Focus News Agency) — Washington DC. The United States said Monday it was troubled by claims of irregularities in Ethiopia’s elections last month after weekend results showed that the ruling party won nearly all the seats. More on U.S. concerned about election irregularities in Ethiopia

Sen. Robert Byrd’s endorsement today of Barack Obama was both oddly timed and illustrative of the state of the Democratic presidential race

Obama picked up the backing six days after he got flattened in the primary in Byrd’s home state of West Virginia. Obama can be excused for thinking, “Thanks, but where were you a week ago.” More on Sen. Robert Byrd, one-time KKK member, backs Barack Obama

By Martin Plaut Africa editor, BBC News /May 20,2008

Six million children in Ethiopia are at risk of acute malnutrition following the failure of rains, the UN children’s agency, Unicef, has warned.More than 60,000 children in two Ethiopian regions require immediate specialist feeding just to survive, Unicef says. More on Ethiopian millions ‘risk hunger’