Action Item: Eritrea Admits Theft of US Grain (Dec 10, 1999)
The Eritrean government (via its Eritrean Ambassador to the UN Haile Menkarios) has admitted that it has stolen grain shipments from the United States (USAID) and from the UN’s World Food Program (WFP) that were in transit at Assab and destined for Ethiopia. full story
Analysis: Sudan president lashes out at ex-ally (Dec 13, 1999; Reuters)
Analysis: Eritrean Landmines Pose Great Danger to Ethiopian Civilians (Nov 23, 1999; Embassy of Ethiopia)
Analysis: Somali warlord Hussein Aideed in trouble (Nov 23, 1999; Reuters)
Announcement: (Los Angeles, Nov 15) The Ethiopian Christian Fellowship formerly at the Culver Blvd. location for several years, started worship services on Sunday November 15, 1999 at a 53,000 sq ft megacomplex that it purchased . Over 900 were in attendance for services and ceremonies. The complex has an additional 300 people capacity auditorium, several offices, class rooms for the youth and a small church which is currently being rented by a Korean community fellowship. You can view the facility and and obtain directions for your next visit to LA at: http://www.ethiochristian.org
