Ethiopia: Land grabbing and the emergence of ‘cereal republics’ By Raphael Grojnowski | February 4, 2010 Ethiopia’s recent history is punctuated by famine. Severe droughts, on-going conflicts and stagnating agricultural…
France denies citizenship to man with veiled wife By Jenny Barchfield, Associated Press Writer | February 4, 2010 An unidentified woman walking in Marseille, southern France (AP Photo/Claude Paris,file) PARIS…
Police kill two migrants near Israel border AFP | February 4, 2010 EL-ARISH, Egypt (AFP) – Egyptian police shot dead two migrants near the border with Israel, bringing to five…
Ethiopia to Indian firms: end dispute or lose contract By Groum Abate | February 4, 2010 The Ethiopian government has asked two Indian companies to resolve their dispute and start…
The Big Question: What would a genocide charge mean for Sudan’s leader and his country? By Daniel Howden, The Independent | February 4, 2010 Why are we asking this now?…
Ethiopian plane wreckage found in Syrian waters Gulf Times | Updated February 3, 2010 Ethiopian relatives of victims of the plane crash pay their last homage by travelling to the…
Lebanon gets relatives’ DNA in Ethiopian jet crash By Bassem Mroue, AP Writer | February 3, 2010 BEIRUT – A Lebanese forensics team has returned from Ethiopia with DNA samples…
Ethiopian air crash shines light on lives of migrant workers By Alexandra Sandels and Borzou Daragahi | February 3, 2010 The woman from the small Ethiopian village of Nazareth was…
US envoy pledges to press Ethiopia on rights AFP | February 3, 2010 Donald Booth, President Barack Obama’s nominee to be the next US ambassador to Ethiopia, pictured in 2008,…
Eritrea – reality defied by autocracy without borders By Abdullah A. Ado | February 3, 2010 For those of us who originate from rural Eritrea (pastoralist and peasant communities alike)…