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Below average rain in Somalia, but famine unlikely

The UN’s Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) in Somalia has said that Somalia’s most recent main rainy season…

Nile: Ethiopia powers on with controversial dam project | CNN

The waters of the Blue Nile have for millennia flowed down from the Ethiopian highlands enriching the countries on its…

Al-Shabaab militants ambush Somali President’s convoy

* Somali President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed Sharif narrowly escaped death Tuesday when a convoy in which he was travelling was…

Somalia: Kenyan army captured Afmadow, Hayo towns

Kenya’s military seized the Somali towns of Afmadow and Hayo as it prepared to capture the port city of Kismayo…

Ethiopia: Poor rains prompt calls for more food assistance

Aid agencies are calling for more food assistance for areas in southern and northeastern Ethiopia where erratic rains have adversely…

Briefing | Doing Business 2012 in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Djibouti

The World Bank released its Doing Business 2012 report that ranks some 183 economies against 10 benchmarks deemed suggestive of…

May 2012| Food Security update for Kenya, Somalia,

The US-funded FEWS Net (Famine Early Warning Systems Network) released Food Security updates for Kenya and Somalia. Here are the…

Kenya: Survivors of post-election violence seek more than resettlement

Most of those displaced by post-election violence mainly in Kenya’s Rift Valley Province five years ago have been resettled, but…

Breaking-news | Ethiopian army crushed Eritrean elite force

Ethiopian National Defense Forces(ENDF) crushed an Eritrean army attack last weekend, a military source said. The incident took place after…

Interview| Meles Zenawi: I’ll probably teach at the leadership academy

A certain man named Richard Dowden, Director of the Royal African Society, apparently met Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi this…

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