Tag Archives: Horn

Restructuring of Ethiopian power utility moving ahead

March 1, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Plans to restructure the overstretched and inefficient Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) have been set in motion after Ethiopian authorities contracted Indian company Power Grid Corporation to take over the management of the State-run company. Power Grid Corporation MD RK … read more »

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PETITION: Somaliland Pro-Democratic Movements, Nonstate Actors and Civil Society Groups Petition to H.E. JOHNNIE CARSON – Assistant Secretary

February 23, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

    To:          H.E.  JOHNNIE CARSON Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs US. State Department Washington, DC. USA   Date: February 22, 2013   Subject:               Democratically elected government led H.E Ahmed Mohamed Mohomoud ‘Siilaanyo’ is the only one … read more »

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Ethiopian Jailed journalist Reyot Alemu loses appeal

January 8, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

An Ethiopian journalist lost an appeal on Tuesday against a five-year prison sentence for her role in promoting subversive plots by a rebel group. Reyot Alemu, a columnist at the now-defunct Feteh newspaper, and fellow journalist Woubishet Taye were found … read more »

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A Tale of Two Food Crises: How to Respond, not Whether to Respond

February 16, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Laura Hammond Last week the United Nations announced that famine conditions in Somalia had eased, thanks to a good harvest and strong response from the humanitarian community. It warned, however, that failure to continue to respond could have dire … read more »

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Ethiopia searches for tourist killers

January 19, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Addis Ababa – Ethiopian security forces on Thursday were searching for gunmen who killed five European tourists and kidnapped at least two others and two guides in an attack it blamed on arch-rival Eritrea. “We are working on how to … read more »

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In Somaliland, crackdown on the press continues

January 18, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

NEW YORK, January 18, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the deteriorating press conditions in the semi-autonomous republic of Somaliland after this weekend’s detention of 21 journalists protesting a police raid on a … read more »

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