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 [...]
Call for release of two journalists, investigation into conditions of detention
August 27, 2011 – 9:07 pm
Reporters Without Borders August 25, 2011 Reporters Without Borders wrote today to Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi calling for the release of two journalists who were arrested in June, Reyot Alemu and Wubeshet Taye, and for an investigation into the conditions in which they have been held. Reyot, a young woman columnist, is in very [...]
Ethiopian media hit by new anti-terrorism law
August 27, 2011 – 9:04 pm
Africa Review, Kenya August 24, 2011 ARGAW ASHINE The offices of the popular Addis Neger newspaper which closed in 2009 and its editors went into exile after a tip-off that they were set to be charged under terrorism laws. Ethiopia’s tightly-controlled media is not particularly known for sticking its neck out on controversial issues, but [...]
Two Israeli pilots freed after being held in Eritrea for arms smuggling
August 27, 2011 – 8:59 pm
Ha’aretz August 23, 2011 Barak Ravid Pilots detained on suspicion of smuggling spare weapons parts, return to Israel after one month detention in Eritrean capital Asmara. After a month of intensive diplomatic efforts, two Israeli pilots who were detained in Eritrea for a month on suspicion of arms smuggling, returned to Israel on Tuesday. Yehuda [...]
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, [...]
Eritrea to pay $253m for Bisha stake, Nevsun says
August 27, 2011 – 8:54 pm
Mining Weekly,South Africa August 23, 2011 Matthew Hill TORONTO – Nevsun Resources, which owns the Bisha gold mine in Eritrea, on Tuesday said the East African country’s government had agreed to pay $253.5-million for its 30% stake in the operation. The state will settle the amount, which two independent international institutions helped determine, with after-tax [...]
World’s Top 10 Coffee-Producing Countries in 2010-2011
August 24, 2011 – 12:46 am
Bloomberg August 19, 2011 Justin Doom The following is a table of the world’s 10 largest coffee-producing nations, measured in thousands of bags, for the 2010-2011 crop year. One bag weighs 60 kilograms (132 pounds). Data are from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. TOTAL: 1) Brazil 54,500 2) Vietnam 18,725 3) Colombia 9,500 4) Indonesia [...]
Afewerki comes to Kampala to mend fences, but still has stake in Somalia
August 24, 2011 – 12:44 am
The East African, Kenya August 20, 2011 JULIUS BARIGABA in Uganda and ARGAW ASHINE in Ethiopia “Get it out of your mind. Somalia isn’t about Al Shabaab. The main issue is reconstitution of Somalia” President Isaias Afewerki of Eritrea Long accused of aiding and abetting the Al Shabaab insurgency in Somalia, Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki’s [...]
Somali pirates hijack Indian ship with 21 crew off Oman
August 24, 2011 – 12:39 am
Reuters August 20, 2011 MUMBAI/DUBAI – Somali pirates hijacked a chemical-oil tanker with 21 Indian sailors on board on Saturday from near an Omani port, although the exact location was unconfirmed. India’s Directorate General of Shipping said the Fairchem Bogey, managed by Mumbai-based Anglo-Eastern Ship Management, was hijacked while anchored in Salalah port. A Salalah-based [...]
Sunridge Gold sees sweetener in supergene at Eritrean deposit
August 24, 2011 – 12:34 am
Mine Web, South Africa August 18, 2011 Kip Keen Sunridge is looking at a high-grade – 16 percent copper – mining option at its Debarwa deposit in Eritrea as it advances to feasibility. HALIFAX, Nova Scotia – Best things come in small packages, they say, and for Sunridge Gold at its Asmara project in Eritrea [...]