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Why thousands of asylum-seekers are fleeing Eritrea and risking their lives in the Mediterranean

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Gaim Kibreab | May 5, 2015 | The Conversation We have become accustomed to headlines about migrants in the Mediterranean. Most recently it was reported that the Italian authorities rescued nearly 7,000 migrants off the coast of Libya over one weekend. Often, tragically, we read instead of thousands drowning. Last year more than 170,000 migrants arrived by … [Read more...] about Why thousands of asylum-seekers are fleeing Eritrea and risking their lives in the Mediterranean

Eritrean accused of people-smuggling to face second trial in Italy

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Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo and Patrick Kingsley | Wednesday 21 September 2016 | The Guardian Prosecutors say Medhanie Berhe, 29, is in fact Medhanie Mered, a notorious 35-year-old people-smuggler An Eritrean refugee accused of being the most influential people-smuggler in north Africa will face a second trial in Italy despite the failure of prosecutors to … [Read more...] about Eritrean accused of people-smuggling to face second trial in Italy

£100m of UK aid budget to be spent controlling immigration from Africa

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Rowena Mason Deputy political editor | Tuesday 20 September 2016 | the Guardian Theresa May uses UN speech to outline plans to return Somali refugees and stop people trying to cross Mediterranean More than £100m of the UK aid budget will be spent on returning Somali refugees to the country they fled and encouraging people escaping war zones not to cross the … [Read more...] about £100m of UK aid budget to be spent controlling immigration from Africa

Speaking truth to power: The killing of Dag Hammarskjöld and the cover-up

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Henning Melber and Susan Williams | 20 Sep 2016 | The Conversation Dag Hammarskjöld, as second Secretary-General, sought to shape the UN as an organisation devoted to peace. Fifty-five years ago, shortly after midnight on 18 September 1961, an aircraft crashed on its approach to Ndola airport in the British colony of Northern Rhodesia, which is now Zambia. On board … [Read more...] about Speaking truth to power: The killing of Dag Hammarskjöld and the cover-up

Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan sign final contracts on Nile dam studies

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Ahram Online | Tuesday 20 Sep 2016  Egypt's irrigation minister hailed Tuesday’s contracts as 'historic' Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have signed the final contracts for the long-awaited technical studies on the impact on downstream countries of a giant dam that Addis Ababa is building, Egypt’s state news agency MENA reported. The signing that took place in Sudan’s … [Read more...] about Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan sign final contracts on Nile dam studies

የኢትዮጵያ “የፌደራል ሥርዓት” ችግሮችና አማራጭ መፍትሔዎች

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ገለታው ዘለቀ | undated | ኢትዮጵያ ዛሬ እንደ መግቢያ ከዚህ በፊት “ኢትዮጵያ የፌደራል ሥርዓትን የምትከተል ሀገር አይደለችም” ብዬ ፅፌ ነበር። ዛሬም ትንሽ አዳብሬ በዚሁ ላይ ትንታኔ መስጠት አምሮኛል። ይህ ጽሁፍ ደግሞ እንዲነሳልኝ የፈለኩበት ምክንያት በቅርቡ የህወሓት አንጋፋ ታጋዮች የሆኑት አቶ ስዩም መስፍንና አቶ አባይ ፀሃየ በቅርቡ በኢትዮጵያ “ወቅታዊ” ጉዳይ ላይ የተሰኘ መግለጫ ሰጥተው ነበር። የነዚህን ከፍተኛ ባለሥልጣናት ንግግር ያዳመጠ ሁሉ የየራሱን ምልከታ ያስቀምጣል። እጅግ ብዙ ሰው ግን አዲስ ነገር የማይገኝበት ወቅታዊ የማይባል ያደርገዋል። ሀገሪቱን ህዝባዊ … [Read more...] about የኢትዮጵያ “የፌደራል ሥርዓት” ችግሮችና አማራጭ መፍትሔዎች

Egypt irrigation minister arrives in Sudan for signing of contracts on Ethiopian dam impact studies

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Ahram Online | Sunday 18 Sep 2016 Egypt's irrigation minister arrived Sunday evening to the Sudanese capital Khartoum to participate in the tripartite meeting between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan that will witness the signing of contracts with two foreign consultancy firms hired to study the impact of Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD) on downriver countries, state-owned … [Read more...] about Egypt irrigation minister arrives in Sudan for signing of contracts on Ethiopian dam impact studies

How vital fish stocks in Africa are being stolen from human mouths to feed pigs and chickens on Western factory farms

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Jim Wickens  17 September 2016 | The Independent Exclusive: With soaring meat consumption around the world, vital omega 3-rich fish stocks destined for human mouths in western Africa are being snatched by foreign food companies to feed factory-farmed animals – and ultimately the populations of wealthier countries "We don’t have gold, or petrol or diamonds, the sea is … [Read more...] about How vital fish stocks in Africa are being stolen from human mouths to feed pigs and chickens on Western factory farms

Horn of Africa, pivot of the world

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Gérard Prunier | September 2016 | Le Monde diplomarique Djibouti is a base for the world’s armies; Ethiopia and Eritrea are in hostile rivalry; and Somaliland isn’t officially recognised as a state but runs itself competently. Ethiopian army reconnaissance units crossed into the Tsorona region of Eritrea shortly before dawn on 12 June, and encountered Eritrean patrols. … [Read more...] about Horn of Africa, pivot of the world