Feb 7 (Reuters) – Canada's Nevsun Resources Ltd expects gold production at its Bisha mine in Eritrea to nearly halve in 2012 due to a cut in its reserve estimate. The company expects to produce 190,000 ounces to 210,000 ounces of gold this year, compared with 379,000 ounces it produced last year. Nevsun said the resource in portions of Bisha were overestimated. The company also expects... 

    Sudan Vision Khartoum – Governor of Kassala, Mohammad Yousif Adam announced Tuesday that Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani agreed to finance the common area, free and industrial, at the Sudanese area of Awad and Adebrah of Eritrea. The Governor described the visit as success, which will have positive returns in a press conference he held to enlighten his visit to... 

Valladolid, February 6 (CERESTV.info) On a chilly morning, 1,600 athletes started the race at the Circuit de la Cañada Real Valladolid International Cross to run the city of Valladolid. The undisputed star of the cross was the athlete Marta Dominguez, who came to town with the intention not only to win but to get in shape for the upcoming Olympics. The Spanish encountered a great opponent,... 

  Irada Humbatova/Reuters The case of two Swedish journalists imprisoned in Ethiopia sheds light on a harsh campaign of repression. By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF | New York Times   DAVOS, Switzerland On the Ground Damon Winter/The New York Times Nicholas D. Kristof IN a filthy Ethiopian prison that is overridden with lice, fleas and huge rats, two Swedes are serving an 11-year... 

  Kigen, the men's and Weldu in female winners SAN SEBASTIAN, 29 Jan. (EUROPE PRESS) - Kenyan Mike Kigen, in the men, and Eritrea Weldu Nazareth in women, have been proclaimed winners of the Cross Sunday San Sebastian International, a trial marked by cold, mud and rain and in which the Spanish Marta Dominguez had to settle for fifth. Kigen, who had already defeated in the 2010 edition, just... 

  By Chalice Gold Mines Limited PERTH, Western Australia, Jan. 26, 2012 — ENAMCO to make US$3M payment now with balance due at completion of SFECO transaction Symbol:  ASX: CHN TSX:  CXN Shares outstanding:    250 million Fully diluted: 258 million PERTH, Western Australia, Jan. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Chalice Gold Mines Limited (ASX: CHN; TSX: CXN)... 

JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Alche Kidane is carried on a stretcher after suffering severe upper-body injuries. A 32-year-old man is facing charges of second-degree murder after his wife was stabbed to death Monday night in their downtown apartment. Alche Fsehaye Kidane, 34, died late Monday of injuries police describe as consistent with being stabbed. Emergency officials rushed to her suite... 

Johannesburg (news24.com) – A deadly attack on European tourists along the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea has renewed a war of words between the two rivals, with Asmara rejecting accusations by Addis Ababa that it was behind the violence. Gunmen killed five European tourists in Ethiopia's north-eastern Afar region near the border with Eritrea on Monday, and took four people as hostages. The... 

  Gunmen killed five foreign tourists in Ethiopia's remote northern Afar region, Ethiopian Television reported Tuesday. German nationals were among the dead, a Western diplomat said… (msnbc)   ረቡዕ, 18 ጥሪ 2012 'ኤርትራ ዝዓለመቶምን ዘዕጠቐቶምን' ንሓሙሽተ ምዕራባዊያን ቱሪስታት ቀቲሎም ትብል ኢትዮጵያ ኤርትራ... 

By msnbc.com staff and news services Gunmen killed five foreign tourists in Ethiopia's remote northern Afar region, Ethiopian Television reported Tuesday. German nationals were among the dead, a Western diplomat said. Gunmen crossed into Ethiopia from neighboring Eritrea, but the ETV report did not say where the attackers were from. It said eight tourists were attacked. Besides the five killed,...