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Somalis not ready to leave Kenya
Somali leaders say they are not ready to end their exile in Kenya because it is not safe to return home. Full Story
Ethiopians denounce border talks
More than 50,000 people in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, have demonstrated against government plans to renew border talks with Eritrea.
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The Ethiopian government says it has accepted "in principle" a long-disputed ruling on its border with Eritrea but still thinks it is illegal and unjust.
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November 17, 2004 (ULFO) - The politically motivated death sentence the Ethiopian regime of Meles Zenawi passed on innocent Oromos is appalling and a gruesome act of savagery that demands rejection and condemnation.
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Eritreans jailed for plane hijack
Fifteen Eritreans have been jailed for five years each for hijacking a Libyan aircraft being used to deport them.
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Somalis vie to be new president
Twenty-eight candidates have been approved to contest next week's elections to be Somalia's new leader.
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Darfur rebels resume peace talks
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Somalia edges towards democracy
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Eritreans in plane hijack drama
A plane carrying a group of at least 70 Eritreans has been forced to land in the Sudanese capital by hijackers, according to the United Nations.
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Somalia poised for new governmentSomalia's first parliament for 13 years is expected to be sworn in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on Sunday. Read Full Report
Detention of Macha Tulema Association
ETHIOPIA Diribi Demissie (m), president of the Macha Tulema Association
(MTA)
Gemechu Feyera (m), MTA Vice-President
Sentayehu Workneh (m), MTA Treasurer
13 other members of the Oromo ethnic group, names not known
Fifteen members of the Oromo ethnic group, including the first two men named
above, were arrested on 18 May in the capital, Addis Ababa. Sentayehu Workneh
was arrested on 20 May. They are reportedly held incommunicado at the 3rd
police station, the Central Investigation Department ("Maikelawi"), where
torture and ill-treatment of political prisoners has been reported in the past.
Amnesty International considers them to be prisoners of conscience.
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Quit threat at Somali peace talks
A powerful group of leaders at the Somalia peace talks has threatened to withdraw, accusing regional mediators of interference.
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Appeal Letter From Oromo Students A.U.
The Addis Ababa University Oromo students have been under harsh terrorization aimed at us as an ethnic group for undisclosed reasons both in the University Campus and outside from an unknown group for quite some time.
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Somalia's warlords make peace
Somalia's main warlords and politicians have signed an agreement to establish a new national parliament that in turn will elect a president.
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'Thousands flee' Ethiopia clashes
Some 16,000 people have fled ethnic clashes in Ethiopia for Sudan over the past month, according to the World Relief aid agency Full Report
Eritrea rapped for 'military' schooling
The United Nations children's agency, Unicef, says the north-east African country of Eritrea is breaking human rights regulations by making children complete the final year of their secondary education at the site of a military training camp.
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Ask Michael Buerk: Live discussion
I found 14 million people starving in the highlands...twice as many as in 1984
Michael Buerk
Michael Buerk will answer your questions about his return to Ethiopia, 20 years after the devastating famine of 1984-5 that killed nearly one million people.Full Report
Twenty years ago the BBC's reports on Ethiopia's "biblical" famine sparked an unprecedented international aid effort, so why are more Ethiopians facing starvation now than in 1984?
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STARVATION AND CHORNIC DISEASE BREAKOUT!
Ethiopia, Friday, October 24, 2003.East Hararghe, Oromia, in Water Region, One of the most severely affected areas in a drought for the last two years. Specially which this week the resident escaped that area on bare-foot to closest cities like Dirre Dawa, Harar, and Hara Maya. A degree of more acute human suffering and a potential humanitarian disaster, due largely to what Mr. Ahmed-Nur Mussa who run from that area described there is also unknown acute chronic disease breakout. It is hard to explain what happen to that region. He said, ” You are seeing people just dying from unknown disease and hungry.” Humanitarian agencies and the government's Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Commission of Ethiopia must look immediately in to this situation.
We urge the international humanitarian organization to look in this situation before it’s too late.Related Story
ERITREA-ETHIOPIA: UN tells Ethiopia to implement border ruling
ADDIS ABABA, 3 Oct 2003 (IRIN) - The UN Security Council has rejected calls by Ethiopia for a new body to rule on contested areas of the border with neighbouring Eritrea.
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The Ethiopian army has contained the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), dismantling its ability to carry out attacks, Maj. Gen. Bacha Debele, commander of the Ethiopian army's second division, has said.
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Tense migrants face expulsion countdown
Tension is running high in Djibouti ahead of the Monday midnight deadline for illegal immigrants to leave the country.
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Migrants defy Djibouti ban
Some 6,000 asylum seekers are taking refuge in a camp in Djibouti ahead of Monday's deadline for all illegal immigrants to leave.
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ETHIOPIA: Malaria worsening due to drug resistance
ADDIS ABABA, 25 Aug 2003 (IRIN) - The fight against a growing malaria epidemic in Ethiopia is being hampered because of a resistance to available drugs, humanitarian agencies warned on Monday.
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ADDIS ABABA, 14 Aug 2003 (IRIN) - The UN has made an official protest to the Ethiopian government after armed men in military uniforms illegally entered the off-limits security buffer zone. Full Report
NAIROBI, 26 Jun 2003 (IRIN) - The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) on Thursday resumed its food distributions in Kakuma refugee camp, northwestern Kenya, after several days of fighting between Sudanese refugees and the local Turkana community.
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UNHCR to host concert in aid of Africa's young refugees
AFRICA: UNHCR to host concert in aid of Africa's young refugees
NAIROBI, 20 June (IRIN) - A special concert of classical music to mark World Refugee Day is to be held Friday night, with renowned Egyptian actor Adel Imam joining in to help raise funds for young refugees in Africa, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said. Full Report
'You'll think I'm off my trolley, but Bush has the most positive approach to Africa since Kennedy' : Geldof, back in Ethiopia, praises Bush
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