Mr. Donald Kipkorir’s recently proposed in a column in the Daily Nation (October 3) that Kenya and Ethiopia divide and annex Somalia along 40 latitude, i.e. draw a straight line to the Indian Ocean from the point at which the borders of the three countries meet near the town of Mandera. More on Mr. Kipkorir: The first African “neo-con”

Oxfam has reported that the number of Ethiopians needing emergency food assistance has jumped to 6.4 million from 4.6 million in June. It cited United Nations figures that there was a $260 million shortfall for agencies trying to address Ethiopia’s crisis. More on Ethiopian famine significantly worsens as Western powers fail to respond