Reuters August 19, 2011 Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA – Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki, accused by the West of supporting Somalia’s Islamist rebellion, denied on Thursday that his country backed the al Qaeda-affiliated group which has been waging a four-year insurgency in Somalia. The diplomatically isolated president, speaking in the Ugandan capital at the end of a [...]
Sharp rise in mortality seen at refugee camp in southeast Ethiopia
August 24, 2011 – 12:29 am
UNHCR August 16, 2011 This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 16 August 2011, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. An assessment of mortality in one of four refugee camps at the Dollo Ado [...]
Eritrea: Ethiopia makes “frenzied” sanctions drive
August 24, 2011 – 12:27 am
Reuters August 17, 2011 Patrick Worsnip * Eritrea says Ethiopia seeks regime change, sea access * Proposed sanctions would hit mineral sector, remittances * Ethiopia says Eritrea trying to divert attention UNITED NATIONS – Eritrea accused rival Ethiopia on Wednesday of a “frenzied campaign” to impose new U.N. Security Council sanctions on Asmara in a [...]
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 [...]
South Sudan offers to mediate between Ethiopia and Eritrea over border row
August 24, 2011 – 12:21 am
Sudan Tribune August 17, 2011 Tesfa-Alem Tekle (ADDIS ABABA) – The newly independent Republic of South Sudan has called on Ethiopia and Eritrea to resume peace talks to end their long-standing border dispute. (AP) Refugees from Eritrea waiting to be screened by the Ethiopian authorities in Endabaguna town, Wednesday, July 27, 2011 Between 1998 and [...]
Jailed Swedes to stay in Ethiopian custody
August 24, 2011 – 12:17 am
The Local, Sweden August 18, 2011 Rebecca Martin Two Swedish reporters who have been jailed in Ethiopia will remain in custody for another 28 days pending further police investigation, the Swedish foreign ministry confirmed on Wednesday. “We can confirm that the court granted police another 28 days to investigate the case,” said head of foreign [...]
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 [...]
Somaliland says PetroTrans to extend Berbera port
August 24, 2011 – 12:13 am
Reuters August 20, 2011 HARGEISA – PetroTrans, a Chinese petroleum firm, will carry out extension works to Somaliland’s Berbera port, after it signed a deal with the government of the breakaway enclave of Somalia, the foreign minister of Somaliland said on Saturday. The Horn of Africa has been attracting increased investments in the area of [...]
REMITTANCE SPIKES BY 88 PERCENT
August 24, 2011 – 12:12 am
Reporter, Ethiopia August 20, 2011 ASRAT SEYOUM Exacerbates inflation The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) announced that official receipt of remittance to Ethiopia rose to USD 1.5 billion in 2010/11 budget year, registering an 88 percent growth over its value in the previous year. In spite of discrepancies between the figure that the World Bank [...]
Somalia famine: Turkish PM Erdogan visits Mogadishu
August 24, 2011 – 12:04 am
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14588960 August 19, 2011 Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) said Turkey would open an embassy in Mogadishu to help distribute aid Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his family have arrived in Somalia’s capital to highlight the need for greater famine relief. The visit to war-torn Mogadishu is the first by a leader from outside [...]