Funny enough we are told by Eritrean /“Ethiopian”/ Review article of May 28^th 2009 that Andargachew Tsigie the Secretary General of Gunboat-7 Movement is currently on a working visit in Asmara, Eritrea mainly holding talks with Issayas Afewrki’s regime on how to create a united front with Ethiopian People’s Patriotic Front (EPPF), OLF and ONLF. More on Ethiopia – Here We Go Again- The Gunboat Guys Did It As Predicted!

The following are Part 1 and 2 of the Ethiopian Review and eppfOnline.org interview with Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki. The translation of the interview to Amharic will be posted as soon as it is ready. Part 3, 4, and 5 to be posted on Friday and Saturday.

Hundreds of thousands of people were also newly displaced as a result of the conflict in Somalia. Fighting in and around the capital Mogadishu has led to 16,000 deaths, and undocumented numbers of wounded, among the civilian population since January 2007.

FT. (Djibouti) - There is a striking view from the road leading to Doraleh Container Terminal, in the east African state of Djibouti. The terminal, the first phase of which opened this year and will cost $400m to develop fully, lies on an artificial island in water deep enough to accommodate the latest large container ships. The approach is along a new, kilometre-long causeway. The huge, state-of-the-art container cranes at the end stand in stark contrast to the rest of run-down Djibouti City. More on Africa: Continent Rises Above its Problems

In multi-ethnic Ethiopia, diversity has been a serious obstacle to state building. In fact, the process of state-building has been bedeviled with ethnic tensions, squabbles and conflicts. Although ethno-regional identity politics, at least in its most violent manifestation, is a relatively recent phenomenon in the country, its seeds had been sown with the rise of the More on Pal talk Current Affair Room Distorted ETHIOPIANISM

“Clan wars, political wars, we were always careful to stay out of those,” said Sheik Omar Mohamed Farah, a Sufi leader. “But this time, it was religious.”

The African Union is calling on the U.N. Security Council to impose sanctions on Eritrea because of its alleged support of Islamist insurgents in Somalia.

The pan-African body said Eritrea’s ports and airports should be blocked and that a no-fly zone should be imposed over Somalia. More on AU Calls For Sanctions Against Eritrea Over Somalia Fighting

NAIROBI, May 22 (Reuters) – Somali government forces attacked insurgent strongholds across Mogadishu on Friday in a drive to retake strategic sites in the capital. Here are possible scenarios for the Horn of Africa nation: More on SCENARIOS-Somali government takes fight to rebels

Shabelle Exclusive: MOGADISHU(Sh. M. Network)—Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki who gave an exclusive interview  with Shabelle television and radio condemned the African Union troops in Mogadishu and said they could not keep peace in Somalia.

Speaking with Shabelle Media Network in his office in Asmara, President Afwerki said Ugandan and Burundian troops in Mogadishu came as an umbrella of Ethiopian invasion. More on Eritrean president condemns AU troops in Mogadishu