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North Koreans Arm Ethiopians as U.S. Assents

By MICHAEL R. GORDON and MARK MAZZETT,
April 8, 2007

WASHINGTON, April 7 — Three months after the United States successfully pressed the United Nations to impose strict sanctions on North Korea because of the country’s nuclear test, Bush administration officials allowed Ethiopia to complete a secret arms purchase from the North, in what appears to be a violation of the restrictions, according to senior American officials.

	Somalia: Putting Somalia Back Together Business Day (Johannesburg) OPINION April 5, 2007 Posted to the web April 5, 2007 Dr Othieno,an Africa analyst at the Institute for Global Dialogue, Johannesburg says.. In view of this hidden agenda it is necessary that an unconditional and genuine process of reconciliation among Somalis takes place as soon as possible. This should involve the TFG, moderate and radical members of the UIC, clan elders and civil society, leading to the creation of an inclusive government of national unity. The involvement of foreign players such as Ethiopia and the US should be avoided, since the pursuance of their interests only alienates the protagonists further by lending credence to the widespread view within Somalia that the TFG is a puppet of the US.
	Somalia clan leaders blame US for Mogadishu crisis By: Shabelle news-dept. Mogadishu 07, April.07 ( Sh.M.Network) The traditional elders of Somali’s powerful Hawiye tribe Saturday accused Washington of being responsible for the current crisis in the capital Mogadishu
	U.S. congressman meets with Mubarak's banned rival POSTED: 9:52 p.m. EDT, April 7, 2007CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- A top U.S. Democratic congressman met a leader of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's most powerful rival, the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, U.S. officials and the Islamist group said Saturday.
	A challenge to the US diplomat making surprise visit to Somalia: It takes two to tango One is in Asmara the other in Mqdsho. .
	Somalia: War seems inevitable in Mogadishu (SomaliNet) Sat. April 07, 2007 11:07 am.

	Europe investigating claims of war crimes in Somalia fighting Published: April 5, 2007 NAIROBI, Kenya, April 5 — European diplomats said Thursday that they were investigating whether Ethiopian and Somali government forces committed war crimes last week during heavy fighting in Somalia’s capital that killed more than 300 civilians.
	Report: Feds interrogating prisoners at secret prisons in Ethiopia Ethiopia is under growing pressure to provide details about the nationals of 19 countries who are thought to have been rounded up as they fled fighting in Somalia and questioned by counter-terrorism agents from the United States and other countries, according to the Associated Press Background: • Le Monde reported on the secret prisons in early March. • Human Rights Watch publicized the allegations late week. • AP reported yesterday that U.S. government officials confirmed Americans were interrogating some of the detainees.
	AP Unveils Secret Prisons in Africa TheSkanner.com Apr 5th, 2007 Portland, Oregon U.S. government officials contacted by AP acknowledged questioning prisoners in Ethiopia. But they said American agents were following the law and were fully justified in their actions because they are investigating past attacks and current threats of terrorism. John Sifton, a Human Rights Watch expert on counter-terrorism, went further. He said in an e-mail that the United States has acted as “ringleader” in what he labeled a “decentralized, outsourced Guantanamo.”
	Ethiopia secret prisons under scrutiny ANTHONY MITCHELL, Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya - Ethiopia was under pressure Thursday to release details on detainees from 19 countries held at secret prisons in the country where U.S. agents have carried out interrogations in the hunt for al-Qaida in the Horn of Africa.
	ETHIOPIA: "rendition" destination ; "shameful role"; "creating Africa's Abu Ghraib Prison"
	Reuters AlertNet 31 Mar 2007 16:41:57 GMT Rights group blasts "rendition" of Somalis A U.S.-based human rights group accuses the United States, Kenya and Ethiopia of running a secret detention programme targeting people fleeing a war on hardline Islamists in Somalia. By Jeremy Clarke NAIROBI, March 31 (Reuters) - A U.S.-based human rights group has accused the United States, Kenya and Ethiopia of running a secret detention programme targeting people fleeing a war on hardline Islamists in Somalia. Human Rights Watch (HRW) said it had documented the "arbitrary detention, expulsion and apparent enforced disappearance of dozens of individuals who fled the fighting" in Somalia earlier this year. "Each of these governments has played a shameful role in mistreating people fleeing a war zone," HRW's deputy Africa director, Georgette Gagnon, said in a statement obtained by Reuters on Saturday. "Kenya has secretly expelled people, the Ethiopians have caused dozens to 'disappear', and U.S. security agents have routinely interrogated people held incommunicado."
	"It’s also turned the whole region into a giant Guantanamo Bay. Human Rights Watch reported that over 100 people were kidnapped in Kenya. Kenya, the most stable and a very law-abiding country in Africa, was forced to kidnap suspected supporters of the ICU, the Islam Courts, and to hand them over to Somalia, which in turn handed most of them over to Ethiopia, where they have disappeared. So this is really a terrible war.". Salim Lone, columnist for the Daily Nation in Kenya, former spokesperson for the UN mission in Iraq. And US officials question Islamists held in Ethiopia US agents ‘quiz terror suspects at secret prisons in Ethiopia’ The Herald Citizens Fleeing Somalia War Sent to Secret Jails in Ethiopia ToTheCenter.com, NY - 39 minutes ago Kenya, US, Ethiopia and The Transitional Federal Government of Somalia are accused by Human Rights Watch (HRW), a New York based, non-government agency ... US officials question Islamists held in Ethiopia Reuters AlertNet >>> These photos were anoymously sent to several mainstream and alternative news organizations, according to CNN. It was radio host Art Bell who first published them on his Website, in the early morning hours of 8 November 2002. The photos have been confirmed as genuine. CNN: "A Pentagon spokesman says the photographs appear to be genuine. It is not known who took or e-mailed the pictures." Associated Press: "Officials believe the photos were not authorized and know their release was unauthorized, he [a Pentagon spokesman] said." According to these new reports, it's likely that the photos were taken as the prisoners were being transported from Aghanistan to Turkey, on their way to Guantanamo Bay. US agents ‘quiz terror suspects at secret prisons in Ethiopia’ The Herald Report Says War on Terror Violating Human Rights in Kenya, Somalia ... Voice of America Voice of America - FOX News all 154 news articles » US diplomat visits American prisoner in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia A & T Register, NC - 1 hour ago Kenyan authorities sent him and some 80 others back to Somalia with no legal proceedings, and from there Meshal was sent to Ethiopia. ... NJ Lawmaker seeks Rice intervention over US detainee in Ethiopia New Brunswick Home News Tribune American held captive after found fleeing Somalian combat Bowling Green News all 46 news articles »
	Press Release By Ministry of Foreign Affairs Apr 3, 2007, 16:26Kenyan authorities on Saturday, 20 January 2007 handed Eritrean citizens Tesfalidet Kidane Tesfazghi, Saleh Idris Gama and Osman Mohammed Berhan in chains to the “Transitional Government of Somalia” after illegally keeping them in detention for about 22 days.
	Presidents Isaias and Museveni assess the Somali situation as escalating from bad to worse By Shabait Apr 2, 2007, 17:09 Massawa, 2 April 2007 – In a meeting they held in Massawa last night President Isaias Afwerki and President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda assessed that the situation in Somalia is escalating from bad to worse. The two leaders discussed that the interference of external forces in Somalia is complicating the issue and that in order for peace to prevail in the country there should be a political process.
	Talks about so-called deployment of peacekeeping mission to Somalia are essentially designed to mislead forces that are not very familiar with the real situation there and make them fall into trap: President Isaias By Shabait, Apr 2, 2007, 17:09 Massawa, 2 April 2007 President Isaias Afwerki underlined that talks about so-called deployment of peacekeeping mission to Somalia are essentially designed..
	Ethiopia says Eritrea committing provocative acts along border Monday 2 April 2007 00:10. April 1, 2007 (ADDIS ABABA) — The chief administrator of the Tigray Regional State, in northern Ethiopia, bordering Eritrea, Tsegay Berhe, accused Eritrean government of committing repeated provocative acts along the border areas of the State.
	President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda arrives in Eritrea for a working visit By Shabait.com Apr 1, 2007, 17:54 Massawa, 1 April 2007 – President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda arrived in the port city of Massawa in the afternoon hours today to conduct two days working visit in Eritrea.President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda arrived in the port city of Massawa in the afternoon hours today to conduct two days working visit in Eritrea. Upon arrival at Massawa International Airport, President Isaias Afwerki, Ministers and senior government officials accorded warm welcome to President Museveni.

	لا لمؤامرات عناصر تهداي وكركون ومخلفات نحنان علامانا الجدد عقبيتاي تخلي (Not to conspiracies of Thihday and Korkon elements of the new Nhnan Alamanan) (google translate) aqbetayt44@hotmail.com


	ELF-RC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IS MEETING IN KHARTOUM, SUDAN STARTING ON APRIL 2/ 2007 nharnet.com		ኤርትራዊ ማሕበረሰብ ከለንንን ከባቢአን ማሕበር መስሪትና ናብ ቦኽሪ ጉባኤና ንዕለት 21. 04. 2007 ንዕድመኩም
	መንነትን ርእይቶታትን ቀዳማይ ወገን ኤርትራዊ ዲሞክራስያዊ ኪዳን ቤት ጽሕፈት ዜና ኤርትራዊ ዲሞክራስያዊ ኪዳን 06.04.2007		ናይ ሓባር መግለጺ መሰረታት ግንባር ሃገራዊ ድሕነት ኤርትራ ተ.ሓ.ኤ-ሰውራዊ ባይቶን፡ ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ኤርትራን ብዕለት 31 መጋቢት 2007 ዓ.ም. ኣብ ኦክላንድ ካሊፎርኒያ
	አብ ርእሲ ዘለካሰ እንተዝውስኹኻ፡ መንግስታትን ተቓውሞታተንን ግዱስ ህዝብን ክሳተፎ ዝግባእ ኮንፈረንስ Two more participants...
	Law, Politics and Islam in Africa: DISCUSSION OF BURNING ISSUES IN A SCHOLASTIC ATMOSPHERE Intellectuals of the Horn of Africa, Sudan and others will gather in Chapel Hill, NC to discuss "Law, Politics and Islam in Africa" and maybe we can see the emergence of a Blue Print for peace in the region. Among the intellectuals who will present papers at the upcoming conference in Honor of Professor Bereket Habte Sellasie include prominent Eritrean scholars: Semret Asfaha, DuPont, Delaware: The Eritrean Constitution Making Process: Participation by Eritreans, Saleh Younis, Awate Foundation, Sacramento, CA: Constitutions as a Door Stop. Gebre Hiwet Tesfagiorgis, PhD, Iowa State University: Do Customary (Traditional) Laws Have Relevance in Africa’s Socio-Economic Development? Araya Debesai, PhD, Univesity of Delaware, Roasting group Kiflai Ghebremedhin, Cornell University, Roasting Group Fouad Makki, Cornell University, PhD.:Bereket Habte Selassie: A Political and Intellectual Itinerary, Berhane Araia, SUNY- Albany, PhD: Citizenship, Nationalism and Conflict in the Horn of Africa Kidane Mengisteab, Pennsylvania State University, PhD: Identity Politics, Democratization and State Building in Ethiopia’s Federal Arrangement


►	Law, Politics and Islam in Africa:
►	A Conference to Honor Professor Bereket Habte Selassie University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ..April 12-14, 2007
►	መብርሂ ቤት ጽሕፈት ዜና ኤርትራዊ ዲሞክራስያዊ ኪዳን (ቀዳማይ ወገን) 04.04.2007
►	(A must-read) Amy Goodman speaks with Salim Lone, a columnist for the Daily Nation in Kenya and a former spokesperson for the UN mission in Iraq, concerning Somalia and Darfur. rush transcript
	OPINION: SOURCE GAROWEONLINE
►	ወይ በሺር ለካስ ለኻኺምካ ፍንሽር፡ ብነአምን የሕደጎ .. አብ ናይ ውዲት ጐዳጐዲ ይሐድር ክም ዝነበረ ክጠቅስ ስለ ዝደለኹ.. 4/3/2007 11:59	Press Release Leaders and Representatives of Various Eritrean Community Leaders in the UK met with British Government Officials – 30 March 2007		አኸባታት ብክልተ አባላት ፈጻሚት አካል ድሕነት አብ ዋሺንግተን ዲሲ፡ ስያትል፡ ሳን ፍራንሲሰኮ፡ ደላሰ" አትላንታ..
►	ናብ ስራሕ ምብጋስ እዩ ለውጢ ኣበርቲዕካ ብምቅላስ እዩ ዝመጽእ እሞ ናብ ስራሕ ምብጋስ እዩ ብጋንታ ንሓርነት፡ ‘ኣብቲ ነጥቢ’
►	በሺX §]Hi ሕጅስ ዓገብ ክብለካ!! ብ ስልጣን ሓጎስ		كفي يا بشير إسحاق الإجحاف بحق الشعب الإرتري بقلم/ سلطان حقوص
►	“ኣብዚ መደበር (ቦታ ጉባኤ ኢስላሕ) እትው ምስ በልኩ፡ ኣዒንተይ ንብዓት ቆጺረን። ስለምንታይ? ኣብ ቅድመይ ጦብላሕ ዝበለ ስእልን ተዘክሮታትን ዳግመ-ልደት ኰይኑኒ። እንታይነተይ ዘርእን ዘሓድስን ስለዝኾነ። መንነት ከኣ እኩብ ድምር ጠባያትን ናይ ሕብረተሰብ ጸጋታትን ኢዩ።….ኤርትራ ናይ እስላም መደብ (መሽሩዕ) ኢያ። ተኸላኸልታ ከኣ ንስኹም ኢኹም። ንሕና ምሳኹም ኢና - ተጋድሎ ሓርነት ኤርትራን፡ እስላማዊ ሰልፍን ፈደራላዊ ምንቅስቓስን። እወ፡ ኲልና ብሓንሳእ ኰንና መሪሕ ውድብ ክንምስርት ኢና። ምኽንያቱ ከኣ እቲ ብጻዕቂ ዝካየድ ዘሎ ስራሕ ንባህላዊ ዕብለላን፡ ንመላእ ህዝቢ ኣብ ክሊ ባህሊ ትግርኛ (ወይ ከኣ ሓበሻ) ንምጥቕላሉ ተባሂሉ ዝካየድ ዘሎ ስለ ዝኾነ።”		"حينما دخلت المعسكر امتلأت عيناي دموعاً لماذا؟ مرت أمامي صورة وتصورات تحمل منظومة قيم اجتماعية، أحسب أنني والله قد استعدت هويتي، لأن الهوية ما هي إلا تصورات تحمل منظومة قيم وسلوك يترجم هذه القيم ليجسد الهوية ... إرتريا هي مشروع إسلامي وأنتم حماته ... نحن معكم ... جبهة التحرير، الحزب الإسلامي والحركة الفدرالية ـ نعم كلنا جميعاً لبناء تنظيم رائد، ..... لأن العمل جاري بكل دقة للإحتواء الثقافي وصهر كل الشعب في بوتقة ثقافية محورها التجرنية و( التحبيش )".
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►	And now it’s Time to Move On! *...nationalist democratic bloc* being created by ENSF, EDP and ELF-RC.... Change Comes Only Through Hard Work, And now it’s Time to Move On! 'To The Point' Nharnet Team

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U.S. policy in the Horn of Africa may aid al-Qaida, experts warn
Posted on Fri, Dec. 22, 2006
By Jonathan S. Landay and Shashank Bengali, McClatchy Newspapers
As fighting intensified Friday between Somali Islamists and an Ethiopian intervention force, Western diplomats and experts warned that U.S. policy in the Horn of Africa - intended to curb Islamic radicalism - may not only be fueling this newest conflict, but also may be making it easier for al-Qaida to gain a foothold in the strategic region.