The Week in Review

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The Week in review

TOP STORIES FROM THE PAST WEEK

• Ethiopian Police Say They Have Foiled Terrorist Plot
• [AUDIO] - RESPONSE from the OLF and the Eritrean govt. on the terror accusation
• Jijiga - In the shadow of Ethiopia's rebels
• (AUDIO) NPR Reports from Ethiopia(violence on OLF supporters)
• 30 zebras, dozens of fishes found dead in Ethiopia's Lake Chamo
• Israel: ETHIOPIAN KIDS REFUSED admission to school
• Ethiopia to market natural low caffeine coffee
• U.S. CONSIDERS PUTTING ERITREA ON TERRORISM LIST
• US tells Eritrea to close down consulate
• Eritrean state media journalist goes missing-RSF
• HRW: All sides in Somalia have violated international law
• Mogadishu fighting kills 31 in 24 hours
• SOMALIA TO CREATE IRAQ-STYLE "GREEN ZONE"

Weekend News and Updates

31 MORE CUD MEMBERS FREED

The Ethiopian authorities have pardoned at least 31 opposition members detained after post-election violence in 2005. They were jailed along with 38 senior figures - who were freed last month - from the opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy.(More...)

CUD Leaders Forging a United Front

Talks between Temesgen Zewdie and the party's recently released former leaders led by Birtukan Mideksa ended up in agreement to work towards realizing the unity of the party and strengthen it further.(More...)

-CUDP LEADERS EXPECTED IN THE U.S. AUGUST 29 (Via EMF)
-Eritrea rejects US accusation of terrorism
-Armed clan feud in Somalia kills 16
-East African Nations Creating Regional Peacekeeping Force
-Chinese flocking in numbers to a new frontier: Africa





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