Derksen, The Netherlands)
  • MediaEthiopia Election Log 2005 Commentary. (Samuel Kinde Kassegne et al., San Diego, California)
  • National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (see below)
  • Les Nouvelles.Org sur les Elections en Ethiopie, Mai 2005 (Les Nouvelles D'Addis, France)
  • Radio France International: "Ethiopie: Dérapage post-électoral (le 9 juin 2005)" et three articles sur le même sujet (du 15 au 18 mai 2005) ; en plus:
    René Lefort sur l'Ethiopie (le 6 juin 2005)
  
  
• The Embassy of Ethiopia in the United States (Washington, DC)
  
  
• EthioMedia.Com (Everett, Washington)
  An "alternative" English language news site, with an Amharic language forum, offering current news and commentaries; plus links to opposition political parties.
  
  
• The Ethiopia-Eritrea Conflict of 1998 and Selected Historical Documents & Map (1891-1908) (Prof. Habte Ghebre-Ab, University of Cincinnati History Forum; via GeoCities)
  
  
• Ethiopian Human Rights Council (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
  EHRCO is an "independent, non-governmental" organization which investigates human rights violations and has published press releases, annual reports, and special reports between 2004 and 2008.
  
  
• Ethiopian News and Views (October 2009) (via GeoCities, USA)
  Last update: October 23, 2009. An Ethiopian news commentary blog, and web links to general news agencies, academic & civil society organizations, and opposition political parties.
  
  
• Ginbot 7 Movement for Justice, Freedom and Democracy (Haarlem, The Netherlands; Alexandria, Virginia, USA)
  The official web site of a key organization in the Ethiopian political opposition--in English and Amharic.
  
  
• Government of Ethiopia on the Internet
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    See also: Other government organizations
    
    
  • Parliament of Ethiopia
  
  
• Human Rights Watch on Ethiopia (New York & Washington, DC)
  • Current HRW news and reports on Ethiopia
    
    
  • ":Why Am I Still Here? : The 2007 Horn of Africa Renditions and the Fate of Those Still Missing" (October 2008)
  58 pages in PDF format
  • "Collective punishment: war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali Region" (June 2008) Human Rights Watch report (138 pages in PDF format)
    
    
  • Shell shocked: civilians under seige in Mogadishu (August 2007)
  • Suppressing dissent: human rights abuses and political repression in Ethiopia's Oromia Region (May 2005).
  • Federal Republic of Ethiopia, 2002. In Human Rights Watch World Report 2003. (Online).
  • Federal Republic of Ethiopia, 2001. In Human Rights Watch World Report 2002. (Online).
  • Federal Republic of Ethiopia, 2000. In Human Rights Watch World Report 2001. (Online).
  • Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, 1999. In Human Rights Watch World Report 2000. (Online).
  • Ethiopia, 1998-99. In Human Rights Watch World Report 1999. (Online).
  • Ethiopia, 1997-98. In Human Rights Watch World Report 1998. (Online).
  
  
• Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre: Internally displaced persons in Ethiopia (2000--) Norwegian Refugee Council, Oslo, Norway (via Geneva, Switzerland)
  For each country in the IDMC survey, the document collection includes an overall summary, population figures, social indicators, and some analyses.
  
  
• International Crisis Group on Ethiopia & Eritrea (Washington, DC)
  Note: Free registration required to download full-length reports.
  • "Ethnic Federalism and its Discontents" (September 2009)
  • "Ethiopia and Eritrea: war or peace?" (September 2003)
  
  
• Kinijit For Unity and Democracy in Ethiopia (2008) (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; via Silver Spring, Maryland, USA)
  The key political party in opposition to the current government in Ethiopia since 2005. This site includes news, commentaries, documents of the organization, and videos of public debates and press conferences....mostly in Amharic.
  --For 2009 news: Kinijit People's Spirit-Unity for Democracy and Justice Party in 2009 (London, UK)
  
  
• National Electoral Board of Ethiopia, 2005 (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
  See especially: Constituency Election Results (May 2005)
  
  
• North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry
  (New York)
  Reports covering the period since 1998 on the situation in Ethiopia and Israel; and requests for humanitarian support.
  
  
• Oromia Online (2007) (Oromia Information Network, USA)
  A news archive and links to more current sites.
  
  
• Oromo Liberation Front Web Site (Washington, DC ; Berlin, Germany)
  The OLF, originally established in 1973, offers its views on the human rights situation in Ethiopia -- in opposition to the current government in "Finefinne" (Addis Ababa).
  
  
• The Sidama Concern. (Online): 2008 -- [United States]: The Concern, 1996-2008. ISSN 1363-5352
  Last update in September 2008. A quarterly review of opinions, discussions on human rights in Ethiopia, and news "useful to Sidama people at home and in Diaspora"; plus links to websites of several ethnically- or nationality- based organizations in opposition to the current Ethiopian government.
  
  
• Social Science Research Council -- Crisis in the Horn of Africa (SSRC Africa Program, New York)
  SSRC news analysis forum on Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Sudan.
  
  
• United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)
  • Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN) on Ethiopia
    Daily and weekly regional news bulletins. Note: the archive only contains back issues from the past month or less.
  • ReliefWeb on Ethiopia
    Links to current or breaking news stories.
  
  
• United Nations Development Program-Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia (EUE Web; via University of Pennsylvania)
  "The Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia, an integral part of the United Nations Development Programme field office, is responsible for monitoring relief needs and providing humanitarian support services to the Resident Coordinator and specialist UN agencies. It has existed under various names and guises for more than ten years, funded through a combination of UN and bilateral donor contributions." The collection now includes an archive of  maps.
  
  
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Ethiopia (Geneva, Switzerland)
  See Research/Evaluation...Country and Legal Information Search.
  
  
• United Nations Peacekeeping Operations: UNMEE--United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea, 2000-2008 (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
  
  
• United States. Department of State: Ethiopia Country Report on Human Rights Practices:  1997 |  1998 |  1999 |  2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008
  
  
• U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  
  
• United States Mission to the United Nations on Ethiopia, 1998 to present (Political and Security Affairs, USUN, New York)
  Press releases and other statements by the US Ambassador and others.