The Battle of Tsorona Six weeks after the battle of Tsorona, the bloodiest yet of this desert ‘border’ war, Ethiopian soldiers still lie unburied on the baking plain, just yards from Eritrean trenches; an occasional breeze, otherwise welcome, brings only the stench of decomposition.A fifth of Eritrean combatants are […]
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Jubbaland has blocked access to the capital city Kismayo
Southern Somali State Shutters Main City, Airport Ahead of Election-Senior Local Official The southern Somali state of Jubbaland has blocked access to the capital city Kismayo and its main airport ahead of Thursday’s vote to elect a president of the semi-autonomous region, a senior regional official said on Tuesday. The […]
Ethiopians face beatings and bullets as Saudi ‘deportation machine’ cranks up
Saudi Arabia denies claims that staff at detention facilities treat violent abuse of undocumented migrants ‘like a sport’ By Tom Gardner the guardian Zeynu Abebe, 19, sits between two sleeping people at Addis Ababa airport after being deported from Saudi Arabia, from where roughly 10,000 Ethiopian migrants are ejected each […]