IGAD Leaders Pledge Urgent Military Help for Somalia
July 5, 2010 by clubpenguincheat · Leave a Comment
By Peter Heinlein | Addis Ababa A hastily-called summit of East African leaders has ordered the immediate dispatch of 2,000 additional troops to Somalia to reinforce the beleaguered African Union peacekeeping mission.
Q&A: Ethiopian elections
May 17, 2010 by clubpenguincheat · Leave a Comment
Ethiopians go to the polls on 23 May to elect a new parliament. The previous elections in 2005 were marred by allegations of government vote-rigging, and scores of people died in post-poll violence.
About Us
April 22, 2010 by clubpenguincheat · Leave a Comment
An opposition activist has been bludgeoned to death with a gun butt in the second politically motivated murder of Ethiopia ’s election campaign, it was claimed today.
Just Back: khat out of the bag (Daily Telegraph)
March 6, 2010 by clubpenguincheat · Leave a Comment
Aidan Jones is the latest winner of our weekly travel writing competition for his account of an addictive pastime in Ethiopia.