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Backgrounder: Ethiopia, country on plateau Jan 31, 2003 (Xinhua via COMTEX) ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: Newly laid mines discovered in buffer zone 31 Jan 2003 (IRIN) "There will be no delay to the demarcation process due to demining efforts," Lewis stressed. "We have the resources, we are ready and we will continue to work, and there will be no delay due to demining problems." ETHIOPIA: African Union summit about to open in Addis Ababa 31 Jan 2003 (IRIN) Efectivos de la Fuerza Aérea uruguaya irán en misión de paz a Eritrea (El Tiempo) 31 de enero de 2003 Talk of 'emergencies' misses the point (IHT) January 31, 2003 ERITREA: VESCOVO ASMARA LANCIA ALLARME SICCITA' (Lycos Italy News) 31-GEN-03 ORA: 14:56 USAID Eritrea Drought Fact Sheet #1 (Reliefweb) 30 Jan 2003 Regional peace efforts lessen refugees in Ethiopia: UNHCR January 30, 2003 Eritrea in urgent need of aid as malnutrition spreads (IFRC) 30- Jan-2003 Nevsun Resources Ltd.: 6,500 Metre Diamond Drill Program To Commence At Bisha Property, Eritrea (Business Wire) 01/30/2003 01:16 pm Eritrea says Sudan government breaks internal cease-fire, hits peace process (BBC) 2003-01-30 Text of report by Eritrean radio on 30 January Sudan: Four thousand Eritrean youth reportedly seek asylum in Ethiopia (BBC) 2003-01-30 Text of report in English by Sudanese news agency Suna Extensive security at AU summit (News24 SA) 30/01/2003 13:28   "We have not got any confirmation, but I hope he (Isaias) will come."  ERITREA: Committee formed to coordinate drought response 30 Jan 2003 (IRIN) 132.000 kroner til Eritrea (Aftenbladet.no) 30. januar 2003 09:26 Ethiopia, Eritrea abused war deportees - watchdog Jan 30 (Reuters) ERITREA-ETHIOPIA: UN urges building "mutual confidence" 30 Jan 2003 (IRIN) UNMEE/PIO/PR/83, 29 January 2003 15th MEETING OF THE MILITARY COORDINATION COMMISSION HELD IN NAIROBI Some 150,000 refugees in Ethiopia: UNHCR Jan 30, 2003 (Xinhua via COMTEX) Eritrea & Ethiopia: Expulsion Suffering Lingers (Africa Daily) January 30, 2003 REUTLINGEN Skinhead in U-Haft genommen (tagblatt online 29.1.2003) .. Tags darauf fiel der 18-Jährige erneut auf, als er mit anderen Skins am Zentralen Busbahnhof einen 21-jährigen Mann aus Eritrea schlug und drangsalierte, der mit dem Nachtbus nach Hause fahren wollte. Hilfeaufruf der UNO für Horn von Afrika (Basler Zeitung Online) 29. Januar. 2003 Eritrea appeals for aid to ward off famine (Reuters) 29 Jan 2003 16:00 Eritrean president confirmed to attend AU special summit (Xinhua)Jan29, 2003 Eritrea: Libya donates food, medicine in aid of drought-hit people (BBC) 2003-01-28 Eritrean foreign minister returns from Pakistan; cooperation accords noted (BBC) 2003-01-28 Horn of Africa Could Face Humanitarian Crisis (VOA News) 28 Jan 2003 U.N. aid agencies are warning that instability in the Horn of Africa could become more serious if donors do not respond quickly to aid appeals. Near verbatim press briefing transcript of 24 January 2003 (UNMEE) Jan 28, 2003 ERITREA: DISPATCH FROM DEBUB (WFP) 27-1-2003 12:47 In this photo report from the field, spokesperson Brenda Barton exposes the full impact of Eritrea's worst drought in 60 years, which has left 1.5 million people in need of food aid. CARE: trying to overcome vulnerability in Eritrea (Reuters alert) 27 Jan 2003 Red Sea pip Khartoum 3 in Cecafa club tourney (Nation) January 27, 2003 Eritrea holds Yemeni boats (Yemen Times) January 27 thru February 3, 2003, Vol13 UNMEE to commence border demarcation in May 2003 Jan 25, 2003 (Xinhua) Saddam Reportedly Had Escape Route in '91 (AP) - Jan 24 10:52 AM In the 1991 Gulf War, Saddam Hussein had already packed his suitcase and picked a place of exile — Libya or Eritrea — then decided against fleeing because he felt he was not in danger, Israel's defense minister said in an interview published Friday. ERITREA-ETHIOPIA: Rights group says border ruling "favourable" to Eritrea 24 Jan 2003 (IRIN) U.N. investigating use of helicopter to fly Eritrean asylum-seeker to Ethiopia (AP) Thu, Jan 23, 2003 International Half Marathon races to be held in Eritrea February 9 (New Vision) 23rd January, 2003 ERITREA: High grade gold discovered 23 Jan 2003 (IRIN) US May Train Security Forces in Horn of Africa Region (VOA News) 23 Jan 2003 New High Grade Gold and Base Metals Discovery at Bisha, Eritrea (Nevsun.com) January 22, 2003 Nevsun Resources Ltd.: The initial exploration drill program of approximately 1,000 metres at Nevsun's Bisha and Okreb properties in Eritrea has been completed Read report>> Jan 22, 2003 (CCNMatthews) No Time to Lose - World Food Programme (IRIN) Jan 21, 2003 Norwegian emergency aid to East Africa (Norway post) 20.01.2003  The Norwegian government has granted NOK 9 million to Eritrea and NOK 19 million in emergency aid to Ethiopia.. Aid project flourishes in one of the world's driest areas Section: opinion  Date:Jan 19,2003 The East African country of Eritrea faced the most acute development problems: political instability, military conflict, poverty, illiteracy, environmental degradation and frequent natural disasters conspired to keep its people in awful deprivation Africa starves as rains fail and rulers reap profits (Guardian/Observer) January 19 2003 UNMEE media briefing notes 17 Jan 2003 17- Jan-2003 ERITREA-ETHIOPIA: REVIEW OF PEACE PROCESS 2002 17 Jan 2003 (IRIN) WARTIME WRONGS ON RIGHTS (csmonitor.com) January16, 2003 POPE APPOINTS NEW BISHOP FOR KEREN DIOCESE Jan 14, 2003 (Catholic Information Service) ERITREA JOINS ARAB LEAGUE AS OBSERVER (SyriaTimes) 11-1-2002 HORN OF AFRICA: "Stage set for success" in counter-terrorism, US says 13 Jan 2003 (IRIN) PAKISTAN OFFERS ERITREA ECONOMIC COOPERATION (AsiaPulse) Jan 13, 2003 ETHIOPIA PLANS TO SHUT ITS EMBASSY IN ERITREA TO SAVE COSTS? Ha! Ha! Ha! (msnbc/reuters) Jan 13, 03 ERITREA-ETHIOPIA: CASH SHORTFALL COULD DELAY BORDER DEMARCATION 10 January (IRIN) UNMEE MEDIA BRIEFING NOTES 10 JAN 2003 10- JAN-2003 ERITREA FOREIGN MINISTER ARRIVES TODAY (Pakistan Link) 10 January, 2003 ERITREA’S FOOD CRISIS EXPECTED TO WORSEN QUICKLY (FEWS. Net) Issued: January 3, 2003 -pdf DESPERATION INCREASES AS ERITREA'S WELLS RUN DRY (ifrc.org) 9 January 2003 ERITREA-ETHIOPIA: CONGRESSMAN URGES WORLD TO ACT 9 Jan 2003 (IRIN) ERITREA, SWAZILAND MAY LOSE US TRADE BENEFITS (Mail&Guardian) 08 January 2003 SWAZILAND AND ERITREA RISK LOSING US TRADE GAINS, 300 SET FOR US-AFRICA TALKS (News24.com) 08/01/2003 SECURITY COUNCIL URGES COOPERATION IN PROCESS TO DEMARCATE ERITREA-ETHIOPIA BORDER FULL STORY>> (UN NEWS) Jan 7, 2003 ERITREA-ETHIOPIA: UN URGES SIDES TO ENSURE SMOOTH BORDER DEMARCATION 8 Jan 2003 (IRIN) ETHIOPIA: ETHIOPIA TO IMPORT OIL FROM SUDAN 7 Jan 2003 (IRIN) 38 AFRICAN COUNTRIES WIN AGOA ELIGIBILITY Jan 07, 2003 (The White House) REP. FRANK WOLF TO REPORT ON RECENT TRIP TO ETHIOPIA, ERITREA JAN. 8 AT THE NATI... Jan 06, 2003 (U.S. Newswire) ERITREA'S HUMANITARIAN AND FOOD CRISIS WORSENS AS FUNDING CRISIS LOOMS (World Food Crisis) January 4, 2003 President Issaias’s new years message to the Eritrean people (Demtsi Hafash) Tour d'Afrique January 18th, 2003 Won’t include ERITREA due to Eritro/Ethio border closure ERITREA BANS ETHIOPIAN SONGS (BBC) 6 January, 2003 FALSE HOPE IS RIGHTLY DEFIED (THE AGE) Monday Jan 6, 2003 ETHIOPIA: INTERVIEW WITH BRITISH AMBASSADOR MYLES WICKSTEAD 6 Jan 2003 (IRIN) A WORLD OF EXILES (The Economist) January 5^th 2003 …Eritrea was able to tax its émigrés—nearly a tenth of the population—at 2% of their annual income. This helped to finance its awful war with Ethiopia … Speculations about why Ethiopia closed embassy in Eritrea (Amharic) (EthioZena) January 1, 2003 ERITREA: DEADLINE PASSES FOR ENDING REFUGEE STATUS 2 Jan 2003 (IRIN) GROUP FOR RED SEA BASIN STATES URGED (Gulf News) 31-12-2002 ERITREANS IN SUDAN TO LOSE REFUGEE STATUS, UN AGENCY SAYS (United Nations) January 01, 2003 A year of views in review (The Boston Globe) 12/31/2002 MARINES OFF COAST OF HORN OF AFRICA ..mission to build a coalition with the military forces across the seven countries of Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia, (New Bern Sun Journal) 12/31/2002 Ethiopia closes embassy in Eritrea Dec 30, 2002 (Xinhua)

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