African Leaders Boycott AU Famine Fund Raising Event in Addis Ababa

By Argaw Ashine (AfricaReview), Almost all invited heads of state were absent from the African Union’s fundraiser here for the drought-ravaged Horn of Africa, despite the bloc having pushed back the event by three weeks in order to get more high level attendance. Only host Meles Zenawi, AU chairman and Equatorial Guinea President, Obiang Nguema […]

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Johnnie Carson’s Reprehensible Hypocrisy: Opinion

By Filmon Tesfay, On July 19, 2011, in a briefing at the State department meant to bring attention to the drought and famine conditions afflicting over 11 million people in the horn of Africa, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson reprehensibly stated “there are many more in need in Eritrea, where a […]

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