President Isaias Afwerki returns home concluding working visit to Qatar and Dubai Aug 24, 2008

Asmara, 24 August 2008 – President Isaias Afwerki returned home last night concluding a three-day working visit to Qatar and Dubai, UAE.
During his stay in Qatar, the President held talks with Emir Sheik Hamed Bin Khalifa Al-Thani and other government officials [...]

ETHIOPIA: Urban poor finding it harder to get food

Photo: Tesfalem Waldyes/IRIN

Many residents of Addis Ababa live in slums, struggling everyday to get food.

ADDIS ABABA, 25 August 2008 (IRIN) - Fatuma Ali and Tieba Hussein left Hara village in Wollo, Amhara region of northeastern Ethiopia with some of their neighbours, believing that they [...]