The grabbing of fertile land going on in Ethiopia is not just rhetoric, fear mongering or in ones imagination; but instead, it is real and happening at a ferocious pace all over the country. It will change Ethiopia forever and the major damage may be done by the end of 2010.    Read More →

Shabait Asmara, 4 February 2010 – At a meeting they conducted, members of the Eritrean Community in Washington D.C. and its environs said that the US sanctions resolution adopted in the name of the Security Council would reinforce Eritrea unity and the national resistance drive. The Eritrean citizens reiterated their readiness to make due contribution in the implementation of the integrated... 

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – Feb. 4, 2010) – Nevsun Resources Ltd. (TSX:NSU)(NYSE Amex:NSU) – HIGHLIGHTS: $117 MILLION PRIVATE PLACEMENT (US$110 MILLION) BISHA FINANCE OVERHANG REMOVED Nevsun Resources Ltd. ("Nevsun") is pleased to advise that it has arranged a non-brokered private placement financing of 52,000,000 common shares at Cdn $2.25 per share... 

  04 Feb 2010   EL-ARISH, Egypt, Feb 4 (Reuters) – Egyptian border police shot dead two African migrants trying to slip into Israel, security sources said, pushing the number of African migrants killed this week at the sensitive border to four. A 26-year-old Eritrean was shot dead on Thursday, while in a separate incident late on Wednesday a 27-year-old migrant of unknown nationality... 

  By Jason McLure Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) — Ethiopia needs emergency aid to feed 5.2 million people this year, the government said, appealing for 642,983 metric tons of food from foreign donors. The Horn of Africa nation has already received confirmed pledges for 396,212 tons of food and is still seeking 246,771 tons of aid valued at $188 million, the government and aid agencies said in a report...