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NEWS ARCHIVE
March 2001
March 4, 2001
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- Millions of Ethiopians voted in local and regional elections on Sunday, but the polls were boycotted by seven main opposition parties protesting alleged irregularities by the ruling party.
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SOURCE: CNN
March 4, 2001
ADDIS ABABA, March 4 (AFP) - Three Somali faction chiefs, all opposed to the strife-prone country's first centralised government in years, were Sunday set to meet other clan leaders for "national reconcilation" talks, one said.
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SOURCE: AFP
March 4, 2001
NEW DELHI: India has decided to despatch 1,197 troops for UN peacekeeping operations in Ethiopia and Eritrea, it was officially announced here on Friday.
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SOURCE: South Nexus
March 4, 2001
The International Committee of the Red Cross Saturday said it facilitated the repatriation of 690 additional Ethiopians and 357 Eritreans.
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SOURCE: Panafrican News Agency
March 4, 2001
ADDIS ABABA, Xinhua via COMTEX) -- A total of 357 Eritreans left Ethiopia Saturday for home under the auspices of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), an ICRC press release said here.
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SOURCE: XINHUA NEWS AGENCY
March 3, 2001
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - The International Committee of the Red Cross Saturday said it facilitated the repatriation of 690 additional Ethiopians and 357 Eritreans.
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SOURCE: Panafrican News Agency
March 2, 2001
Addis Ababa - In its 38th report on human rights violations in Ethiopia, the Ethiopian Human Rights Council (EHRCO) expressed concern over the exasperating situation of ethnic and religious conflicts in the country.
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SOURCE: allafrica.com
March 2, 2001
Gaddafi (right) has been the driving force behind the unity plan
African leaders have agreed on the creation of an African union.
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SOURCE: BBC World Service
March 2, 2001
The Eritrean Refugee and Relief Commission (ERREC) and the UN have launched appeals to the international donor community to support humanitarian activities in 2001. According to an OCHA press release, the ERREC appeal is for more than US $223 million. The UN Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal, which includes project proposals from nine UN agencies, totals over US $157 million.
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SOURCE: allafrica.com
March 1, 2001
NAIROBI, 1 March (IRIN) - The fourth meeting of the Military Coordination
Commission (MCC) of the United Nations Mission In Ethiopia and Eritrea
(UNMEE) was successfully conducted on Wednesday, according to a press release of the same day. Full Report
SOURCE: IRIN
March 1, 2001
NAIROBI, 1 March (IRIN) - The United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and
Eritrea (UNMEE) has set up a board of inquiry to investigate alleged
misconduct by UN peacekeepers, UNMEE's public information office said in
a press statement on Wednesday. Full Report
SOURCE: IRIN
March 1, 2001
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Simmering feuds between the two predominant ethnic groups in Ethiopia -
the Oromo and the Amhara - since June 2000, claimed the lives of at least
100 people and displaced nearly 11,000 others in east Wollega zone of the
Oromiya regional state in western Ethiopia, rightists said Wednesday.
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SOURCE: Panafrican News Agency
March 1, 2001
A new study by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has
highlighted the widespread human rights abuses suffered by Ethiopian
women trafficked to Arab countries. The study, launched in the Ethiopian
capital Addis Ababa last week, cites cases of rape, death in prison,
starvation, confinement, and physical abuse. Full Report
SOURCE: allafrica.com
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