News From Ethiopia this week

Ethiopia: Over 80 Percent of Urban Population Dwells in ‘Slums’, New Study Reveals

The Daily Monitor (Addis Ababa)
December 8, 2006

A new research that assessed policies and practices of the right to housing in four urban areas, namely Addis Ababa, Adama, Bahir Dar and Awassa, found out that the majority of urban dwellers in Ethiopia, estimated at over 80 per cent, are living in “woeful conditions” in slums and squatter houses.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200612081032.html

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Ethiopia: Regional Workshop Focuses On Promoting Adult Education

The Daily Monitor (Addis Ababa)
December 7, 2006

- A regional conference aimed at providing information, experience sharing and promoting regional cooperation on the possible extension of adult education started here in Addis Ababa on Tuesday.

The conference is designed to support the country teams by providing comprehensive information on the respective case or situation in their country to expand functional adult literacy (FAL), partners’ role and to make public -private partnerships in adult literacy work, according to the organizers.

http://allafrica.com/stories/200612070767.html

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Somalia: Storm Clouds As Rivals Prepare for Battle

The Nation (Nairobi)Matt Bryden
December 8, 2006

Full-scale war in Somalia is not yet inevitable: there is still time for both sides to step back from the brink, says Matt Bryden

Across the Horn of Africa people have been praying for a change in the weather. Unseasonably heavy rains have flooded low-lying areas, washing hundreds of thousands of people from their homes. Dozens have died, most drowned, some were eaten by crocodiles. Now, as the skies begin to clear and the flood waters recede, Somalia faces the prospect of an even greater calamity: war – on an unprecedented scale.

http://allafrica.com/stories/200612080134.html

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Ethiopia: President Calls On Public to Stand in Unison to Defend National Sovereignty

The Ethiopian Herald (Addis Ababa)
December 8, 2006

President Girma Wolde-Giorgis said nations, nationalities and peoples of Ethiopia should stand in unison in reversing the threat posed by the Union of Islamic Courts in Somalia, the Eritrean government, and other anti-peace forces to disrupt the peace and sovereignty of Ethiopia and to disregard the right of self-determination in the country.

http://allafrica.com/stories/200612080099.html

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Ethiopia: Yemen – UN Voices Growing Concern Over Imminent Deportation of Citizens
UN News Service (New York)
December 8, 2006

Despite repeated appeals Yemen has still not granted the United Nations refugee agency access to 126 Ethiopian boat people who have been detained for almost two weeks and are now threatened with imminent deportation.

http://allafrica.com/stories/200612080443.html

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Second day of clashes in Somalia
BBC News — Dec. 9, 2006
The Islamists have called for all Somalis to fight Ethiopia
Somali government forces backed by Ethiopian troops have clashed with Islamists for a second day in western Somalia, officials and witnesses say.
The fighting took place in villages about 80km (50 miles) south-west of the government base in Baidoa, they say.

Witnesses have reported artillery exchanges, but so far there have been no confirmed reports of casualties.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6164917.stm

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