Egypt moves to mend ties with Ethiopia (Saturday Nation)

A 47-member Egyptian delegation has arrived in Addis Ababa to improve ties with Ethiopia after months of quarrelling over sharing of the Nile River water.

The delegation includes three presidential hopefuls and representatives of young people who helped topple president Hosni Mubarak.

Presidential hopefuls Hamdian Sabhy, Hisham Basetawsi and Bosayna Kamel, other key politicians and authors seek to convince Ethiopia to consider Egyptian interest in the Nile River.

Food crisis looms in Horn of Africa (UPI)

NAIROBI, Kenya, April 4 (UPI) -- The number of people who may need emergency food assistance in the Horn of Africa could grow if spring rains are low, the World Food Program warned.
"More and more people need help in the Horn (of Africa) and we're now on high alert over the impact of the March to May long rains," WFP Director Josette Sheeran said in a statement...Read more