Ban dispatches UN team to assess Djibouti-Eritrea border situation Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon 31 July 2008 – A fact-finding mission dispatched by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in the Horn of Africa to assess the political, security and humanitarian situation along the border between Djibouti and Eritrea, in light of the recent tensions there.   Eritrean military action against Djibouti... 

‘Zura N’Hagerka’: An Inspiring Tour Efrem Habtetsion, Jul 31, 2008    Many Eritrean youths from Sweden, Germany, Italy, the United States, Canada, Denmark, Holland and England participated in a national tour, Zura N’Hagerka’, following the Eri-Youth Festival 2008 that was conducted in Sawa from 18 to 21 July. The tour included visiting major development sites, green areas,... 

Ethiopian Peoples Patriotic Front (EPPF) and Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) inflicted heavy losses on Woyane troops, killing and wounding 251. Somalia chaos continues with 20 NGO workers killed and 10 kidnapped. Eri-Youth Festival in Sawa and 21st round military graduation ceremony – exhibition of Arts, IT technology, cultural and traditional shows. Also, awards of merit to secondary school graduates.... 

BBC Thursday, 31 July 2008   The UN has already withdrawn most of its peacekeepers from Eritrea Eritrea says the UN’s decision to end the peace mission on its border with Ethiopia will not make war likely. Tens of thousands of people died in a two-year border war that ended in 2000. A government spokesman said the UN mission had only been “symbolic” and diplomatic... 

UN ends Eritrea-Ethiopia peacekeeping mission By JOHN HEILPRIN – July 30, 2008 UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council voted Wednesday to end an 8-year-long peacekeeping mission between Eritrea and Ethiopia despite continuing tensions, a move that the United Nations’ chief has warned could lead to a new war. Council members voted unanimously to withdraw the remaining peacekeepers... 

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Bridge of the Horns The Peninsula/By RABIN GUPTA  7/30/2008    DJIBOUTI • The $200bn Al Noor Cities, a project which will comprise one city in Yemen and another in Djibouti was launched on Monday at the Djibouti Palace Kempinski Hotel. The project will be completed over a 15 year-time-frame and the first five years will create 60,000 new jobs.   The ‘Bridge of the Horns’ will have... 

UN mulls African peace missions The UN has already withdrawn most of its peacekeepers from Eritrea The UN Security Council is to consider a draft resolution from Belgium to end the UN mission monitoring the disputed border between Ethiopia and Eritrea. The mandate for the UN’s 1,700-strong peacekeeping force ends on Thursday. Observers fear that if it stops, there could... 

Barack Obama has rounded off his international tour with a final stop in London. But will his globetrotting win him any votes back home? Al Jazeera’s Nazanine Moshiri and Cath Turner report from London, UK and Virginia, USA.  Read More →

Eritrea’s stand on Aid vis-à-vis promises of G8 Taezaz Ghebreslasie, Jul 29, 2008     Last week, in Japan, leaders of Group of Eight (G8) met with seven other leaders of major economies, including the developing nations of China, India and Indonesia to discuss issues like putting in to practice the promised aid to Africa, climate change and other issues like oil and food crisis. Many observers...