Written by nprAbout a mile from the Eritrean border in Zalambessa, Ethiopia, there’s a small building made of corrugated metal. There’s not much inside, except for some sleeping mats and clay pots for coffee. But dozens of Eritreans have made it into a home, while they wait for the Red Cross to take them to…
Al Jazeera investigation obtains satellite images showing a UAE-controlled secret prison inside a military base. An Al Jazeera investigation has revealed new satellite images showing a secret prison built by the United Arab Emirates on the coast of Eritrea. There have been reports of prisoners from the war in Yemen being held there amid allegations of torture and abuse. Al…
The United Arab Emirates has transferred terrorism suspects from Yemen to a secret prison in Assab, Eritrea, according to former detainees and Yemeni officials. The facility on the Red Sea coast is part of a regional network of prisons in which torture and abuse are rampant, independent investigations by the Associated Press and Human Rights Watch have revealed. …
written by THE AFRICAN EXPONENTWhat happened to the journalists and politicians who were detained by the Eritrean government? “When I hear about people murdering, I wonder, What has to go through your brain to say, I don’t want him breathing anymore? What makes you get that angry? How can you take someone’s breath away? That…
Written by BROWN POLITICAL REVIEWRecently, the Red Sea has witnessed everything but an exodus of interest from regional and global actors. With a significant volume of oil flowing through the Bab-el-Mandeb (Mandeb Strait) (including half of China’s total oil imports) and internal military conflicts in nearby South Sudan, Somalia, and Yemen, the Red Sea is vital to the foreign…
written by VOAመንግስቲ ኤርትራ እቶም ካብ 2001 ዓም ጀሚሩ ሃለዋቶም ዘይፍለጥ ዝተሰወሩ ብርክት ዝበሉ ሰባት መብርሂ ንከቕርብ’ ኪኢላታት ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ሕቡራት ሃገራት ጸዊዖም። 18 ሰባት ዝኣባላታ ኮሚተ ናጻ ኪኢላታት ሰብኣዊ መሰላት፣ ብዛዕባ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘሎ ገዛኢ ኩነታት ብርክት ዝበሉ ሻቕሎታት ኣለዎም። ‘ኣብ ኤርትራ፣ ብዘይፍርዲ ምቕታል፣ ምስቓይ፣ መስወርቲን ካልኦት ከበድቲ መግሃስቲን ከምዝፍጸሙ’ ከምዝፍጸም’ውን ተገሊጹ ኣሎ። ደቡብ…
እዚ ክቡር ነጋዳይ!!!! ኣብ ሃገሩ ዝተርኽበ፡ ሕግን ስርዓትን፡ መሰል ሓሳብ ናይ ምግላጽ፡መሰረት ብምግባር፡ ኣብ ህሉው ኩነታት ፖለቲካ ኢትዮጵያን፡ ሕቶን ርእይቶን፡ ኮነ ትዕዝብቱን ክህብ ካብ ዝጅምር ዓመታት ኮይኑ ክብል እደፍር። ሕጂ ድማ፡ ትዕዝብቱ ናብ ኤርትራ ገይሩ ኣሎ። እንተኾነ፡ እኹል ኣፍልጦን፡ ሓበረታን ስኢኑዶ! ይኸውን? ወይስ ከም ድላየይ፡ ተዛሪበ መን ከይሓተኒ? እንተድኣ ኮኑ መደረኡ! እምምምም!!!! ክንብሎ። “ተመሊስካ ትርእዮ፡…
Written by CNNUpdated 2047 GMT (0447 HKT) December 11, 2018 (CNN)Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday announced the US has deemed 10 countries guilty of severe religious freedom violations. The nations — China, Eritrea, Iran, Myanmar (also known as Burma), North Korea, Pakistan, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan — were categorized “Countries of…
Written by NATION MEDIA GROUPEritrea has the highest number of jailed journalists in the sub-Saharan region, the latest report by the Committee to Protect Journalists shows. The CPJ Special Report that was released on Thursday shows 16 journalists are behind bars in this country. OTHER COUNTRIES Cameroon came second with seven journalists locked…
written by Ethiopia ObserverThe border crossing between Ethiopia and Eritrea closed this morning for reasons not disclosed yet, according to informants from the area. The main road between Zalambessa and the Eritrean town of Serha is no longer accessible since this morning after Eritrean soldiers were deployed in the area, sources say. The border was…
