Foreign Office suspects Afar rebels behind Ethiopia kidnap
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The Foreign Office on Wednesday said the abduction of a five-member embassy group in Ethiopia last week was likely linked to local rebel groups in the remote northeast Afar region.
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Eritrea denied on Friday that a group  of five Europeans kidnapped in neighboring Ethiopia had been  taken to its country by Afar separatist rebels.
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Five Britons with diplomatic connections were missing feared kidnapped in Ethiopia last night amid security concerns.Comment
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MEKELE, Ethiopia  - Ethiopian security forces scoured a remote northeastern region on Monday in search of a group of kidnapped Europeans, all linked to the British embassy in Addis Ababa.
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Two groups of tourists, including at least seven French nationals and five Britons, are believed to have been kidnapped in a remote and inhospitable area of Ethiopia where separatist rebels operate.
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Fears rose Tuesday for a British embassy group abducted last week in the Ethiopian desert after the discovery of their bullet-riddled cars near the Eritrean border.
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MEKELE, Ethiopia  - A search party scoured a remote northeastern region of Ethiopia on Monday looking for a group of kidnapped Europeans, all linked to the British embassy in Addis Ababa.
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Ethiopian security forces  scoured a remote northeastern region on Monday in search of a  group of kidnapped Europeans, all linked to the British embassy  in Addis Ababa.
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BERAHILE, Ethiopia  - The mysterious kidnapping of five Europeans and eight locals has put the international spotlight on a remote, barren and searingly hot corner of Ethiopia left behind by the modern world.
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ADDIS ABABA - Two groups of tourists, including at least seven French nationals and five Britons, are believed to have been kidnapped in a remote and inhospitable area of Ethiopia where ...Comment
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Ethiopian police said on Saturday they had identified the kidnappers of the British embassy tour group abducted in the remote Ethiopian desert on March 1.
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British officials arrived in Ethiopia on Saturday to step up diplomatic efforts to free at least five Europeans and 13 Ethiopians feared kidnapped in the remote northeast of Ethiopia.
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Ethiopia's prime minister said Monday that officials have a good idea of the whereabouts of five Europeans kidnapped in one of the country's most remote, inhospitable regions.
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The mysterious kidnapping of  five Europeans and eight locals has put the international  spotlight on a remote, barren and searingly hot corner of  Ethiopia left behind by the modern world.
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Ethiopia has claimed to have killed more than 110 rebels allegedly sent by arch-foe Horn of Africa neighbor Eritrea to destabilize the country since the beginning of the month.
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MEKELE, Ethiopia  - Five Europeans and eight Ethiopians kidnapped by gunmen in remote northern Ethiopia are safe and in a good condition, the Ethiopian government and a local community leader said on Friday.
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An Ethiopian administrator accused Eritrean forces on Saturday of kidnapping a group of five Europeans and 13 Ethiopians in a remote part of Ethiopia, and taking them to a military camp in neighboring Eritrea.