Horn of Africa

Nokia Customising Phones to use Geez text

"Ethiopian Semitic (also known as Ethiopian, Ethiosemitic, Ethiopic) is a language group which together with Old South Arabian forms the Western branch of the South

Nevsun Resources Ltd.: Management Appointments

Last update: 5:14 p.m. EDT Aug. 19, 2008VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Aug 19, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- Nevsun Resources Ltd., (CA:NSU: news, chart, profile) ...

Ethiopia Denies Responsibility for Attack on Somali Minibus

By Jason McLureAug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Ethiopia denied responsibility for an attack on two civilian minibuses in southern Somalia on Aug. 15 in which at ...

Smugglers kill Egypt border guard

19/08/2008 10:34:34 An Egyptian border policeman was shot dead by smugglers as he tried to stop a group of African migrants from crossing the border illegally ...

Ethiopia's new famine: 'A ticking time bomb'

Fighting FamineEthiopia faces a "a toxic cocktail": drought, global inflation, armed conflict and asorted plagues. Now at least 14 million need food aid.2008-08-17By ...

Eritrean president turns down calls to return to IGAD

Saturday 16 August 2008.August 15, 2008 (ASMARA) — The Eritrean president turned down calls to rejoin the east African organisation of IGAD asking to reorganise ...

UNMEE in rapid drawdown phase

UNMEE in rapid drawdown phaseNew York, 14 August 2008: Brigadier Patrick Davidson-Houston, Acting Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) ...

Close call for Somali president

Close call for Somali president August 15 2008 at 04:17PM Nairobi/Mogadishu - Islamic insurgents attacked the Somali president's convoy as he prepared to fly ...

Hunt for Suspects In Embassy Bombings Elicits Anger in Kenya

Critics Say Raids Are Ploys for U.S. FundingBy Stephanie McCrummenWashington Post Foreign ServiceFriday, August 15, 2008; A10MALINDI, Kenya -- Almost 10 years to the day ...

Witnesses: 40 Somalis killed in 2 attacks

The Associated Press Friday, August 15, 2008 MOGADISHU, Somalia: Somali government troops and their Ethiopian allies sprayed bystanders with gunfire in response to two separate ...