Deutsche Welle \Germany August 31, 2011 Interviewer: Ludger Schadomsky Farmers cannot own land in Ethiopia, they must lease it Although one in 10 Ethiopians is going hungry, the government is leasing fertile land to foreign investors. Deutsche Welle spoke with Essayas Kebede from the Ethiopian government about so-called land grabbing. Countries in Asia and the [...]
Category Archives: US
Nations Fall Short in Helping 12.4M Africans in Drought-Caused Famine
September 1, 2011 – 11:14 pm
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 [...]
International court could curb Somali piracy
September 1, 2011 – 11:06 pm
Deutche Welle August 26, 2011 Author: Ben Knight Editor: Saroja Coelho Piracy has flourished in lawless Somalia Somali pirates are currently being sentenced, in some cases to death, in courts all over the world. But with 80 percent of pirates being set free, experts say the risks are too low to stop the problem. Late [...]
Somali Islamists behead 11 civilians in capital
September 1, 2011 – 10:18 pm
AP August 26, 2011 ABDI GULED MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali Islamist rebels have beheaded at least 11 civilians in the capital in the past two weeks, a campaign of terror that residents said Friday is designed to show the insurgency can still act in Mogadishu after withdrawing from their bases there earlier this month. “We [...]
Protesters crash Eritrean culture festival in Oakland
September 1, 2011 – 9:55 pm
Mercury News, USA August 15, 2011 Matt O’Brien (Anda Chu/Staff) Youth soccer teams “Nakfa” from Pittsburg/Antioch and “Red Sea” from San Jose play a match during a tournament at the Eritrean Western USA Festival being held at Oakland Tech High School, in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011. The annual festival is sponsored by [...]
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 [...]
Germany wants armed guards on Europe ships-official
August 27, 2011 – 8:58 pm
Reuters August 23, 2011 Henning Gloystein and Jonathan Saul * German plan likely to face legal issues * Piracy costing billions of dollar a year LONDON – Germany plans to lobby other European Union countries to allow the deployment of private armed guards on their merchant ships in high-risk areas as a piracy crisis escalates, [...]
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 [...]