25 years since the shocking footage of the famine shook the world, Aljazeera looks at what happened since then.  Read More →

VIDEO: Eritrea SHINGRWA | NATRAN | SIDRA Movie (October 31, 2009)  Read More →

By Craig Pearson The Tribune-Star   TERRE HAUTE — It’s only fitting the best cross country runners from around the state will have to conquer some soggy conditions today at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course, since that has been the case for the past two weekends for most of the action around Indiana. Today’s state finals — the boys race begins at 1 p.m. and the girls... 

By Kevin Myers Friday October 30 2009 Writing on these pages two days ago, Concern’s CEO Tom Arnold wrote: "I am being constantly asked by people ‘Why food shortages in Ethiopia again? Why are we always being asked for money to keep people alive there? What is the Government doing?’" The questions were good. How did he answer them? Well, he didn’t. For he continued.... 

  High capacity bandwidth in East Africa has been a long time coming. The 13000KM Sea Cable System SEACOM finally came live with great promise of lower cost, fast internet connection and even greater data transfer speeds for the many landlocked countries in Southern and East Africa. Internet Service Providers such as Jamii telecom and Access Kenya have already begun laying terrestrial cables... 

Friday, October 30, 2009 proactiveinvestors.com Nevsun Resources Ltd (TSX/AMEX: NSU) said it has  completed its non-brokered private placement financing of 11.5 million common shares at C$2.85 announced last week, raising C$32.775 million. The net proceeds from the offering will be used for general working capital purposes, including exploration and development of the Bisha high grade gold, copper... 

It’s been confirmed there are 23 Russians on board a ship hijacked by pirates, which is believed to be heading for Somalia. The vessels operator says the crew also includes two from The Philippines and one from Ghana. An EU Naval patrol confirmed the Thai fishing trawler was captured off the coast of the Seychelles, early on Thursday. (RussiaToday)  Read More →

VIDEO: EthiopianReview publisher and others attend EPPF conference in Asmara and More news..  Read More →

  By FRANCES DINKELSPIEL NY Times Published: October 30, 2009 Ablelom Zerfiel sat in the cab of his 1992 Freightliner, waiting in a long line to drop off his empty cargo container at the Port of Oakland. After driving for 12 years, Mr. Zerfiel is used to delays, low pay, grueling hours and the fickleness of the dispatch company that arranges his jobs. “This is straight-out slavery,... 

Uganda bids to host Beach Volleyball World Cup qualifiers Editor: Anne Tang KAMPALA, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) — The East African country of Ugandais bidding to host qualifiers for the Beach Volleyball World Cup for both the Africa Sub-Zone Five and Zone-Five due 2010 and 2011. The chairman of the Uganda Beach Volleyball Council (UBVC) Robert Mofaht Masaba was quoted by the Daily Monitor on Thursday...