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Land grabbing in Ethiopia – foreign investors and famine 2 Sep 2011 | 04:33 pm
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 ...
Amid government denials, Eritreans flee harsh drought 2 Sep 2011 | 04:19 pm
Montreal Gazette/AFP August 30, 2011 SHIRE, Ethiopia – In Ethiopia’s Endabaguna refugee camp, rows of gaunt Eritreans clad in rubber sandals give vent to their exasperation after days of trekking and ...
Amnesty Int’l Says Delegation Expelled From Ethiopia 2 Sep 2011 | 04:17 pm
VOA August 31, 2011 Rights group Amnesty International says a group of its delegates was expelled from Ethiopia this week after meeting with two opposition leaders who have since been arrested. Amnest...
Untitled 2 Sep 2011 | 04:16 pm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14509638 BBC August 12, 2011 Somali pirates jailed in Netherlands for Choizil hijack A Dutch court has sentenced two Somali pirates who hijacked a South African ...
Nations Fall Short in Helping 12.4M Africans in Drought-Caused Famine 2 Sep 2011 | 04:14 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 addition...
Uganda invites reclusive Eritrea leader for visit 2 Sep 2011 | 04:12 pm
Reuters August 12, 2011 KAMPALA – Uganda has invited Eritrea’s leader, President Isaias Afewerki, accused by the West of stoking Somalia’s Islamist rebellion and destabilising the east African region,...
International court could curb Somali piracy 2 Sep 2011 | 04:06 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...
Indian investors eyeing Ethiopian agriculture 2 Sep 2011 | 03:39 pm
India Times August 29, 2011 ADDIS ABABA: A group of Indian investors are visiting Ethiopia with interest in the east Afrian nation’s rapidly growing farm sector. The delegation of over 30 Indian inves...
Ethiopia Detains to Two Prominent Opposition Politicians 2 Sep 2011 | 03:38 pm
VOA August 30, 2011 Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa – Two prominent Ethiopian opposition politicians have been detained, at least one of them on terrorism-related charges. But opposition leaders are questi...
Athletics-Jeilan grabs gold as Bekele limps out 2 Sep 2011 | 03:31 pm
Reuters August 28, 2011 Peter Rutherford * Bekele loses for first time over 10,000 * Farah overhauled in sprint finish DAEGU, South Korea – Ibrahim Jeilan of Ethiopia sprinted past Briton Mo Farah to ...
