Water: Egypt to woo neighbors on the Nile By Issandr El Amrani | December 21, 2010 After years of neglecting their southern neighbours, Egyptian officials have appeared in recent months…
Human Rights Watch (HRW) open letter to World Bank chief in Ethiopia Press Release | December 21, 2010 Dear Mr. Ohashi, I am writing to respond to the October 21,…
Three dead in Nairobi bus attack by Jean-Marc Mojon | December 20, 2010 Luggage lies outside the Kampala bound bus after the bomb blast in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, Dec. 20,…
Two Somali radical groups merge The Associated Press | December 20, 2010 Civilians carry a man wounded by a roadside bomb in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu December 20, 2010 (Reuters/Feisal Omar)…
Desta, – Award-winning young adult fiction Book Review | December 20, 2010 A moving and riveting epic novel–a family saga, spanning three generations and dealing with their dark and mysterious…
Egypt, Sudan and Libya to confer ahead of key vote By Mohamed Osman, Associated Press | December 20, 2010 KHARTOUM, Sudan – Leaders of Sudan’s two most powerful neighbors will…
Ethiopia: “So what!” By Alemayehu G. Mariam; December 20, 2010 Prof. Al Mariam “So what! Soo what!! Sooo whaaat!!!” was the repetitive mantra of dictator Meles Zenawi recently in response…
World’s youngest marathoner is only 6 years old AFP | December 20, 2010 Women’s marathon winner Yeshi Esayias Tessema (AFP) Wu, who hails from Hualien, completed the marathon in 05:11:45…
Earthquake hits Ethiopia Ethiomedia | Updated 1:00PM (PT) December 20, 2010 SEATTLE (Ethiomedia) – An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter Scale hit Ethiopia on Sunday, according to the United…
Militia in Somalia Abandons Key Positions to Radical Group By MOHAMMED IBRAHIM, The New York Times | December 20, 2010 MOGADISHU, Somalia — An Islamist militia abandoned several key positions…