Written by BosNewsLife Africa ServiceSunday, 06 December 2009 12:53 Fresh reports of persecution of Christians comes at a time when Eritreans have been coping with food and milk shortages with long food lines seen in several parts of the country. Via The New York TimesASMARA, ERITREA (BosNewsLife)– Several churches in Eritrea were without their leaders…
Written by The Washington PostTuesday, 15 December 2009 20:49 Facing the prospect of U.N. sanctions and increasing ‘brain drain,’ young nation’s authoritarian president chooses defianceBy Stephanie McCrummenWashington Post Foreign ServiceMonday, December 14, 2009 ASMARA, ERITREA — With the threat of U.S.-backed sanctions looming over this isolated Red Sea nation, Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki recently summed…
Written by REUTERSMonday, 12 October 2009 00:10 Mineral sector important for economic growthEritrea says isolated deaths won’t destabilise industry ASMARA, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Three Eritreans working for Australian company Chalice Gold Mines Limited (CHN.AX: Quote) have been killed in a shooting incident in the Red Sea state, the company said in a statement on…
Written by THE BUFFALO NEWSMonday, 12 October 2009 00:20The United States, which warned in July that Eritrea could soon face sanctions unless it stops support for Somali extremists, said it was time for the international community to address the country’s destabilizing impact on Somalia and the region. And Russia called on countries in the region…
Written by Irish TimesTuesday, 13 October 2009 21:58 CLIMATE CHANGE is wreaking havoc in the world’s coffee and tea growing regions and the next decade is likely to see many of the areas in which these crops are grown rendered unsuitable for cultivation, according to experts. This bleak forecast has emerged from an initiative called…
Written by Herui T BairuTuesday, 09 September 2008 01:00 Inter Africa Group Conference9/9/2008 12:33:25 PMThis paper was written in the spirit of exchange of views regarding the security puzzle in our region. The seminar gave me the opportunity to emphasize that winds of peace are blowing from Asmara. It is the hope of the Eritrean…
Eritrea has a deserved reputation as an arms depot for various radical and rebel groups around the world. Sri Lanka’s government has accused Eritrea of providing arms to the recently defeated LTTE rebels (who fought for over two decades to partition the island nation).Now an Eritrean dissident is accusing Eritrea of supplying rebels in Yemen…
On November 12, General Sebhat Efrem, Eritrea’s minister of defense, left Eritrea accompanying a military team that included a cartographer, communication officer (code operator) and an intelligence officer. The destination or the purpose of the visit is unknown: it was not announced in the state-owned media and even senior military officers are unaware. But he has, according…
Fresh reports of persecution of Christians comes at a time when Eritreans have been coping with food and milk shortages with long food lines seen in several parts of the country. Via The New York TimesASMARA, ERITREA (BosNewsLife)– Several churches in Eritrea were without their leaders or other believers Sunday, December 21, as a government-backed…