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http://www.newstatesman.com/africa/2008/07/wrong-african-mugabe-continent By Michela Wrong
Clashes in Somalia kill 53 and dozens wounded MOGADISHU (Reuters) - At least 53 people were killed in Somalia when Islamist insurgents clashed with Ethiopian troops and Ugandan peacekeepers ..
Somalia: Insurgents Ambush Ethiopia Forces, Burn Trucks Ethiopian troops deployed in parts of central Somalia came under heavy fire Tuesday as they traveled the major north-south highway..
Eritrea: Nationals Who Returned Home From Egypt Express ... Mr. Abdalla Jabir, Head of Organizational Affairs at the PFDJ, expressed welcome on behalf of the Government and the Front and underlined the blessing of living in one's own nation. ...
Somalia: Thousands Displaced Following Attack on Central Town The fighting began on 28 June when Ethiopian troops arrived in the area, "but was most intense on Sunday. At least 100 shells landed in the town last evening ..
ICRC: Attacks on aid workers in Somalia are 'incredible' Attacks on Somalia's government officials, journalists and aid workers have risen to an "incredible" level in the Horn ...
Ethiopia says UN mission as good as 'dead' The UN peacekeeping mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) is as good as dead, according to the Ethiopian government. ...
Africa shrugs at Mugabe African presidents cited an obscure series of clashes between Dijbouti and Eritrea several times more often than they mentioned problems in Zimbabwe...
She came to London expecting safety...now teenage stabbing victim Arsema Dawit She came to London expecting safety...now teenage stabbing victim Arsema Dawit is laid to rest on an ancient hillside in Eritrea
Eritrea in no position to attack Djibouti: minister Eritrea had practiced a border war against the Afar liberation bases, which the Eritrean regime suspects form part of a covert Ethiopian plan to attack Assab port from Djibouti border
AU condemns Eritrean attack on Djibouti Eritrea refused to accept an AU investigation team which visited Djibouti and it denies the accusation...
BURNING DESIRE TO COME TO BRITAIN Desperate asylum seekers are slicing off the skin from their fingertips with razors then burning them with white-hot wood..
Report Says Somalia, Sudan Destabilizing East African Region Earlier this week, a global survey of states most at risk of failure named Somalia and Sudan as the top two most unstable countries in the world...
Djibouti: 'Almost Half the Population Facing Food Shortages' FEWS Net also warned that the recent border conflict between Eritrea and Djibouti could aggravate the food situation..
Update Report on Eritrea-Ethiopia The Belgium plan recomends: "deployment of a military UN Observer Mission" based in Ethiopia..
UN calls for sending fact-finding team to Djibouti-Eritrea border The Security Council has called on Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to send a fact-finding mission to the border between Djibouti and Eritrea..
Egypt crackdown on African migrants hits Eritreans The Eritreans, including a baby whose mother died on her journey to Egypt, were snared in a growing Egyptian crackdown on African migrants
Sunridge Gold Continues to Drill Large Zinc and Copper ... Some of these results are expected to enhance the estimated combined Indicated resources at Emba Derho which currently contain 1.7 billion pounds of zinc, 735 million pounds of copper, 402,000 ounces of gold and 15 million ounces of silver
Eritrea: Speech By Permanent Mission to the United Nations Eritrea blames Djibouti for attacking first
IMF sees Eritrea growth hampered by border impasse In a report seen by Reuters this week, the IMF said Eritrea's gross domestic product (GDP) grew in 2007 by an estimated 1.3 percent ..
Ethiopia wants Nigerian troops at border with Eritrea Ethiopia Tuesday asked Nigeria to deploy a contingent of its troops for peace-keeping mission in its disputed areas with Eritrea .
UN council seeks clarity on Horn of Africa clash Reuters
At UN, Djibouti Admits French Copter Flights, Blames Eritrea for Shoot-outs Inner City Press obtained a copy of the pamphlet, which strangely is dated February 2008, before the conflict at issue. The timeline inside, however, contains Djibouti's version of events,
UN looks at disbanding Eritrea/Ethiopia force In a letter to the Security Council, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said Addis Ababa was open to a U.N. presence on its territory
Lost opportunities in the Horn of Africa - How conflicts connect and peace agree This report is a study of three peace processes in the Horn of Africa,..
Somalia: Many Wounded in Somalia Cinema Bombing Ten people were wounded Sunday in southwestern Somalia when a bomb exploded inside a movie theater ..
UN Official Abducted The head of the UN refugee agency in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, was abducted from his home Saturday night, the agency said Sunday. ...
Ethiopia blasts ICG report on row with Eritrea,Somalia Ambassador Andebrhan was Eritrea's ambassador to the EU for many years. He was also Eritrea's commissioner for coordination with UNMEE [UN Mission in ...
Ethiopia: A Tangled Political Landscape Raises Questions About ... Zenawi's Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) coalition was declared by the country's national electoral board to have won 559 districts ...
Somali opposition leader welcomes deployment of UN peacekeepers The chairman of the [Eritrea-based opposition] Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia [ARS], Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmad, who is currently in Nairobi, ...
Djibouti charges Eritrea in new incursion A week after border skirmishes were reported, Djibouti has accused neighboring Eritrea of illegally intruding into its territory. ...
Will be out from 9 to 10 to attend school recognition and then back to virtual Mahmoud Taha Towkal, a political analyst, said: "There is a new reality. Under recent developments, the Bab Al Mandeb Strait is no longer under the control of Djibouti and Yemen.
Protecting Eritrean Asylum Seekers The European Union approved a common policy yesterday which allows EU members to hold undocumented migrants in detention centers for up to 18 months...
Sanu Resources Ltd.: New Gold/Copper/Lead/Zinc Zones Discovered in Eritrea NSU is pleased to announce the discovery of a new gold and base metal anomalous massive sulfide gossan trend in the Koken area of its Kerkebet River exploration license in northeastern Eritrea...
Egypt / Eritrea / United Nations urge Egypt to halt deportation of ... The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour expressed serious concerns Thursday about the recent deportation of Eritrean asylum seekers ..
More Discouraging News from Around the Troubled African Horn Editor Dr. J. Peter Pham
Ethiopia-Eritrea Border Tensions Fuel Risks of Renewed War By Howard Lesser Over the past six months, Ethiopia and Eritrea have fortified heavy weapons along their long-disputed common border. ...
Terrible Famine That Exposed TPLF's Empty Boasting Shabait.com (Asmara)EDITORIAL
Dispute could reopen African war The instability in the region has only grown worse recently, with Ethiopia's refusal to accept virtual demarcation of the border ...The Crisis Group report calls for a reconfigured 2000 peace agreement between the countries ..
Eritrea rules out dialogue with Djibouti over frontier row "It has no desire whatsoever to be dragged into the current diplomatic and media tit-for-tat designed to further aggravate the fabricated problem," the statement said.
Beyond the Fragile Peace between Ethiopia and Eritrea: Averting ... Internationa International Crisis Group
French missile sinks Eritrean gunboat off Djibouti? Eritrea has reportedly been using two gunboats to fire on Djiboutian ground troops attempting to dislodge Eritrean forces
UN: Somalia crisis "worse than Darfur" World War 4 Report
Eritrea: President Isaias Meets And Holds Talks With the EU ... President Isaias Afwerki met and held talks at the Denden Hall in the morning hours today with the European Commissioner ..
Djibouti says France to send ships over Eritrea clash Djibouti says French warships will arrive off its coast in coming days after the tiny Red Sea state clashed with neighbouring Eritrea ...
Sudan, Kenya assigned to bring Eritrea back to IGAD Eritrea suspended its IGAD membership in April 2007 in protest to member states refusal to condemn and take actions against Ethiopia for sending troops to Somalia..
East African Leaders Join Condemnation of Eritrea for Attacks on ... By Peter Heinlein Eritrea has dominated discussions at an East African summit in Addis Ababa attended by all regional leaders except Eritrean President ..
Egypt gives UN access to Eritrean asylum seekers Reuters) - The Egyptian government has agreed to give the United Nations access to Eritreans seeking political asylum in Egypt..
Djibouti-Eritrea border skirmishes subside as toll hits nine "Fighting stopped in the last 36 hours but Djiboutian armed forces are in place to defend their territory from enemy incursion," the army said in a statement...
French army backs Djibouti against Eritrea President Ismail Omar Guelleh told the state agency 'ADI' that "If Eritrea wants war, it will get it." He made it clear that he considers his country to be at war with Eritrea.
Nine dead in escalating Djibouti-Eritrea clash "The fighting is still ongoing. The dead and injured are more today, up to nine dead and 60 wounded," said a Djiboutian military official..
Egypt begins mass deportations of Eritreans Cairo: Egypt has deported 400 Eritrean asylum seekers back to Asmara and plans to forcibly return 1200 more being held in Egypt,...
French army support for Djibouti France says its troops are providing logistical, medical and intelligence support to Djibouti in the country's confrontation with Eritrea. ...
Britain and US 'complicit in war crimes by Ethiopian military' A report by Human Rights Watch details allegations of rape, torture and public execution carried out by Ethiopian soldiers against civilians...
Somali fighters target airport Yusuf, who escaped unharmed earlier this month after a similar attack on the airport, flew to Ethiopia later in the day.
UN council condemns Eritrean attack AP) — The U.N. Security Council joined the United States Thursday in condemning Eritrean military action this week that left nine Djiboutians dead
Amnesty criticizes Egypt for deporting Eritreans Egypt (AP) — Amnesty International criticized Egypt on Thursday for deporting 200 Eritreans seeking asylum, saying the Africans would be at risk of ...
French military denies Eritrean incursion into Djibouti AP:A military source said French forces based in Djibouti had carried out a reconnaissance on Thursday at the government’s request but had not been able to confirm an incursion.
Group accuses Ethiopia of war crimes in Ogaden The Associated Press
Eritrea: Press Statement By Ministry of Foreign Affairs Press Statement Jun 11, 2008, 13:06
US calls Eritrea attack on Djibouti military aggression,' another ... The United States condemned «Eritrea's military aggression against Djibouti» for an attack near their border. Gonzalo Gallegos, a State Department spokesman, said at least nine Djiboutians died and more than 60 were injured in the attack.
Somalia: Ethiopian Official Surrender to the Islamists - Spokesman Following the conference ended the sheikh has allowed the press to listen in the voice of the Ethiopian officer by phone...
Two dead in Djibouti, Eritrea border clash Reuters: Djibouti's army says nearly 75 percent of its troops are now along its boundary with Eritrea..
Djibouti-Eritrean Clash Called Minor Incident, But Adds to ... VOA
Two killed in Eritrea border clash DJIBOUTI - Two Djiboutian soldiers were killed and 68 others wounded during a battle with rival Eritrean forces..
Somali opposition to sack their leader for signing peace deal Xinhua - Somali opposition group will next week sack their leader Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed who on Monday signed a peace deal with the Somali transitional government in Djibouti..
Britain pledges $20m to Ethiopia Britain pledged at least 20 million USD after Ethiopia announced an increase of military spending by 50 million
Ethiopia: 'We Do Not Have Anything in the House' Can the world feed Ethiopians while the Ethiopian government increases miltary spending? ...
Ethiopia to boost defence budget by 50 mln dlrs AFP — Ethiopia is to bolster its defence budget by 50 million dollars "for stability reasons" amid tension in the Horn of Africa region,..
Horn of Africa neighbours clash Aljazeera
Djibouti says clashes with Eritrean troops at border Reuters
Eritrean, Djiboutian troops exchange fire at border BREAKING NEWS: Djiboutian soldiers clashed with Eritrean troops for the first time in a nearly two-month old standoff..
US concern over Kuwaiti funding of foreign fighters Kuwaitis fight against the US in Iraq..
Somali peace talks splutter in Djibouti Gulf Times
Thousands were displaced following renewed fighting at the weekend ... NAIROBI, 9 June 2008 (IRIN) - An estimated 100 people were killed and thousands fled their homes in the Somali capital, Mogadishu,..
Eritrean rebels not welcome: Ottawa 'Acts Of Terror'
Somalia: UN, West Responsible for Piracy - Islamists A rising surge in pirate attacks along Somalia's east African coast is primarily rooted in the policies of the United Nations and Western countries..
Death toll rises to 16 in Mogadishu violence Reuters South Africa
Police face criminal charges for failing to protect vulnerable victims Telegraph
Eritrean rebels say 12 troops killed in raid AFP
Horn of Africa: Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #1 (FY) 2008 Insufficient rainfall in areas of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia since late 2007 has negatively affected water and pasture availability, ...
UN envoy to Darfur frustrated at stalled peace process International Herald Tribune
Zimbabwe: Spate of Arrests Ahead of Elections  The detention of presidential contender Morgan Tsvangirai by Zimbabwean police for nearly 12 hours on 4 June is another instance of the orchestrated harassment of opposition Movement
Surge in Eritrean population in Britain Refugees from the war-torn African country of Eritrea have fled to all corners of the world to escape a life of violence and famine. ..
'How could they do this?' Agony of stabbed schoolgirl's mother as she sees ..... Fifteen-year-old Arsema's family want to know why more was not done to protect the former choirgirl, who was knifed to death more than a month after she first complained about death threats from a stalker. ..
15-year old Arsema Dawit stabbed to death in London Only four days ago Arsema Dawit was surrounded by those she loved most – her friends, her younger brother and sister and her mother – as she blew out 15 candles on her birthday cake..
Somalia: Islamic Court Opened Near Mogadishu The development is a blow to Somalia's interim government, which is backed by thousands of Ethiopian troops and African Union peacekeepers.
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF ERITREA The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the combined second and third periodic reports of Eritrea on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Sudan orders Eritrean opposition offices closed - media Al-Sahafa said the Khartoum government had summoned representatives of the Eritrean organisations several days ago and ordered them to stop activities and close their headquarters.
Ethiopian Troops Cast Shadow on Djibouti Talks, But Who Could or ... The Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia delegation meeting the UN Security Council laid down a condition for moving forward..
Trapped Between Ethiopia and Eritrea UN Dispatch
Somalia: Ethiopian military base seized Al-Shabab forces have taken over an Ethiopian military base in an attack that killed eight Ethiopians
Simon Bairu breaks Canadian 10000m record The race was won by Eritrea’s Kidane Tadesse in 27:06.16 ahead of the Kenyan duo of Menjo Kiprono (27:09:37) and Peter Kamais (27:11.09). ...
Stalemate takes toll on Eritreans and Ethiopians of Eritrean origin Relief Web
UAE was first country to set up diplomatic relations with Eritrea DUBAI — A large number of Eritreans living in the UAE and officials from the Consulate-General of Eritrea in Dubai marked the 17th anniversary of their country's National Day on Thursday..
Ethiopia-Eritrea: Stalemate tkes toll on Eritreans and Ethiopians ... Source: Refugees International (RI)
Tiny Eritrea makes big footprint in Africa Reuters: ..Nobody underestimates Eritrea's influence at a critical time for the Horn of Africa, where the Somalia war and Eritrea-Ethiopia border dispute fuel instability and keep the region on a war footing. "Whether one likes it or not, Eritrea is an actor to be reckoned with," Horn of Africa expert Matt Bryden said...
CNN reporter talks of pressure to be patriotic/AP news CNN: Yellin said Thursday she said she felt pressure not to report stories critical of the Bush administration during the.. time leading up to the Iraq war.
Somali Opposition Splits Amid Conflict VOA: Divisions within Somalia's Eritrea-based opposition group have turned into an open conflict..
Mugabe rivals: Mengistu must face justice (CNN) -- Ethiopian ex-dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam may be forced from exile in Zimbabwe to face a death sentence at home..
70 Dead On Italian Shore More than one hundred Somali immigrants traveling with rickety timber boats from Libya have started en route for Italy as more than 70 Somalis died..
Somali pirates seize two more cargo vessels: official NAIROBI (AFP) — Pirates have hijacked two freighters off Somalia, bringing to three the number of vessels seized in the same region this week, ...
Ethiopia: Ethiopian premier interview on Somalia and Eritrea Ethiopia
Three killed in Ethiopia blast: officials AFP: Bombs have exploded in two hotels in a southern Ethiopian town, killing three people and wounding five..
Deadly Somali raid on peace force The UN and aid agencies say some 6,000 civilians have died during clashes in Mogadishu in the past year. ..
Peacekeepers sell arms to Somalis BBC
Eritrean president says UN mission 'dead' in Ethiopia border row AFP — Eritrean President Issaias Afeworki said Saturday the United Nations mission monitoring its disputed border with Ethiopia was "irrelevant and dead"..
At Least 10 Killed in Mogadishu Clash VOA
Sanu Intersects Massive Sulfide Style Mineralization at Aderat ... The mineralization at Aderat is blind, buried beneath 2 to 3m of alluvium in flat terrain and was discovered through a trenching program based on extrapolating prospective geological trends into this area...
According to Sheikh Sharif, it is "absolutely true" that the Ethiopian army has Somalia' s Ethiopian-backed interim government, which lacks the resources to expand its authority outside the capital, has not addressed the Islamists' control of many central and southern regions...
Somali opposition chief criticizes Eritrea govt According to Sheikh Sharif, it is "absolutely true" that the Ethiopian army has routinely given weapons to "friendly clans" in Somalia, an allegation that appeared in the UN report but denied by Addis Ababa.
Eritrea: A Conflict’s Buffer Zone: Rocks, and Inches “Eritrea is a small, sensitive and ferociously proud new nation for which every inch of land counts, however worthless it may appear to an outsider,” he said. “Eritrea shed massive amounts of blood for it.”
Eritrea to counter rising commodity prices Eritrean President Issaias Afeworki used an independence day speech Saturday to warn that this government may impose price controls and import restrictions to counter rising world commodity prices.
Eritrean president urges more economic co-op with China Xinhua) - Eritrean President Isayas Afewerki on Thursday called for more economic and trade cooperation with China, saying that Eritrea "is ...
Two Ethiopian soldiers killed in Somalia blast an interview to Britain's The Guardian published Thursday, Eritrea-based Islamist leader Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys vowed to continue the armed struggle ...
Sudan arrests leading JEM rebel attempting to cross into Eritrea yesterday arrested a leading member of the Justice and Equality Movement while he was attempting to cross to Eritrea..
Israeli elephant expert dies in Ethiopia blast For eight years he studied elephant communities in Eritrea, east Africa, and moved to Ethiopia last year to teach at the University of Addis Ababa..
FEATURE-Eritrea's mangroves show way to fight hunger Eritrea: "I was given three sheep, now I have 15. I was a poor man, now I am rich," said Salih Mohamud, a 60-year-old father of four, contentedly watching his animals eat.
Ethiopia to stay in Somalia till "jihadists" beaten "the prime minister's statement is very ridiculous, far from reality, bordering on delusional," ..
Five Soldiers Killed by Explosion in Mogadishu Residents say they saw the bodies of three Ethiopian and two Somali government soldiers lying in the street ..
Children starving, again, in Ethiopia Ethiopia is a country with a history of hunger. It's food problems drew international attention in 1984 when a famine compounded by communist policies killed some 1 million people...
Ethiopia struggles to meet textile expansion plans just-style.com
Ethiopia blast near government ministry injures several people A witness and a government official say a minibus exploded in the Ethiopian capital Tuesday evening..
Ahmadinejad: No limits to Iran-Eritrea ties Ahmadinejad stated that Iran saw no limits to the expansion of cooperation and relations with Eritrea.
Drought returns to haunt Ethiopia Children Dying in Drought-Stricken Ethiopia
Aid vessel hijacked off Somalia BBC News, East African maritime officials say pirates have hijacked a Jordanian ship off the coast of Somalia..
Somalia: Somali Rebels Seize Two More Towns Islamist rebels in Somalia seized control of two more towns in the central and southern parts of the country..
Eritrean President Arrives in Tehran President Ahmadinejad officially welcomed his Eritrean counterpart at the Presidential Office...
Eritrean leader rejects stand-off with Djibouti AFP
Tadesse ‘sprints’ to glory BANGALORE: At the end of two exciting finishes, Zersenay Tadesse of Eritrea won the Elite Men’s World 10K run
Africa's "Miami" boasts Art Deco trove The "Fiat Tagliero", named for the car firm and the old gas station's owner, is one of 400 buildings that make the remote Eritrean capital one of the world's most fascinating centres for Art Deco and other architectural styles.
Somali fighters seize southern town Witnesses said the fighters seized weapons and four armoured trucks from the tribal militia members..
4 Ethiopia soldiers killed in Somalia clashes Heavy fighting erupted in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Saturday between insurgents and Ethiopian soldiers,..
Corporate prospectors look for gold in Eritrea Eritrea will decide this year on five more applications for mining exploration licences from companies in South Africa, Canada and China..
Somalia: Peace talks rescheduled as Islamist chief admits divisions A UN-sponsored peace process between Somalia’s interim government and the opposition came to an uneventful end Friday
Eritrea mulls more foreign mining licences Eritrea will decide this year on five more applications for mining exploration licences from ...
UN resolution opens way for presence in Somalia The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Thursday opening the way to a gradual return of UN staff to Somalia..
Exiled Somali Opposition Rejects Talks With Government Somalia's exiled Islamist opposition is rejecting peace talks with the government that began in Djibouti on Tuesday..
Nevsun expects first production in 2010 from Eritrea gold mine Vancouver-based Nevsun Resources is making progress at its Bisha project, in Eritrea, with first output expected in 2010, ..
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