World court under threat as Sudanese leader defies warrant By David Charter | April 2, 2009 Omar al-Bashir, the Sudanese President, made a pilgrimage to Mecca yesterday, threatening the credibility…
2008: Americans adopted 70 percent of children from Ethiopia By Celean Jacobson, AP Writer | April 2, 2009 More Americans adopt from Ethiopia (Photo: David Wallace/The Arizona Republic) Read more…
Landlocked Ethiopia ponders road links with Kenya, Sudan Reuters | April 2, 2009 ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Landlocked Ethiopia is forging better road links with its neighbours Sudan and Kenya…
The dangers of stoking religious conflicts By Fekade Shewakena | April 2, 2009 In Ethiopia, Christians and Moslems have lived harmoniously for centuries. Since the coming to power of the…
Libya: death toll tops 200 for drowned migrants Associated Press Writers | April 1, 2009 In this photo taken Sunday March 29, 2009 a Libyan policeman distributes bread to migrant…
Saudi firms in $40m farm investments in Africa Reuters | April 1, 2009 RIYADH – A consortium of Saudi agricultural companies is looking to invest 150 million riyals ($40 million)…
U.S. seen strengthening U.N. rights council AFP | April 1, 2009 GENEVA (Reuters) – The president of the U.N. Human Rights Council on Wednesday welcomed Washington’s bid to join the…
Somali hardline leader quits Eritrea Reuters | April 1, 2009 Sheik Hassan Awye (AP) MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somalia’s hardline Islamist opposition leader Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys has quit self-imposed exile…
IPI calls on G20 leaders to discuss barriers to press freedom IPI/IFEX press release | March 31, 2009 VIENNA – When leaders of the world’s biggest economies gather in London…
Birtukan to leave for Zwai Prison, Genocide Watch zooms in on Zenawi Ethiomedia | March 31, 2009 Jailed opposition leader Birtukan Mideksa ADDIS ABABA – The government may move jailed…