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Ethiopia PM accuses Eritrea of kidnapping 100 miners
2012-04-17 17:39
Addis Ababa – Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi accused Eritrea on Tuesday of abducting dozens of Ethiopian miners from the country's northwest, in a potential escalation of tension between the arch-enemies.
Ethiopian troops crossed into the Red Sea state last month and attacked what they said were military bases used by rebels to stage raids, including a January attack...
Ethiopia ‘blocking release of hostages’
2012-02-09
Addis Ababa – Ethiopian rebels blamed Addis Ababa for "stifling" the release of two German tourists kidnapped in a gun fight three weeks ago, accusing government troops of attacks in Ethiopia's Afar region.
The Ethiopian government is "stifling every step of our efforts to get the two Germans to safe area… by launching a fresh attack against us",...
Tourism is Dangerous in Ethiopia Thanks to Meles Zenawi – Amanuel Biedemariam
Late Monday on January 16, 2012, Ethiopia reported two Germans, two Hungarians and an Austrian were killed in a deadly attack in Ethiopia’s North-Eastern Afar region. During the attacks, a Hungarian and Italian were wounded while two Germans had been kidnapped. The unsuspecting tourists were attacked, wounded, captured and killed inside Ethiopia. This incident was unfortunate for those who lost...
Ethiopia: TPLF Masterminded Attack on European Tourists – Orion Asmelash
January 24, 2012
According to Ethiopia’s report, two Germans, two Hungarians and an Austrian were killed in a deadly attack in Ethiopia’s North- Eastern Afar region; the same source says “A Hungarian and Italian were wounded while two Germans had been kidnapped”. While many express their feelings of grief and denunciations on the killings, rumors are widely circulated among...
Ethiopian rebels to release Kidnapped Germans, deny Eritrean role
By The Africa Report
A rebel group has promised the release of two German nationals who were kidnapped in the Afar region of Ethiopia last week when a group of European tourists were attacked, killing five of them.
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The rebel group, Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front (ARDUF), in its first ever statement, at the weekend confirmed that they were holding the two Germans...
Eritrea rejects blame for attack on tourists
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.
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Germans among tourists slain by gunmen in Ethiopia
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,...
