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Women informal cross-border traders negotiate a minefield ranging from bus drivers, customs officials and dangerous and unfamiliar environments.

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 10 (IPS/TerraViva) – Whenever gender empowerment is a vibrant topic of discussion internationally, some of the countries in Europe, Asia and Latin America are invariably singled out for their success stories in politics, education, [...]

 
A knee injury has forced 2009 ING New York City Marathon champion Meb Keflezighi to withdraw from next week's NYC Half-Marathon, it was announced today by New York Road Runners officials.

By New York Road Runners

NEW YORK — A knee injury has forced 2009 ING New York City Marathon champion Meb Keflezighi to withdraw from next [...]

NAIROBI, Kenya, March 10 (UPI) — East Africa

is emerging as the next oil boom following a big strike in Uganda's Lake Albert Basin. Other oil and natural gas reserves have been found in Tanzania and Mozambique and exploration is under way in Ethiopia and even war-torn Somalia.
The region, until recently largely ignored by the energy [...]

tribalfootball.com
Manchester City have signed a youngster from Eritrea thanks to their work in the community scheme.
Leeds City College and Street Work Soccer have teamed up with City to run a weekly football centre in East Leeds for youngsters aged between 6 to18 years.
It has gone from strength to strength since its establishment six months ago [...]

Birmingham – Pictorial report of YPFDJ Biddho Tour, Eritrean youth’s colorful and energetic display of patriotism at its highest

 
Sheffield – Pictorial report of YPFDJ Biddho Tour, Eritrean youth’s colorful and energetic display of patriotism at its highest

VIDEO: EPPF holds its General Assembly; Interview with Nurjeba Assefa, a member of EPPF leadership committee (Part IV | Final) and other news..

Published: March. 10, 2010 at 12:10 PM
MOGADISHU, Somalia, March 10 (UPI) — The Western-backed Transitional Federal Government mustered several thousand troops, some reportedly trained in neighboring Kenya, for a major offensive against the Islamic al-Shebab militia allied with al-Qaida.
On its own, the shaky TFG, which controls a few blocks of the disputed capital Mogadishu around [...]

Source: ReutersEritrea's President Isaias Afwerki speaks during an interview in Asmara
Eritrea has accused the United States of trying to destabilise the Horn of Africa nation and halt its economic growth, local media reported.
Relations between the government and Washington remain antagonistic. The US Embassy suspended its consular services in February and the ambassador has not been [...]

SR International – Radio Sweden
An Ethiopian man living permanently in Sweden has been charged with conspiracy to commit terrorist acts by a court in New York. According to the Swedish Foreign Ministry, he was captured in the end of November in Nigeria, and was later moved to a United States prison on Saturday.

The New York [...]

(AFP) – 3/9/2010
ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia's dwindling Jewish community, known as the Falash Mura, on Tuesday said their living conditions at home were desperate and appealed on Israel to keep its pledge to welcome them.

Newly-arrived Jewish immigrants
from Ethiopia pictured at Israel's
Ben Gurion airport in January
"We are suffering, people are dying, we have nothing. Three [...]