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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - June 26, 2008) - Sunridge Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:SGC) is pleased to announce recent assay results from diamond drill holes from the on-going drill program at the Emba Derho zinc-copper-gold VMS deposit in Eritrea. The current drill program which is intended to both expand and further delineate the current resource has successfully intersected large intervals of zinc and copper mineralization. Drill highlights: ED-202-D: 22.44 metres grading 1.13%...
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - June 19, 2008) - Sanu Resources Ltd. ("Sanu") (TSX VENTURE:SNU) is pleased to announce the discovery of a new gold and base metal anomalous massive sulfide gossan trend in the Koken area of its Kerkebet River exploration license (see attached map) in northeastern Eritrea. This discovery, 85 km north of Sanu's Hambok deposit, potentially marks the identification of an entirely new volcanic-hosted massive sulfide (VHMS) district in Eritrea. The gossan...
AFRICA is being torn apart. And as Ethiopia's rift valley grows slowly wider, an international team of scientists is taking a unique opportunity to plot the progress of continents on the move.The 28-strong team is led by University of Leeds geophysicist Dr Tim Wright, who has secured a £2.5 million grant from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) to study the seismic events taking place in the remote Afar desert of Northern Ethiopia.It's here that two mighty shelves of...
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Eritrea has arrested some United Nations staff working for a peacekeeping mission in Eritrea and Ethiopia on accusations that they tried to smuggle young people out of the country, the government's Web site said. "Members of the United Nations Mission in Eritrea and Ethiopia (UNMEE) were apprehended yesterday by Eritrean security forces while illegally trying to move property and youths out of the country by hiding them in their vehicles," the Web site for...
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Eritrea has arrested some United Nations staff working for a peacekeeping mission in Eritrea and Ethiopia on accusations that they tried to smuggle young people out of the country, the government's Web site said. "Members of the United Nations Mission in Eritrea and Ethiopia (UNMEE) were apprehended yesterday by Eritrean security forces while illegally trying to move property and youths out of the country by hiding them in their vehicles," the Web site for...
By Mohamed Ali Bile MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's powerful Islamist movement opened a militia training camp on Wednesday with trainers from Eritrea, Afghanistan and Pakistan, witnesses said. The presence of foreign trainers points to what many fear is a growing internationalization of a crisis that has split the Horn of Africa nation and threatened the slim authority of its interim government. The Islamists' hardline leader, Shiekh Hassan Dahir Aweys, attended the opening of the camp...
By Mohamed Ali Bile MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's powerful Islamist movement opened a militia training camp on Wednesday with trainers from Eritrea, Afghanistan and Pakistan, witnesses said. The presence of foreign instructors points to what many fear is a growing internationalization of a crisis that has split the Horn of Africa nation and threatened the slim authority of its interim government. The Islamists' hardline leader, Shiekh Hassan Dahir Aweys, attended the opening of the...
By Tsegaye Tadesse ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia said on Friday its army had killed 13 rebels and caught other commanders of an eastern separatist movement after they crossed from Somalia. Separately, Kenya announced the capture of 45 members of a another Ethiopian rebel group operating in the south, while an Ethiopian general who defected to Eritrea was quoted as saying he plans to take up arms against Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. The captured members of the eastern Ogaden National...
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A second round of east Sudan peace talks opened late on Monday in what promises to be a long road to resolving a lingering low-level revolt in the economically important region of the country. With peace deals already under its belt in the west and south, Khartoum's ruling National Congress Party is in a strong position to negotiate with the now isolated and weakest of its regional rebel opponent groups -- the Eastern Front. "Tonight we have a short opening...
By Pascal Fletcher KINSHASA (Reuters) - The United States sent its most explicit warning yet to Horn of Africa foes Eritrea and Ethiopia on Saturday to stay out of the escalating crisis in Somalia where they are believed to be backing rival sides. "There are many foreign elements in Somalia right now," U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer said, citing reports Ethiopia was sending troops to back the interim government and Eritrea arms for rival Islamists....
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The Spotted Sandgrouse (Pterocles senegallus), is a species of bird in the Pteroclididae family of birds. It is found in Afghanistan, Algeria, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Western Sahara.
The Savannah Monitor, varanus exanthematicus, is a lizard which habitat extends from Senegal as far as Eritrea and northern Zaire. The majority of lizard skin used in the leather trade is derived from this species. This is a robust creature, with powerful limbs used for digging. It grows to lengths in excess of 4 to 5 feet and in some instances can cause deep lacerations with its claws and tail, although these are usually unintentional traits. Its diet is wide-ranging, including giant...
