ERITREA: Use harvest wisely, government urges
NAIROBI, 19 November 2008 (IRIN) - Eritreans should use the current harvest efficiently and share crop resources equitably because most parts of the country had received inadequate rains this year, the information ministry said.
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ERITREA: Food shortages feared as rains fail
NAIROBI, 3 October 2008 (IRIN) - A combination of poor rains, decreased food production and the knock-on effects of increased global prices would adversely affect vulnerable groups in Eritrea this year, aid agencies warned.
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YEMEN-HORN OF AFRICA: Calm sea lures African migrants
SANAA, 9 September 2008 (IRIN) - Hundreds of African migrants, mostly Somalis, have taken advantage of calm seas to make the perilous journey from Somalia to Yemen in the first week of September and more are expected, Hussein Hajji, the Somali consul in Aden, said.
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ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: Urgent need for dialogue after departure of UNMEE, says analyst
NAIROBI/ADDIS ABABA, 1 August 2008 (IRIN) - Tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea are unlikely to escalate immediately following the departure of UN peacekeepers, but a mechanism should be found to quickly engage the two neighbours, an analyst said.
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HORN OF AFRICA: "Urban poor the new face of hunger"
NAIROBI, 23 July 2008 (IRIN) - The urban poor in the Horn of Africa are the new face of hunger in a region where up to 14.6 million people now require humanitarian assistance due to poor rains, high food and fuel prices, conflict, animal disease, inflation and poverty.
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