Eritrea up to no good

US singles out Eritrea in Somalia conflict

The United States accused Eritrea on Monday of providing funding, arms and training to insurgents battling Somali forces and allied Ethiopian troops in Mogadishu. The state department's top Africa official, Assistant Secretary of State Jendaye Frazer, also called for renewed ceasefire talks to end the deadliest fighting that Somalia has seen in years. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was due to discuss the situation on Monday with her visiting Ethiopian counterpart, Seyoum Mesfin, officials said. The fighting in Mogadishu pits heavily armed Ethiopian troops allied to the country's UN-recognised interim government against a militia known as al- Shabab and other insurgents supported by the city's dominant Hawiye clan...

Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of 'terrorist activities'

The Ethiopian government on Monday again accused Eritrea of "terrorist activities" aimed at destabilising the region and of orchestrating the kidnapping of a group of Europeans and their Ethiopian guides. In an information ministry statement, it "urged the international community to condemn the ever-worsening terrorist activities of the Eritrean regime, as the regime has become a threat to the peace and stability of the sub-region". "The Eritrean regime is engaged in terrorist activities to destabilise the horn of Africa. The kidnapping of Europeans and eight Ethiopians is a clear testimony (to) Eritrea's terrorist act." The statement was published a day after the Ethiopians, who were abducted along with a British embassy-linked group on March 1 in northeast Ethiopia, were released. The five Europeans were freed after 12 days...

Chinese oil field attacked in Ethiopia

A Chinese oil company's field in Ethiopia has been attacked by unidentified gunmen, the state-run Xinhua News Agency said Tuesday. Xinhua said an official from the Chinese Embassy in Ethiopia confirmed there were casualties in the attack, but had no further details. China has increased its presence in Africa in recent years, including in areas seen as politically unstable, in a hunt for oil and other natural resources to feed its rapidly growing economy...

Posted on 27 April 2007 @ 15:26