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Illegal ivory still flows from Africa

Shoppers in Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok, are greeted by gleaming white ivory statuettes and whole elephant tusks, but what tourists don’t know is they have probably been made from…

New UN envoy could face uphill battle

As the United Nations’s new envoy to Ethiopia and Eritrea settles into his post, relations between the two countries appear as inflexible as ever. The appointment of Lloyd…

UN envoy faces obstacles on road to peace

As the United Nations’s new envoy to Ethiopia and Eritrea settles into his post, relations between the two countries appear as inflexible as ever. The appointment of Lloyd…

Fistula makes social outcasts of child brides

Meseret, from the Lalibela district in northern Ethiopia, was only 13 when she became pregnant. Married at 12, her underdeveloped body was not ready for the stress of giving…

WHO challenged on fight against malaria

A World Health Organisation (WHO) official in Ethiopia has dismissed an article in a respected British medical journal that claims the United Nations agency is undermining the…

Illegal crossings add to UN woes in Eritrea/Ethiopia

The problem of illegal border crossings between Ethiopia and Eritrea is adding to the woes of United Nations staff who are monitoring peace efforts between the two countries.…

Eritrea snubs UN envoy

The United Nations is meeting stiff resistance in its appointment of a special envoy to help end a border dispute between Ethiopia and Eritrea. Late last month, Lloyd Axworthy…

‘Rastas are serious development workers’

For decades the Rastafarian community, in their spiritual home in Shashemene, were not taken seriously and Ethiopians had even termed them ludicrous. But all that was set to…

‘How can they spill each other’s blood?’

A documentary on seven ethnic groups making peace in the southern Ethiopian Rift Valley is captivating audiences in the capital Addis Ababa, as the peace process between Ethiopia…

UN: Media must stop war-mongering comments

The United Nations has appealed to journalists to stop trying to incite war between Ethiopia and Eritrea. It said it is concerned about the increase in media hate comments on the…