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Published 11/15/2009 - 5:09 p.m. GMT

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Ethiopia's Meles Zenawi extended his condolences to families of workers who died at the Tekeze dam
Published 06/14/2009 - 12:14 a.m. GMT

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Democratic Party US Congressman Donald Payne holds the flag of ONLF rebels in the United States. Payne has been outspoken opponent of the Meles government while supporting the Eritrean government of President Isaias.
 
Published 03/02/2009 - 11:34 p.m. GMT

Requestors argue that the Gibe III Dam is set to deplete Lake Turkana with dramatic impacts on downstream communities in Kenya, and in the absence of public consultation.

On February 4, Friends of Lake Turkana, a Kenyan organization representing indigenous groups in northwestern Kenya whose livelihoods are linked to Lake Turkana, filed a formal request with the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) Compliance Review & Mediation Unit (CRMU) - the AfDB's internal accountability mechanism - to investigate and intervene in the Bank’s plans to finance the Gilgel Gibe III hydroelectric project in Ethiopia.

Published 02/17/2009 - 9:06 p.m. GMT

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Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, right, meets with the United Nations envoy to Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, at the State Department in Washington (AP Photo: Charles Dharapak)
 
Published 01/23/2009 - 7:57 p.m. GMT

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Ethiopia, Eritrea and Kenya. Freedom House 2009 ranking
Published 12/11/2008 - 10:42 p.m. GMT

 
Published 11/17/2008 - 9:27 p.m. GMT

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UDJ, former CUD, is received by cautious optimism in Europe (Stockholm, Sweden)

The Unity for Democracy and Justice, Ethiopia's leading opposition party, has

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