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Muslim Mob Stones Christians in Eastern Ethiopia
July 30 2008 ICC
Mob of Islamic extremists stoned Seid Ahmed and Musa Ibrahim [names changed for security reasons] in Jijiga, a city on border with Somalia. The attack is the latest attack against Christians in Ethiopia where the spread of radical Islam is fueling the persecution of Christians.
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Ethiopia
coffee exports earn $525.2 mln
July 29 2008 Reuters
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Ethiopia, Africa's largest coffee
producer, earned $525.2 million in coffee exports in 2007/08, less than an
expected $540.2 million, a ministry of trade official said on Tuesday.
"Ethiopia exported 170,888 tonnes of coffee and earned $525.2 million during
June/July 2007/08 period compared with 176,390 tonnes that fetched $424.2
million in 2006/07," Girma Gelelcha, an export official told Reuters.
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Chinese investors have built
Ethiopia's first glass factory worth $15 million, the Ministry of Trade and
Industry announced on Tuesday. The Chinese have been investing heavily in
Africa, especially in resource rich areas. However, figures of their
investment were not readily available.
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Opposition
rivals Somalia refuse to talk
July 29 2008 Africa News
Hard-line Islamist leader Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys said on Monday that the
opposition exiled in Eritrea see reconciliation as crucial in restoring peace
in the war-torn country " but we and the Djibouti group have reached a point
of no return." Speaking from Asmara Aweys said that there was no way the two
groups could sit together after the signed a peace deal ....
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Govt, rebels claim victory after Mogadishu attack
July 29 2008 Garowe Online
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Somalia's
government and its armed opposition have issued separate claims of victory
after Islamist insurgents attacked military posts in the capital Mogadishu
yesterday, Radio Garowe reported. Dahir Mohamed Hersi, who spoke for
Somalia's military, told reporters Monday that government troops killed 12
rebel fighters during yesterday's clashes.
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Ethiopia voices
support to Sudan over ICC
July 29 2008 Sudan Tribune
"Concern for justice
should not trump concern for peace," Zenawi
Photo: Biyokulule
The Ethiopian government has strongly
opposed the request of arrest warrant by the international criminal court (ICC)against
Sudanese president, Omar Hassen Al-Bashir, over genocide, crimes against
humanity and war crimes in Darfur on July 14.
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2000 Ethiopian troops enter Mogadishu
July 28 2008 PRESS TV
AP Photo
by MOHAMED SHEIKH NOR
More than 2000 Ethiopian troops in military vehicles, have entered the Helwia
district in the north of Somali capital, Mogadishu. The Ethiopian soldiers
entered Pasta base in north Mogadishu early Sunday, a Press TV correspondent
reported. The report added that Somali government troops are forcing
local residents living near the base, to evacuate their houses.
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Sudan rejects indictment of President Omar al-Bashir
July 27 2008 Walta
The government of Sudan totally
and absolutely rejects the indictment of President Omar al-Bashir by the
International Criminal Court (ICC),President al-Bashir’s special envoy to
Ethiopia said yesterday. The President’s Advisor and personal envoy to
Ethiopia, Bona Malual, told reporters at a press conference that even if the
criminal indictment were to come against President al-Basher, Sudan will
regard this as undermining its sovereignty and independence.
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Islamist isn't head of Somalia's opposition -
UN envoy
July 28 2008 Reuters
Sheikh
Hassan Dahir
Somalia's hard-line Islamist
Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys has not taken over the country's exiled opposition,
despite his claims to having become its new chairman, a senior U.N. envoy
said on Friday. Earlier this week Aweys telephoned major media organizations
from Eritrea and announced he had taken over as chairman of the Alliance for
the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) ...
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We need UN forces now
July 26 2008 Garowe Online
SOMALIA has urged
the early deployment of a UN peacekeeping or stabilising force on its soil
but key Western countries said concrete planning options were needed first.
"We are hoping that the (UN Security) Council will make a decision in the
coming weeks ... (and that) the UN will order some kind of international
presence, either a peacekeeping force or an international stabilising force,"
Somali Foreign Minister Ali Ahmad Jama said.
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Somalian hard-liner gives UN warning
July 25 2008 boston.com
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Somalia's new hard-line
opposition leader promised yesterday to pacify his shattered country through
Islamic law, warning UN peacekeepers that they will face attack if they
deploy and support the government. Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys, whose Islamic
regime was ousted from power in 2006 with tacit support from the United
States, is gaining influence again as a deadly insurgency ruptures Somalia.
Thousands have been killed in the fighting since 2007.
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Ethiopia's
impending famine - IN PICTURES
July 24 2008 BBC
Severe
droughts, together with rising food prices, have left millions in Ethiopia in
need of emergency food assistance.
Valerie
Browning is an Australian nurse who lives and works in the Afar region.
These
women left their village in search of food and water.
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International Court prosecutor charges Sudan’s leader with genocide
July 23 2008 FinalCall.com
‘We will crush this attempt against
our country as we have done on previous occasions. They have tried through
sanctions. They have tried through using others to invade our country. We
are confident in our leadership; and we are confident in our country.’
Dr. A. A. Mohamed,
Sudanese ambassador to the United Nations
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