Eritrea denies seizing tourists, blames Ethiopia
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Eritrea dismissed as "baseless  fabrication" accusations by an Ethiopian official that Eritrean  forces had kidnapped a group of British tourists in a remote  area of Ethiopia.
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Eritrea has ignored a U.N. deadline to grant peacekeepers on its border with Ethiopia access to badly needed fuel, but U.N. troops fear war could break out and have not begun leaving, a U.N. official said.
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Rwanda denies reports that thousands of its troops have entered the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Mauritania's security chief denies that an attack on his home was linked to last week's alleged coup plot.
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Five Europeans and eight locals kidnapped in remote north Ethiopia are "unharmed and safe" in the hands of Afar separatist rebels holding them over the border in Eritrea, an Afar community leader said on Friday.
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Five Britons with diplomatic connections were missing feared kidnapped in Ethiopia last night amid security concerns.Comment
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Five out of 13 Ethiopians believed to have been kidnapped with five Britons in the remote Afar region have been found by the security forces, the state news agency said.
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The Foreign Office said it was checking reports on Friday that five Europeans kidnapped in a remote part of Ethiopia have been found safe and well in neighbouring Eritrea.
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Eight Ethiopian soldiers have defected to Eritrea over the issue of Somalia, Eritrea's government says.
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The government has been in contact with the kidnappers of a European tour group that disappeared in one of Ethiopia's most remote, inhospitable regions, Ethiopia's foreign minister said Saturday.
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A number of British nationals connected to government agencies are missing in Ethiopia, the Foreign Office said Friday as it urgently checked out reports of Western tourists being kidnapped.
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Two groups of tourists, including at least seven French nationals and five Britons, are believed to have been kidnapped in a remote and inhospitable area of Ethiopia where separatist rebels operate.
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Embassy hostages kidnapped in Ethiopia released An abandoned vehicle belonging to the group of Europeans who were kidnapped in Ethiopia.Comment
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The UN condemns Eritrea, saying hundreds of its peacekeepers are being prevented from leaving the country.
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said Thursday he had accepted a 2002-border ruling with the country&#39;s arch-foe Eritrea, but insisted on new talks on how to implement it.
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on Tuesday dismissed claims that rebels from the restive Ogaden region had defeated the military and caused one of his top aides to flee.
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The five, who were staff and relatives at Britain's embassy in Addis Ababa, were captured in the remote north-east Afar region, near the border with Eritrea.Comment