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...become. Last December the forces of Ethiopia, a prime U.S. ally in Africa and a major recipient of U.S. military aid, invaded Somalia to depose a radical Islamist regime, and Ethiopia received significant U.S. logistical support as the operation unfolded. But today the East African nation--indeed, the whole Horn of Africa--is again in chaos. Ethiopia and Eritrea, which split from Ethiopia in 1993, are on the verge of war (they fought a bitter conflict from 1998 to 2000), and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer has said that she is considering naming Eritrea...
...counter this perceived threat, in 2002 the U.S. opened a military base in Djibouti--the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa--and a Pentagon source says other moves are under discussion to enhance the U.S. support role across the continent. In 2003, Washington allocated $100 million to the East Africa Counter-Terrorism Initiative, an interagency task force focused on the continent. The U.S. Navy's Sixth Fleet, based in Gaeta, Italy, now spends much of its time patrolling the coasts of Africa. This year, using another $100 million allocated to Africa under the Global Peace Operations Initiative, U.S. soldiers...
...from clear how the U.S. might do that. Yet, however terrible war in the Horn of Africa may be, experience suggests that hunger kills more people there than guns do. According to the U.N., since Ethiopia invaded Somalia, 503,000 refugees have fled Mogadishu to live in hovels of twigs and plastic bags in the bush. A year ago, there were 370 refugee families at a refugee camp 30 miles (48 km) from Mogadishu. Six months later, the camp sheltered 20,000 people. Hawa Abdi, a Somali doctor after whom the camp is named, told TIME this summer, "We need...
...Nemanja Pucarevic led the team with four goals and an assist.Harvard couldn’t contain the Eastern Europeans as the lead swelled to nine by halftime. By the end of the third quarter, that gap had widened to 15-2.Regardless of the score, the Crimson fought until the final horn, outscoring St. Francis in the fourth.Sophomore Egen Atkinson led the team with two goals, and Connolly posted 12 saves.The loss dropped Harvard into the third-place game against George Washington and moved St. Francis into a championship showdown with No. 1 seed Navy.HARVARD 9, JOHNS HOPKINS...
...interest. Pirates based there regularly strike ships heading to and from the Suez Canal, and attacks have rocketed this year. The conflict in Somalia - which pits Ethiopian and T.F.G. troops against Somali rebels, backed by Eritrea - also has the potential to ignite a larger regional war that engulfs the Horn of Africa. Last week, Ban Ki-Moon expressed serious concern about the military buildup along the Eritrea-Ethiopia border, while State Department spokesman Sean McCormack urged Eritrea and Ethiopia to pull back troops from key border areas and use "maximum restraint" to avert...