Priest ‘kidnapped’ on Christmas Day after men lure him into car
Source: Liverpool Echo Three men were arrested after the priest was reportedly abducted
ኣመሪካ ኣብ ልዕሊ ሰበ-ስልጣን መንግስቲ ኤርትራን ትካላት ህግደፍን ማዕቀብ ኣንቢራ
VOA ክፍሊ ወጻኢ ጉዳያት ኣመሪካን ክፍሊ ገንዘብ (ትረጀሪ)ን፡ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ኣብ ግጭት ኢትዮጵያ ብዝጻወቶ ዘሎ ኣሉታዊ ተራ ሎሚ 12 ሕዳር 2021 ማዕቀብ ኣንቢሩ። ኣብቲ ካብ ቤት ጽሕፈት ወጻኢ ጉዳያት ኣመሪካ ዝወጸ መግለጺ ከም ዘነጽሮ፡ እቲ ማዕቀብ ኣካል’ቲ ብፕረዚደንት ጆ ባይደን 17 መስከረም ዝተፈረመ ፕረዚደትናዊ ትእዛዝ’ዩ። መግለጺ ክፍሊ ወጻኢ ጉዳያት ከም ዘመልክቶ፡ ኤርትራ፡ ካብ ትግራይ ሰራዊታ…
ERITREA: HOW DID WE GET HERE?
By The New Internationalist A one-party political system, mass disappearances and a total ban on non-state media – Alex Jackson of Amnesty explains how the anti-colonial promise of Eritrea turned into one of the largest producers of refugees worldwide. It is more than a quarter of a century since the day when I first arrived in Eritrea…
ገዲም በዓል ሞያን ተጋዳላይን ወዲ ገብሩ ዓሪፉ
ወዲ ገብሩ በዓል ዓቢ ራኢ ከም ምንባሩ መጠን ካብ ንእስነቱ ኣትሒዙ ክሳብ ዕለተ ናጽነት ንዝካየድ ዝነበረ ብረታዊ ቃልሲ ዘበራብሩን ንህዝቢ ሓቦ ዘስንቑን ደርፍታቱ ብምቕራብ ኣብ ሕልና ኩሉ ኤርትራዊ ተሰሪጹ እዩ። ብድሕሪ ናጽነት እንተኾነ እውን ደኺመ ከይበለ ሓድነት ህዝብና ዘውሕስን ንፍትሕን ራህዋን ዝእምት ደርፍታቱ ብተኸታታሊ ከቕርብ ዝጸንሐ ዜጋና እዩ። ልዕሊ ዝኾነ እዋን ሎሚ ናቱ ግደ ኣብ…
Statement by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on the situation of Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region
I am extremely concerned about the conditions of Eritrean refugees in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. Since the outbreak of hostilities in November 2020, they have been deeply affected by the violence and insecurity that has engulfed the region. They have been caught up between warring groups, two refugee camps have been completely destroyed, and…
Monday’s critical hearing will shape American policy towards the Horn – Sanctions against Eritrea need to be on the table
By Martin Plaut Speaking to the US Senate On Monday the US Senate Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a closed meeting to hear a report-back from President Biden’s Horn of Africa Special Envoy, Jeffrey Feltman and other top officials. The session is entitled: “Challenges and Opportunities for the United States in the Horn of Africa.” Since it…
Eritrean regime announces election of new Patriarch whilst current Patriarch remains under house arrest
Source: Human Rights Concern – Eritrea 17 May 2021 The Eritrean regime announced on 13th May 2021 that “His Reverend Abune Qerlos has been elected as 5th Patriarch of Eritrea’s Orthodox Tewahdo Church in an election conducted today in Asmara… The official consecration of Abune Qerlos will take place on June 13th.” The announcement justified this event…
Abiy Ahmed Has Condemned Ethiopia to Dissolution
By THE NATIONAL INTEREST By choosing unilateralism over negotiation, Abiy may have cemented his legacy not as a Nobel Peace Laureate, but rather as the man who ended a country whose history dates back millennia.by Michael Rubin The war in Ethiopia’s Tigray Province is now more than six months old. Jeffrey Feltman, the Biden administration’s special envoy,…
Seven years ago, the European Union was warned it’s Eritrea strategy would fail – it just has
By Martin Plaut The European Union has finally accepted that it’s attempt to improve relations with Eritrea by providing aid would fail. The document below, signed by Eritrean human rights groups in 2014, warned them this was inevitable. Back in 2014 we argued: “As we shall show, attempts at a ‘new engagement’ have been tried before –…