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PRESS REALSE: AFAR MOVEMENT (AM) � QAFAR UGUGUMO

Sat, 23 May 2009 10:47:33 -0400

...SITUTION IN AFAR REGION IN ETHIOPIA
Today, the Afar people in Ethiopia are facing unprecedented marginalisation, human rights violations, environmental degradation, insecurity, famine and starvation, Aids/HIV, Malaria, TB, homelessness and unknown sickness, due to the political,

Death toll rises as bloody fighting rocks Somali capital

Sat, 23 May 2009 10:28:10 -0400

FIERCE clashes have left at least 29 people dead and about 200 wounded as Somali Government forces try to drive Islamist insurgents from the capital, Mogadishu.

Somali civilians' flight continues

Sat, 23 May 2009 10:25:38 -0400

More than 49,000 people have fled Mogadishu over the past two weeks as fighting intensifies [AFP] Residents are streaming out of Mogadishu, Somalia's main city, taking advantage of a lull in violence as government forces battle Muslim fighters.

Somalia: Heavy shelling starts in Mogadishu

Sat, 23 May 2009 10:19:51 -0400

MOGADISHU (Mareeg)�At least two civilians were injured in heavy shelling that has restarted in Mogadishu, witnesses said on Saturday.

Rights group: 53 Somalis killed in latest fighting

Sat, 23 May 2009 10:17:09 -0400

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) � Fighting between Somali government troops and Islamic insurgents killed 53 people in one day in Mogadishu, a human rights group said Saturday. Residents reported that the operation had failed to dislodge the insurgents.

British and American fighters respond to jihad call in Somalia

Sat, 23 May 2009 10:15:41 -0400

Up to a thousand foreign fighters, including Britons, have answered the call to jihad in Somalia and are leading street-fighting Islamist extremists in the war-torn capital Mogadishu, The Times has learnt.

Eritrea rejects accusations on Somali arms

Sat, 23 May 2009 10:14:01 -0400

UNITED NATIONS (AP) � Eritrea on Friday rejected U.N. Security Council accusations that it supplied weapons to Islamist opponents of Somalia's Western-backed transitional government and questioned the government's authority.

Waxaad Dawanaysaan Godey TV Live

Thu, 21 May 2009 17:35:52 -0400

Reports: Ethiopian Troops Back In Somalia

Tue, 19 May 2009 13:11:46 -0400

Ethiopian troops have re-entered Somalia after leaving the country in January, and have stationed themselves in a border town, said witnesses and local news reports on Tuesday.

Ethiopia's new climate of fear

Tue, 19 May 2009 03:43:31 -0400

Despite the generosity of donor nations, Ethiopia is ruled by an authoritarian government with virtual impunity. The European Union, United States and other major donors will pump about $2.5bn (�1.6bn) into Ethiopia this year, a sum that does not even begin to include the cost of medicines, famine relief and countless other services provided by non-profit groups in one of the world's most impoverished countries.