Deaths in Mozambique highlight risks faced by asylum-seekers heading south

Exhausted Ethiopians rest under a tree in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado

province after walking from the coast on their way south earlier this year.

Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 8 February 2011

PRETORIA, South Africa, February 8 (UNHCR) – The deaths by suffocation of eight Ethiopians travelling through Mozambique has highlighted the little-publicized dangers that asylum-seekers trying to reach South Africa face.

Among the Ethiopian ruins, faith and worship

Source: Holy Post, February 8, 2011
By Rikki Ratliff
It was a mass of thousands, everyone dressed in holy white. I was one of the many who had gathered in Addis Ababa Stadium for the celebration of Epiphany, one of the most sacred holidays for Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia. The ancient ceremony, commemorating the baptism of Jesus Christ, brought the fourth largest city in Africa to a standstill. I couldn’t help but feel like a gawking heathen, gathering snapshots of a party I wasn’t invited to, but the high priest’s voice over the loud speakers assured me of my welcome.

Ethiopia: Project X - Turning the Energy Tide

Source: www.AllAfrica.com 07 Febreary, 2011
The Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) has launched the construction of a hydroelectric generation plant projected to have a generation capacity of 6,000MW, three times more than what all its dams currently operating are producing, reliable sources disclosed to Fortune.

Refugees seek refuge in cathedral

Source: news in english, February 8, 2011

Oslo's historic cathedral is currently housing around 50 hunger-striking
refugees from Ethiopia. PHOTO: Views and News

Around 100 Ethiopian refugees whose applications for asylum in Norway have been rejected marched to the Oslo Cathedral (Domkirken) on Monday and many then sought refuge inside. They’ve since launched hunger strikes in the hopes of winning legal residence permission.

Updated: Ethiopians hunger strike against Norwegian asylum policy

Demonstrants in Stavanger
©2011 Michael Sandelson/The Foreigner

Source:  The foreigner, 8th February 2011
OSLO/STAVANGER: Ethiopian Asylum Seekers are on hunger strike at Oslo Cathedral protesting against the UDI’s (Norwegian Immigration Bureau) handling of their cases.

Bush: Ethiopians show culture, art and determination

Source: Pekin Times.com, Feb 08, 2011
PEKIN, Ill. — Ethiopia is a land-locked country in the horn of Africa that is about twice the size of Texas. Many facets of the country sit in opposition with each other.

Ethiopia aims to join WTO without opening up sectors

Tue Feb 8, 2011
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia said on Tuesday it expected to gain entry to the World Trade Organisation soon without giving way to foreign demands that it open up its banking and telecoms sectors.