The Horn, the List and the Risks(NYTimes)

What the administration needs to do now is press Ethiopia to respect the treaty. If something isn’t done quickly, we fear many more Eritreans and Ethiopians will die for no reason. There is time to put Eritrea on the list of terror sponsors if it doesn’t clean up its act....more

Ethiopia hosts Somali rift talks (BBC)

She says the whole carefully pieced-together structure in Somalia is teetering, not because of Islamist attacks but because of a quarrel between the two leading players Mr Ghedi and President Abdullahi Yusuf....more

Somali PM in Ethiopia amid debate on his fate (Reuter)

Gedi met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, with whom Gedi has personal ties going back to Meles' time as a rebel leader in exile in Mogadishu, as soon as he arrived, Ethiopian officials said....more

SMSing' restored in Ethiopia (Africanews)

According to media reports and bloggers from Addis Ababa, the 'texting' service was disabled on June 10, 2005 after an opposition party resorted to using 'SMSees' as a campaign tool to reach voters....more

East Hartford High School Team 10A has a goal of creating libraries in Ethiopia.(Zwire)

This is an amazing initiative here at EHHS," said Patla in an email announcing the project. "Through this community service project, we would like to help our students understand that they are part of a larger, worldwide community; that regardless of one's "station" in life, it is always important to share what you do have with others." ...more

Bush Backs Ethiopia Leader as Terror War Trumps Democracy Push (bloomberg)

``When you start seeing the U.S. Congress engaging in efforts like this, it's a strong signal that something has gone really wrong in a country,'' says Saman Zarifi, an advocate with Human Rights Watch in Washington....more

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Eithiopian Publisher, Free From Jail, Still Faces Charges (IWMF)

“I’m not familiar with international journalists,” she said, “but journalists who are on death row anywhere in the world or who lost their life in reporting – or Ethiopians who are on death row: they are my heroes.”...more

Divisions rip through Somalia's Ethiopia-backed govt (Garoweonline)

Sources in Baidoa said Ethiopian generals postponed their plans to disarm Yusuf and Gedi's security forces for fear of an armed clash....more

GOAL statement on Ethiopia's Ogaden (newsblaz)

GOAL is calling on the Irish government to use its influence with the Ethiopian authorities to allow food aid to flow to the people of the Ogaden. For the past few months Ethiopian forces have cut the region off from humanitarian organisations, leaving 600,000 people facing starvation....more

Ban Ki-Moon Urges Restraint By Ethiopia and Eritrea as Tensions Rise (News Blez)

Of particular concern are "recent shooting incidents, as well as the building up of military forces in the border area," according to a <"http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2007/sgsm11215.doc.htm">statement issued by Mr. Ban's spokesperson....more

Eritrea & U.S. Rescue of its Puppet in the Region, Ethiopia

denouncement of Jendayi E. Frazer, U.S. Department of State Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, the messenger that delivered the administrations threat, for her lies, incompetence and whatever real or perceived deficiency the ‘lady’ may have.

Some fringe minority elements within the atrociously ineffective and barely existent Eritrean opposition group, and of course the minority TPLF regime in Ethiopia, have also denounced Eritrea for bringing these actions onto itself by its involvement in Somalia, as well as, allowing the Somalia opposition group to gather for their peaceful conference in Eritrea....more

22 Somali Ministers Demand No-Confidence Vote on Government (VOA)

Twenty-two members of the Somali prime minister's Cabinet are demanding that parliament hold a no-confidence vote on the country's transitional government.....more

It was when the phone rang that things got sticky in Gode (Telegraph)

In few other countries would a phone call arouse such strength of feeling. But during my three days under armed guard in Ethiopia last week, I discovered the true meaning of "walking on eggshells". Whenever I was brought before Jamal or another official, I felt as if one careless gesture or ill-chosen word could land me in prison....more

Ethiopian refugees by Sudan

UNHCR urges the government to abide by this important principle of international law, which is also an integral part of Sudan's National Interim Constitution. UNHCR also urges authorities to abstain from any further deportations....more

Dismissive Ethiopia tests US indulgence (FT)

When the US objects to Ethiopian policies – such as a crackdown on political opponents that killed scores of people in 2005 and a scorched-earth campaign against separatist insurgents this year – it is ignored. When America gives implicit acquiescence – as it did over the Christmas invasion of Somalia and Ethiopia’s bitter border dispute with Eritrea – the US goes through the motions of diplomatic pressure and claims to have been rebuffed....more

Ethiopia's 'secret war' forces thousands to flee (Telegraph)

Ethiopia will receive £130 million of British aid this year - more than any other African country. Critics say that Mr Meles is using his favoured position - and Ethiopia's standing as a key Western ally in the war on terrorism - to avoid any protest over his behaviour....more

Rescuing Ethiopia (vanguardngr)

From the manner the trial was conducted, it is doubtful if the accused persons were given fair hearing. Zenawi did everything to hang those who dissented with him. Abraham Tetmke, state prosecutor, asked the court to impose death penalty on some of the accused just for standing up against official trampling on their political rights....more

UN Warns of Humanitarian Crisis in Ethiopia's Somali Region (Political Affairs)

“We will see a major crisis develop in the next month unless there is a resumption of livestock trade and export, commercial and humanitarian food distribution, urgent healthcare, and access by government service providers and humanitarian
partners,” stated Paul Hebert, head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Ethiopia, in a report issued on 5 October. Hebert led a mission to the Somali region between 30 August and 5 September.

Meanwhile, legislative moves in the United States to cut aid to Ethiopia are unlikely to have a dramatic impact on its internal policies, an analyst with a leading think-tank said.

"It is going to have some limited effect," Tom Cargill of Chatham House said of the Ethiopia Democracy and Accountability Act, which has been passed by the House of Representatives but has yet to be approved by the Senate or President George W Bush.

"It is symbolically important because it shows there is a range of views in the US about Ethiopia, but we should not read too much or too little into it." ...more

Rebel ONLF welcomes passing of Ethiopia Democracy & Accountability Act (Sudane Tribune)

As noted by the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Dr. Jandayi Frazer "A political solution is needed in the Ogaden that will both end the region’s historic marginalization and restore the commercial trade with Somalia to prevent a humanitarian crisis. "...more