Climate Wire/NY Times August 12, 2011 LISA FRIEDMAN Warning that famine in Somalia is likely to get worse before it gets better, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday pledged an additional $17 million in U.S. aid to East African countries racked by the worst drought in 60 years. The money comes on the heels [...]
Category Archives: Kenya
Ethiopia’s Deplorable Conduct at IGAD Meeting
September 1, 2011 – 10:27 pm
Shabait, Government of Ethiopia August 26, 2011 Press Statement In what is almost a familiar pattern now, Ethiopian security agents manhandling Eritrea’s delegate to IGAD’s 40th Extra-ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers which was convened in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Abeba, this Wednesday 24th August. Eritrea’s envoy was harassed, verbally abused, and threatened by [...]
Igad’s new dilemma over Eritrea return
September 1, 2011 – 10:20 pm
The East African, Kenya August 27, 2011 Editorial The question facing regional leaders is whether to rehabilitate or isolate Eritrea? The Red Sea country suspended itself from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development in 2007 on the basis that the regional body had given Ethiopia unfettered control over Somali issues. Recently, Eritrea reactivated its membership of [...]
AU famine meet raises $351m, figure questioned
August 29, 2011 – 9:32 am
Reuters August 25, 2011 Barry Malone * Summit raises $351 mln * Four heads of state show up * Aid groups say need another $1bln to stop deaths (Recasts with final contributions tally) ADDIS ABABA – A much-delayed African Union summit held to raise money to tackle famine in Somalia and drought in the Horn [...]
African presidents shun AU famine fundraiser
August 27, 2011 – 9:09 pm
Reuters August 25, 2011 Barry Malone * Four heads of state show up for African summit * Aid groups say need another $1bln to stop deaths * Activists say summit must raise at least $50mln ADDIS ABABA – A much-delayed African Union summit held on Thursday to raise money to tackle famine in Somalia and [...]
Ethiopia famine dwarfs Somalia’s tragedy in scale
August 24, 2011 – 12:24 am
Telegram August 17, 2011 Luc Van Kemenade HUNGER UNDER THE RADAR (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) A Somali man from southern Somalia constructs a makeshift shelter from tree branches at a camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, today. SHEBEDINO, Ethiopia — Malnourished children are flocking into feeding centers in this forested corner of southern Ethiopia after a drought in [...]
Britain says 400,000 Somali children at risk of death
August 24, 2011 – 12:16 am
Reuters August 17, 2011 Ibrahim Mohamed MOGADISHU – Britain said on Wednesday that hundreds of thousands of children could starve to death in Somalia if the international community did not ramp up its response to the famine there. Britain has already pledged more than 80 million pounds to help tackle what aid agencies are calling [...]
Ethiopia rebuffs UN recommendation to halt dam construction over environmental concerns
August 13, 2011 – 12:45 am
Washington Post/AP August 11, 2011 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopian officials say they will not heed the U.N.’s recommendation to halt construction on a dam that the world body says endangers a world heritage site. Project manager Azeb Asnake said Thursday that government impact studies found Gilgel Gibe III dam does not endanger Lake Turkana, [...]
Somalia Famine: Aid Workers Report Fewer Refugees Making It To Food Supplies Safely
August 11, 2011 – 9:04 pm
Huffington Post, US July 29, 2011 Joshua Hersh The number of refugees pouring out of famine-stricken Somalia has greatly reduced in recent days, aid workers in the region say — and that may not be a good thing. “We are seeing this, and we’re really not sure why,” says Giammichele De Maio, the head of [...]
Kenyan team in Ethiopia for border talks
August 11, 2011 – 8:53 pm
Daily Nation August 9, 2011 BARNABAS BII More than 60 people have been killed in the last two months in attacks pitting Kenyan and Ethiopian fishermen and pastoralists Kenyan surveyors are in Ethiopia to resolve a border dispute between the two countries. Survey director Ephantus Murage is holding talks with his Ethiopian counterpart in Addis [...]