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From NPR News in Washington, I am Craig Windham. The second ranking Democrat in the Senate Dick Durbin of Illinois says President Obama is likely to announce this week his nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court justice David Souter. Durbin says M
The United Nations Security Council has voted unanimously to shut down its peacekeeping mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea after difficulties from both nations. From United Nation's headquarters in New York, VOA's Margaret Besheer has more. It took the
Eritrea reopened its embassy in Ethiopia on Monday. The official reopening came a week after the two sides declared an end to 20 years of a military stalemate. The countries fought a border war in which tens of thousands of people died. Ethiopian Pri
Eritrea Fighter Pilot Escapes, Calls for Justice for Jailed Compatriots Dejen Ande Hishel was a fighter pilot in Eritrea. He trained in Russia and flew during Eritreas war with Ethiopia in the 1990s. But in 1999, Eritrean officials arrested him. He s
By Peter Heinlein Zelanbesa, Ethiopia 12 February 2008 United Nations is set to begin withdrawing peacekeeping forces from Eritrea as early as Wednesday. Sources close to the U.N. Mission say the troops will be relocated to the Ethiopian side of the
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 23 March 2006 At least three aid agencies received letters from the Eritrean government this week directing the agencies to terminate their work in the country. The letters c
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 23 April 2007 Kenya will ask Eritrea to re-join a regional grouping of countries that spearheads peace and development efforts in the Horn of Africa and East Africa. Eritrea withdrew from the organization Saturday widely bel
By Catherine Maddux Washington 19 December 2006 A recent report issued by the Council on Foreign Relations says unresolved tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea could inflame an already dangerous situation in neighboring Somalia. VOA's Catherine Mad
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 26 September 2007 A senior Eritrean official says U.S. support for Ethiopia as an anti-terror ally is encouraging the regional giant to take an aggressive stance against Eritrea. The statement follows a threat Tuesday by Ethiopi
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 27 April 2006 Eritrea's presidential spokesman says his country is pursuing a long-term food security strategy that largely shuns foreign food aid as a way of making the coun
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 30 January 2007 The United Nations is reducing the size of its peacekeeping mission along the Ethiopia-Eritrea frontier. VOA's correspondent at the U.N. Peter Heinlein reports the cutback is a sign of the Council's e
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 12 June 2006 The presidents of Sudan and Eritrea met in the Sudanese capital Khartoum in a bid to improve relations between the two countries. The leaders were expected to discuss the rebellion taking place in eastern Sudan
By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 25 October 2007 Ethiopia and Eritrea are blaming each other as a commission set up to adjudicate their border dispute prepares to finish its work without finding a mutually acceptable settlement. VOA's Peter Heinlein rep
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 16 October 2007 A new survey on press freedom ranks the isolated nation of Eritrea worst among 169 countries. As Nick Wadhams reports from Nairobi, the Horn of Africa country gained the dubious distinction after four reporters
By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 17 December 2007 Tensions rose along the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea during the year in advance of a November 30 settlement deadline set by an international boundary commission. At year's end, the Horn of Africa
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 06 September 2006 The Eritrean government has expelled five U.N. staff members on spying allegations. Four out of the five are members of the U.N. Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea. The fifth was formerly a security coordinat
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 10 December 2007 An Eritrean human rights group is accusing the governments of Sudan and Eritrea of working together to round up and deport Eritreans who have sought refuge from Eritrea's authoritarian government. Nick Wadhams
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 11 July 2007 An international media group says Eritrea is jailing more journalists than any other nation in Africa. As Nick Wadhams reports from our East Africa bureau in Nairobi, the harsh conditions have forced many journali
United Nations peacekeepers prepared to leave the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea, with the mission's mandate set to expire at midnight. As Derek Kilner reports from VOA's East Africa bureau in Nairobi, the governments of both Eritrea and Ethiop
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: This week, we've been hearing about the changes underway in Ethiopia. One is that two traditional enemies - Ethiopia and Eritrea - have officially declared peace after decades of conflict. There is now free movement of people and g