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| Ethiopia Economy - Development | Politics | Human rights | Society Ethiopia adopts a bill to restrict aid agencies afrol News - Ethiopian Parliament has today endorsed a bill imposing restrictions on humanitarian aid agencies working in the poverty and hunger stricken Horn of Africa state. |
| Ethiopia | Somalia Politics Rebel attacks takes toll as govt fails to control forces afrol News - Ethiopian government says failure of Somalia Transitional Federal Government to lead its well organised forces has left the country's stubborn rebel group, Al Shabaab to regroup and wage attacks on government. |
| Ethiopia Politics | Human rights | Society Ethiopia re-arrests opposition official afrol News - Ethiopian government has revoked a pardon granted to a prominent opposition official, Bertukan Midekssa, after she failed to refute the foreign media reports that she never pleaded for a pardon. |
| Ethiopia Politics | Economy - Development | Society Former Ethiopian leader freed afrol News - The former Ethiopian Prime Minister Tamerat Layne has been released from prison today after spending 12 years for embezzling over US $10 million during his term in office. Mr Layne who was the Prime Minister the country from 1991 to 1994 was sentenced to 18 years in prison. |
| Somalia | World Society | Politics | Human rights UN adopts resolution to chase pirates in Somalia afrol News - The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution allowing countries to chase pirates at sea and on land in Somalia and to layout additional measures to bring the pirates to justice. It is the fourth resolution approved by the council since June, to combat piracy off Somalia coast. |
| Somalia Politics Somali president names new premier afrol News - Somali president Abdullahi Yusuf has named the former Interior minister Mohamed Mohamud Guled as new prime minister going against decision by the parliament to reinstate the sacked Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein. |
Human rights | Society | Politics HRW warns against violence on civilians as Great Lakes hunts Kony afrol News - The Human Rights Watch has today cautioned against respect of international humanitarian law as regional search and attack on Joseph Kony, leader of Lord's Resistance Army and his accomplices intensifies in the Democratic Republic of Congo. |
| Africa | Somalia Society | Agriculture - Nutrition | Politics | Economy - Development | Human rights UN hails EU support to curb piracy on food aid afrol News - The United Nations food agency has said the European Union move to escort and protect food aid against piracy is a long term solution to save lives of ordinary people in the war torn Somalia. |
| Eritrea Politics Eritrea puffs down Bush administration accusations afrol News - Eritrean authorities have responded strongly to US officials statements labelling the country as a state sponsor of terrorism. |
| Somaliland Politics Somaliland voter registration resumed afrol News - In the breakaway republic of Somaliland, voter registration resumed yesterday amidst heavy security, following a delay caused by an October terrorist attack. Presidential and local elections are planned for early 2009. |
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