April 1, 2005
What a week
On Monday, I started doing shifts for a regional paper out here called the Sub-Saharan Informer (no website yet). My new job has coincided with a highly unusual rush of big stories in Ethiopia.
I know it is lazy blogging to just list a bunch of headlines. But, for just this once, here is a run-down of some of the things that have been going on over the past few days.
Thursday
Ethiopia expels US poll officials - BBC
Ethiopia and Eritrea in Danger of War Again, U.N. Says - Reuters
Russia writes off Ethiopian debt - Businessweek
Nobel laureate proposes poverty tax on flights - IRIN
Wednesday
Israeli Ambassador Shot in Ethiopia - Officials - Reuters
Tuesday
ETHIOPIA: Fraudulent voter registration reported - IRIN
Prof Wangari Maathai to head new AU body - IRIN
And one top of that comes the Sub-Saharan Informer's scoop (more a scoopette) about eBay being accused of allowing the sale of smuggled Ethiopian treasures on its website. I will post that as soon as I get the copy.
Posted by aheavens at April 1, 2005 9:26 AM