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BUILD DAMS THAN NOT?
TO FOLKS LIKE THE ONES BELOW, WATER ISN'T LUXURY.
CAN'T GET BOTTLED OR CARBONATED WATER, CAN THEY?
ወሸለ ረኺቦሞ?
Zerai is a 36-year-old father of
four. For the last two-and-a-half years he has been looking after a dam
and nearby well in the remote southern highlands of Eritrea. When Oxfam
visited Zerai's village, Dabre, he explained how having clean water nearby
has changed his and thousands of people's lives.
"Before Oxfam came, our mothers and
sisters would walk for three or four hours each way to get water from the
valley. Sometimes they queued for hours, or even waited overnight for
their turn, but still got only one jerrycan of water in the end."
Never enough water
A single jerrycan, that girls and women lugged back up the
steep, rocky escarpment, holds only 20 litres of precious water.
There was never enough. For a family of ten, 20 litres
barely lasted a couple of days for washing, cleaning, cooking and
drinking. Even in an emergency, every person should have a minimum of 15
litres for general use and three for consumption per day. full
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ERITREA:
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 (AGI)
- Rome, Dec. 5 - Italian prime minister Romano Prodi
met yesterday with the
President of Eritrea, Isaias Afwerki, who is in
Italy on a private visit. Bilateral relations were
at the centre of the conversation between the two
leaders. "The prime minister expressed his concern
about the political situation currently underway in
Eritrea which has prompted the government in Asmara
to adopt increasingly rigid stances which may prove
damaging for Italy's legitimate interests" an
official statement reads.
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Physicians for Peace Announces Eritrean Health
Initiative Partnership Formed to Establish Graduate
Medical Education in Eritrea
NORFOLK, VA -- (12/04/2006; 0912)(EIS) --
WHAT: Physicians for Peace is announcing a
partnership with The George Washington University
Medical Center and the Eritrean Ministry of Health
to jointly establish a pediatric and surgical
residency training program at the Orotta School of
Medicine in Asmara, Eritrea, Africa, starting in
July, 2007.
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Potable water supply project in Mai-Dima finalized
By Shabait.com
Nov 25, 2006, 17:32
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Mai-Dema, 25 November 2006 – A potable
water supply project built at a cost of 1.6 million
Nakfa in Mai-Dima town, Areza sub-zone, has been
finalized. The project was undertaken in collaboration
with the local inhabitants, the regional administration
and its partners. |
Hagaz
sub-zone: 2.4 million Nakfa potable water supply project
finalized
By
Shabait.com Awenjeli, 24 November 2006 -
In line with the Government’s relentless efforts to
expand social services, a 2.4 million potable water
supply project has been finalized in Awenjeli
administrative |
Eritrea's
mediation in Darfur controversial
afrol News, 22 November
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At a mini-summit on Sudan in
Libya, Eritrea's unpredictable President Issayas
Afewerki was urged to mediate in the Darfur conflict and
its spillover into Chad and the Central African
Republic. Eritrea earlier supplied arms to Darfuri
rebels, but has now reconciled with the Khartoum regime.
While Sudan's allies favour this mediation, others fear
it is a trick to swap mediations on Somalia and Darfur.
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Deki-Gebru gets electricity supply
By Shabait.com
Oct 23, 2006, 17:37
Deki-Gebru, 23 October 2006 - As part of the efforts
exerted by the Eritrean Electricity
Corporation to expand electricity supply to
all parts of the country, Deki-Gebru in
Adi-Tekelezan sub-zone has now got electricity
supply.
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President holds talks with Norwegian Deputy
Foreign Minister
By Shabait.com Oct 17, 2006,
17:44
 Asmara,
17 October 2006 - President Isaias Afwerki
received and held talks today with the Norwegian
Deputy Foreign Minister, Mr. Raymond Johansen.
In the meeting, both sides held in-depth
discussions on the prevailing political situation
in the Horn of Africa. Indicating that Norway is
interested in the region, Mr. Johansen lauded the
mediation role Eritrea has played in the East
Sudan issue.
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Mobile phone service introduced in Nacfa town
By Shabait.com
Oct 17, 2006, 17:28
Nacfa, 17 October 2006 - In
continuation of efforts to expand telecommunication
services in all corners of the country, the residents
of Nacfa sub-zone in the Northern Red Sea region have
now access to mobile phone service.
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President conducts tour of
inspection in Gash Barka region
By Shabait.com
Oct 8, 2006, 17:37
Asmara, 8 October 2006 – President Isaias Afwerki
conducted a three days tour of inspection in the Gash Barka region, sub-zones of Golij, Tesseney, Haikota,
Shambuko and Molki beginning from the 6th of October to
observe the overall agricultural progress and
infrastructural development programs thus far implemented.
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Access to potable water supply in Shakat administrative area
By Shabait.com
Sep 29, 2006, 17:40 Shakat,
29 September 2006 - The inhabitants of Shakat
administrative area in Karora sub-zone have now access to
potable water supply thanks to the construction of a new
facility to that effect. The project comprises the digging of
a new well, installation of solar energy power, construction
of a water tanker, as well as distribution of pipelines and
stations.
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 President
conducts discussion with department heads on agricultural and
infrastructure development programs for 2006/2007 in Southern
region
shabait.com Debarwa, 28 September 2006
President Isaias Afwerki today conducted
discussions with heads of departments and sub-zone, as well as Biddho Construction Company regarding agricultural and
infrastructure development programs for 2006/2007 in the
Southern region.
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Eritrea says Security Council has encouraged Ethiopia to
?defy? international law 25 September 2006
? Ethiopia has been allowed to defy
international law for four years and reject the binding
decision on the demarcation of its border with Eritrea because
the Security Council has chosen to encourage and support its
conduct, Eritrean Health Minister Saleh S. Meky told the
General Assembly today. |
 President Isaias holds talks with French
Development Minister
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shabait.com
Sep 23, 2006, 17:23
President Isaias Afwerki today
received and held talks with the French Development Minister,
Ms. Brijit Jirardin at the Denden Hall here. The talks focused
on the development of Franco-Eritrean relations, the
prevailing situation in the Horn of Africa, the role Eritrea
is playing to promote peace and stability in the region, as
well as the current global politics and the negative US
interference in the internal affairs of different countries. |
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WORLD MEDIA COVERAGE OF INTEREST
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 Instability
on the March in Sudan, Chad and Central African Republic
Drafted By: Adam Wolfe
http://www.pinr.com
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Ethiopia-US: Outsourcing the Somali war
Sunday 26 November 2006 01:00.
By Haile Kassahun |
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Somalia: Defend the
 Motherland!
26 Nov 26, 2006, 00:35
By Mohamoud A Gaildon
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister has just delivered to the parliament of
his country worrisome words pregnant with peril for Somalia.
Ostensibly, the Union of Islamic Courts, not Somalia, is the source
of a “clear and present danger.” But to deal with this “clear and
present danger,” Ethiopia will have to invade and occupy Somalia.
The words of the Ethiopian Prime Minister are, therefore, nothing
but a declaration of war on Somalia. |
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 Historic
and religious factors, and US backing, shaping Ethiopia's aggression
in Somalia
by Mahmoud Ahmed Shaikh (Friday November 24 2006)
"There is no doubt whatsoever that the Ethiopian regime is corrupt and
oppressive. But despite this the US government, which claims to be
working for the entrenchment of democratic rule in the African
continent, is a strong ally of Addis Ababa and of Zenawi." |
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Intelligence Brief: Rebels
Advance on the Central African Republic
Drafted By:
http://www.pinr.com
..The rebels are joined together in the Union of
Democratic Forces for Unity (U.F.D.R.) and claim to be former
fighters who helped install President Francois Bozize into power in
2003. They have demanded that Bozize agree to power sharing talks
with the rebel movement. The leader of the group, Michel Detodia,
has accused Bozize of only empowering those within his ethnic group
and of excluding the rest from power. Bozize seized power in a coup
with the help of Chad in 2003 and won elections in 2005. Before the
elections, C.A.R. experienced 11 attempted coups in just ten
years.... |
the Monitoring Group on Somalia:
the Leaked Report
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Letter dated … November
2006 from the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established
pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia addressed to
the President of the Security Council |
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ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN ETHIOPIA, 15-17
NOVEMBER |
Somalia in
mid-November: Sparring and Waiting for Someone to Strike
Drafted By: Dr. Michael A. Weinstein
http://www.pinr.com ,
13 November 2006
...With increasing militarization on the ground, other interested
external actors were constrained to take positions, most of them
following dual-track strategies of backing one of the sides while at the
same time calling for the I.C.C. and T.F.G. to engage in dialogue and
enter reconciliation talks. An emerging trans-regional polarization
pitted Djibouti, Egypt, Libya, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Syria, Sudan and
Eritrea, which backed the I.C.C., against
Uganda and Tanzania, which backed the T.F.G., Ethiopia and Kenya.
The north-south divide reflects a
convergent interest of the North African and Near Eastern states in
gaining a sphere of influence in the Horn of Africa through a unified
Somalia that would check Ethiopia, and the interest of the East African
states and Ethiopia in preventing the push south and, consequently, in
keeping Somalia relatively weak, if not divided.... |
Monday 23 October
2006 23:25.
By
William Church *
Director, Great Lakes Centre for Strategic Studies
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We're
in a struggle for the soul of our nation. Congress has just
given the President authority to detain people indefinitely
without charge or trial.
Outraged, and in
response, Amnesty International has launched a new campaign that
will fight to restore our traditional American values of
justice, rule of law, and human dignity. |
By
Sharmeen Obaid Chinnoy in Diepsloot, South Africa
Published: 13 October 2006
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"Corrupt culture"
revealed among African diplomats,
afrol News 10-Oct-06 05:06 |
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ናብ መስከረም ዝለአኹ ዜና ሓተታ፡ ከምኡ'ውን አገደስቲ አብ መርበብ ካብ ዘስፍሩን ንሓበረታን ንትዕዝብትን
