Ethiopia attacks Eritrea

TPLF’s small-scale attack in Eritrean sovereign territory meets with failure

Asmara, 26 December 2007 – In continuation to its ongoing provocations against the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Eritrea, the TPLF regime has unleashed a relatively small scale attack at exactly 03:00 am local time yesterday December 25 in Southern Tsorona area of the Southern region upon dispatched Eritrean militias and security forces assigned to patrol the Security Zone, but was met with utter failure, Colonel Zekarias Okbaghabir Commissioner to the Eritrean Ethiopian Peace Keeping Coordination Commission disclosed in a press statement to ERINA in the evening hours today. READ MORE!!!

Jacob Zuma: Greatest Political Comeback

Does Jacob Zuma's great political comeback and his sweeping victory over the Mbeki camp entail South Africa going left? alla Venezuela maybe? Regardless, western news papers and corporate media have already pulled out their knives and are going for Jacob Zuma's jugular. Will Jacob Zuma and the ANC be deterred? Or will this be the start of exciting times ahead?

Somalia's gruesome reality Thanks to Ethiopia

Warning, this report begins with graphic images...Away from the international spotlight and largely unreported, the crisis in Somalia continues to claim hundreds of lives. The United Nations says in recent weeks thousands of people have fled renewed fighting in the capital Mogadishu. Aljazeera's Mohammed Adow is one of the few journalists to witness first hand what's going on in Mogadishu. (Aljazeera)

Sweden denies Mogadishu conflict

Swedish authorities have ruled that failed asylum seekers from the Somali capital, Mogadishu, can be sent back as there is no "armed conflict" there.,,,The Swedish immigration agency said that Swedish law says there is no armed conflict in Mogadishu because rebels there do not control territory. READ MORE!!

Africans United in Rejecting European Arrogance

... Europe has failed to move beyond their colonial-era past-times of economic and political bullying. The African delegates gave Europe an unmistakable cold shoulder on ...trade...and European political interference in African affairs, centered on British arrogance towards Zimbabwe....The British mainstream press likes to present the problems at the summit as the fault of the Africans, rather than the reality which is it is the behavior of former imperialists who, engaged in fruitless antics, results in them looking the fool on the international stage. Countries such as Britain and Germany seem to put more importance on dictating to Africa on how it should deal with its internal affairs than grappling with the critical issues of African development and progress. Britain has turned what is essentially a bilateral political rift between itself and Zimbabwe into an international issue in the face of opposition by Africa...Mugabe’s stance and the defence of him by African leaders resulting in a row of British red faces, could not but be an inspiration to those who believe in the Pan-African strength of the continent in its struggle for independence and development. ...as the controversy centers around the emotive issue of land distribution to the indigenous peoples, land that was forcibly taken by European colonial settlers. ...Africans are not going to back down from defending a fellow African state that is the main target for annihilation by the West. When the same interests who are supporting regime-change in Zimbabwe are behind all kinds of intrigue to grab more wealth from the land and people Africa, ..it somewhat exposes the real meaning behind Western clamours about ‘human rights’ and ‘democracy’. READ MORE!!!

Eritrea Ethiopia: UN pulling its peacekeepers out?

Aljazeera English TV news just reported, at 4:10 PM EST that the “International Community is pulling its peacekeepers out”, UNMEE, from Eritrea Ethiopia, after a deadline to agree on the physical demarcation expired Saturday.