Khartoum — The governments of Sudan and South Sudan have signed a non-aggression treaty in the Ethiopian capital that is hoped to de-escalate growing tensions between the neighbouring states. The chairman of the African Union High Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) Thabo Mbeki said that the accord also provides for a monitoring mechanism that...
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Ethiopians face Saudi deportation
A group of imprisoned Ethiopian Christians face deportation from Saudi Arabia for "illicit mingling" of the sexes, Human Rights Watch says.
Visiting Ethiopia’s khat boomtown
The Ethiopian town that is the khat capital of the world
African Union to open donated HQ
The African Union is about to inaugurate its newly built Chinese-funded headquarters in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
Ethiopia: Court Sentences Editor to Death
Committee to Protect Journalists (New York) 26 January 2012 New York — A U.S.-based journalist convicted on politicized terrorism charges in Ethiopia was sentenced to death in absentia today, while two other Ethiopian journalists received heavy prison sentences in connection with their coverage of banned opposition groups, according to news reports. Elias Kifle, exiled...
Somalia: U.S. Forces Rescue Aid Workers Held by Pirates
25 January 2012 Washington, DC — American Special Forces troops have rescued two Western aid workers held hostage in Somalia for three months, President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday. His Defense Secretary, Leon E. Panetta, said the two - Jessica Buchanan, an American employed by the Danish Demining Group, and her Danish colleague,...
Somali attack on Ethiopian base
Islamist militants launch a suicide truck bomb attack on an Ethiopian military base in central Somalia, witnesses say.
Tourists taken in Ethiopia attack
At least four people are kidnapped and five foreign tourists killed in an attack near the Eritrean border, the Ethiopian government says.
Somalia: Kenyan Jets Kill ’60 or More’ Militants
7 January 2012 Kenyan fighter jets killed at least 60 Islamist Shebab insurgents in southern Somalia in the latest assault by regional countries to heap pressure on the extremist rebels, officials said on Saturday. "Levels of casualties were very high in air strikes on Friday," Kenyan army spokesman Colonel Cyrus Oguna told reporters,...
Ethiopia jails Sweden journalists
Two Swedish journalists are sentenced by an Ethiopian court to 11 years each in jail for entering the country illegally and supporting terrorism.
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