Eruptions, a blog hosted by geologist Dr Erik Klemetti
July 2, 2009
Erik Klemetti
Three days ago, I received an email from Eruptions reader Gijs de Reijke who was curious about something he noticed in the daily OMI SO2 images:
OMI sulfur dioxide map over Ethiopia for June 30, 2009.
Now, I wasn’t quite sure what to make of it [...]
BBC
July 2, 2009
Yannick Demoustier and Jonathan Alpeyrie
Yannick Demoustier is a French journalist for Rue des Pommiers news agency, Jonathan Alpeyrie is an independent photojournalist.
The ONLF says these rocks conceal mass graves
Ahmed, 35, is a member of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), one of a number of separatist groups fighting for the independence of the [...]
Guardian, UK/Reuters
July 1, 2009
* Ethiopia flower 11-month earnings 40 pct below target
* Earnings still up from previous year
ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia earned $138 million from its fast-growing flower and horticulture products in the 11 months to May, some 40 percent below its target, an official said on Wednesday.
Haileselassie Tekie, director general of the state-owned [...]
Reuters
July 2, 2009
ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Meles Zenawi wants to step down after 18 years running sub-Saharan Africa’s second most populous country.
But Meles says he is “bored” of questions about this, and will only repeat he needs the permission of his ruling party before he can leave.
So when might he go? And what [...]
Reuters
July 1, 2009
Abdiaziz Hassan
* PricewaterhouseCoopers to manage government funds
* Country hopes to rebuild financial institutions
NAIROBI – Somalia’s finance minister hopes a deal with accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers to manage money given to the government will help the Horn of Africa nation rebuild its financial institutions.
“This is an international company. The donors and Somali government [...]
AFP/Google
July 1, 2009
ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia on Wednesday said it will not send troops to Somalia, though a hardline Islamist militia fighting to topple the Somali government recently threatened to invade the neighbouring country.
Islamist fighters ride in the back of a cut-out SUV in Mogadishu during fierce clashes
“No matter what has been said, our position [...]
BBC
July 1, 2009
Ethiopian police have shot and killed two people who were helping to build a Christian church at a site which is also claimed by Muslims, officials say.
Violence broke out when police tried to stop the construction in Dessie, 250km (155 miles) north-east of Addis Ababa.
The police say they were responding to an attack [...]
US Congressional Research Service/allAfrica.com
Ted Dagne
26 June 2009
The following is the prepared testimony of Ted Dagne of Congressional Research Service before the United States House of Representatives Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health on June 25, 2009 in Washington, DC. The hearing was entitled, “Somalia: Prospects for a Lasting Peace and Unified Response to Extremism and [...]
Daily Nation
June 30, 2009
ABDULKADIR KHALIF
MOGADISHU
The deputy leader of the Islamist coalition ruling Kismayu, Sheikh Abdulgani Mohamed Yusuf, has declared war on Somalia’s neighbours. He singled out Kenya and Ethiopia as being hostile to his movement and Somalia at large.
Sheikh Abdulgani minced no words in proclaiming late on Monday that the Islamists were ready to strike [...]
VOA
June 30, 2009
Peter Heinlein
The Obama administration is signaling its intention to keep Ethiopia as a key strategic partner, despite concerns about the country’s slide toward authoritarianism. The United States is seeking to expand development assistance to the Ethiopian government.
Deputy Secretary of State Jacob Lew is making his first trip to East Africa at a [...]
