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| Ethiopia Science - Education | Environment - Nature It's confirmed: New ocean to split Ethiopia afrol News - Since a gigantic rift broke open the desert ground in Ethiopia in 2005, scientists have speculated the rift was the first step in a process that will split eastern Ethiopia and Somalia from the African continent by a new ocean. Now, they have found proof it indeed will. |
| Somalia | Somaliland Agriculture - Nutrition | Economy - Development Somalia's main export market reopened afrol News - Saudi Arabia officials have announced that the 9-year ban on import of livestock from Somalia, including Somaliland, is lifted. Thus, Somalia's main export trade may be resumed, promising much needed revenues for Somali farmers. |
| Ethiopia Politics Ethiopia election schedule approved afrol News - The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) has approved the schedule for the upcoming national elections, which are to be held in May next year. Planning and preparations are now to start. |
| Somalia Media Somalis push for liberalised media law afrol News - Stakeholders from the Somali press, government and civil society are negotiating changes to the 2007 media law, with an aim of reforming the so-called "repressive articles" and secure greater press freedom in the country. |
| Sudan Politics | Economy - Development | Human rights | Society Assembly shop for efficient stoves launched in Darfur afrol News - An assembly facility for fuel-efficient stoves has been launched in El Fasher, the capital of the Darfur region, in Sudan. The Berkeley, California-based Darfur Stoves Project (DSP), in partnership with Oxfam America and the Sudanese organisation, Sustainable Action Group (SAG), are an alliance behind the project. |
| Ethiopia Politics | Society Ethiopia launches 2010 elections campaign afrol News - Ethiopia will launch the national election campaign on 8 December for the 2010 national polls slated for May, a government official has confirmed today. |
| Sudan Politics | Society | Human rights Darfurian rebel died in detention, AI argues afrol News - International rights group, Amnesty International, has said a Darfur rebel member sentenced to death for taking part in an attack on the capital, died from ill-treatment while in custody in a Sudanese prison. |
| Ethiopia Politics | Agriculture - Nutrition | Economy - Development | Society $480 million to help in Ethiopia's food security afrol News - Ethiopia has been approved to receive a grant from the World Bank to help the country meet its food security challenges. |
| Ethiopia Economy - Development | Politics | Agriculture - Nutrition | Society Ethiopia needs urgent food aid afrol News - Ethiopia has appealed for emergency food aid for 6.2 million people following five year drought that has ravaged poor communities in the Horn of Africa. |
Politics | Media | Human rights | Society Eritrea is the bottom last in Press Freedom Index 2009 afrol News - Eritrea is the world’s worst country for press freedom, Reporters Without Borders said in the Press Freedom Index 2009 issued Tuesday. |
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