Gibe III: Ethiopian dam spurs debate (By: Jenny Vaughan)

The mud-coloured Omo River which snakes through green gorges, feeding lush vegetation and providing vital.

Kenya: Swiss citizen on trial for alleged Al-Shabaab membership

A Kenyan court on Wednesday charged a Swiss man with being a member of Somalia’s.

Ethiopia: Draft plan aims at generating 37,000 MW electricity

The Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation is revising its power sector master plan for the next.

US Senate to ban aid to Kenya military, police | The Star

Highlights: * “The Committee directs the Secretary of State to take steps to ensure that.

Eritrean army shells Badme town, Ethiopia | Media report

Eritrean army shelled Badme town with heavy artillery, a local newspaper reported. According to the.

Briefing| Global censorship: the usual suspects and a few surprises

When it comes to media censorship we think of the usual pantheon of dictators and.

Meles Zenawi eyes an international role after retirement, Patrick Gilkes says

Patrick Gilkes, an advisor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and an author of books.

Egypt’s election: The first round is over, now comes the hard part

Elections are vastly complicated affairs, the dominant characteristic of which appears to be unpredictability. Egypt’s.

Israel to deport Ethiopian, S.Sudanese and to lock Eritrean, Sudanese migrants

Highlights: * [Israeli PM] ordered his ministers to accelerate efforts to deport citizens of South.

Somalia: Al Shabaab officials begin to flee from Kismayo | Radio RBC

Senior Al Shabaab leaders in Jubba region begun to flee from Kismayo town after the.