President's backers win Djibouti poll
DJIBOUTI, JAN 11, 2003 (BBC)--Parties supporting President Omar Ismael Guelleh have won the first full multi-party election in Djibouti since independence.
Saturday, January 11, 2003
Ethiopia's long wait for rain
ADDIS ABABA, JAN 11, 2003--We had seen him as we raced past in our Land Rover five hours earlier. He had been walking patiently behind his ox, cracking the whip above the animal's head, as he urged it on.
ADDIS ABABA, JAN 11, 2003--We had seen him as we raced past in our Land Rover five hours earlier. He had been walking patiently behind his ox, cracking the whip above the animal's head, as he urged it on.
Friday, January 10, 2003
ETHIOPIA: UN launches volunteer scheme to aid development
ADDIS ABABA, 10 Jan 2003 (IRIN) - The UN announced on Friday that it is launching a scheme aimed at using volunteers to tackle the country’s massive shortage of professionals.
ADDIS ABABA, 10 Jan 2003 (IRIN) - The UN announced on Friday that it is launching a scheme aimed at using volunteers to tackle the country’s massive shortage of professionals.
ERITREA-ETHIOPIA: Cash shortfall could delay border demarcationADDIS ABABA, 10 Jan 2003 (IRIN) - The UN’s peacekeeping mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea is facing a cash shortfall which may delay border demarcation, the mission said on Friday.
Thursday, January 09, 2003
Somali team to meet Kalonzo over stalemate
NAIROBI, JAN 10, 2003--Somali leaders attending peace talks in Eldoret left for Nairobi yesterday in an effort to end a stalemate blamed on the Kenyan arbitrator.
The three leaders, Mr Hussein Aideed, Mr Hassan Abshir Farah and Mr Abdul Aziz Haji, are expected to meet Foreign Affairs minister Kalonzo Musyoka over the peace process.
NAIROBI, JAN 10, 2003--Somali leaders attending peace talks in Eldoret left for Nairobi yesterday in an effort to end a stalemate blamed on the Kenyan arbitrator.
The three leaders, Mr Hussein Aideed, Mr Hassan Abshir Farah and Mr Abdul Aziz Haji, are expected to meet Foreign Affairs minister Kalonzo Musyoka over the peace process.
ERITREA-ETHIOPIA: Congressman urges world to act
NAIROBI, 9 Jan 2003 (IRIN) - US Congressman Frank Wolf has warned of a looming crisis in Ethiopia and Eritrea, stressing that both countries are desperately in need of help.
NAIROBI, 9 Jan 2003 (IRIN) - US Congressman Frank Wolf has warned of a looming crisis in Ethiopia and Eritrea, stressing that both countries are desperately in need of help.
DJIBOUTI: Parliamentary elections set for Friday
NAIROBI, 9 Jan 2003 (IRIN) - Djiboutian voters will go to the polls to elect members of parliament on Friday, a senior Djibouti official told IRIN.
The elections for the 65-member parliament will pit a pro-government bloc of four parties under the umbrella of the Union Presidential Majority (UMP) against an opposition bloc of four parties, the Union for Democratic Alternative, (UAD).
NAIROBI, 9 Jan 2003 (IRIN) - Djiboutian voters will go to the polls to elect members of parliament on Friday, a senior Djibouti official told IRIN.
The elections for the 65-member parliament will pit a pro-government bloc of four parties under the umbrella of the Union Presidential Majority (UMP) against an opposition bloc of four parties, the Union for Democratic Alternative, (UAD).
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