by GULF NEWSUN report described horrific torture, including electric shock, near drowning and sexual abuse Nairobi: Eritrea has defended its controversial policy of decades-long national service from which some 5,000 people flee each month, saying it has “no other choice” due to threats from long-standing enemy Ethiopia. Dismissing a United Nations commission of inquiry on…
ዋሽንግተን — ስደተኛታት ህፃናት ብፍሉይ ካብ ወለዶም ዝተፈለዩ ንዓመጽ፣ምዝመዛን ንግዲ ደቂ ሰባትን ዝተቓልዑ ምዃኖም ሓድሽ ፀብፃብ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ገሊፁ። ኣብ ልዕሊ ማእኸላይ ባሕሪ ዘቋረጹ ስደተኛታት ዝፍፀም አድልዎ ሰፊሕ’ኳ እንተኽዕነ ህጻናትን መንእሰያትን ግን ነዚ አድልዎ ዝተቓልዑ እዮም። ነዚ ብናይ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ትካል ሕጻናት አድሕንን ዓለምለኸ ትካል ስደተኛታት ዝተኻየደ መፅናዕቲ ካብ ትሕቲ ሰሃራ ኣፍሮቃ ዝተሰደዱ ህጻናት ልዕሊ…
Khartoum — The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says that it is deeply concerned about reports of the deportation of some 30 young asylum-seekers from Sudan to Eritrea. In a written press statement to Radio Dabanga today, UNHCR Deputy Representative for Sudan, Elizabeth Tan, said: “UNHCR is concerned that these asylum-seekers do not appear to have…
ዶክተር ኣልጋነሽ ፍስሃ (ጋንዲ) ኤርትራውያን ይኹኑ ካልኦት ኣፍሪቃውያን ኣብ ምሕጋዝ ካብ ትነጥፍ ዓመታት ዘቑጸረት እኳ እንተኾነት ነዚ ቅዱስ ስራሕ ጌና ብዘይ ምሕላል ትቕጽሎ ኣላ። ካብቲ ርኡይ ዘካየደቶን ተካይዶ ዘላ ስራሕ ከኣ ነቶም ጸግዒ ዝሰኣኑ ዕሸላት ደቅና ኣብ መዓስከራት ኢትዮጵያ ይኹን ኣብ ኣጻምእ ሰሃራ ካብኡ ሓሊፋ እውን ኣብ ትሕቲ ጭውያን ማእሰርትን ዝጸንሑ ዜጋታትና ከተፍትሕ ከምኡ ድማ…
The U.S. Embassy has received reports of gunfire at several locations in Asmara due to protests. The Embassy advises U.S. citizens to avoid the downtown area where protests appear to be more prevalent. Streets in the downtown area may be closed, and police continue to maintain a significant presence. Even demonstrations intended to be peaceful…
Efforts to reduce irregular and dangerous secondary migration among Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia are being undermined by the fact they are not allowed to work legally, a new report by the Overseas Development Institute has found. Researchers at the UK’s leading think-tank on international development have found that while donor-funded policy measures such…
y James Jeffrey Under the early morning sun in the most northern region of Ethiopia a motley group of Eritrean men, women and children arrive dusty and tired at the end of a journey – and at the start of another. After crossing the border under cover of darkness (leaving Eritrea without authorisation is a crime…
When people from across the globe gather on May 3 to recognize World Press Freedom Day in Jakarta, Indonesia, the recipient of the top prize won’t be there. He will be spending his 16th year in a secret prison in Eritrea. The awardee, Dawit Isaak, is an Eritrean-born Swedish journalist and author who worked at…
OPINION Twenty-six years ago today, Eritrea’s 30-year war of independence against Ethiopia ended with Eritrean freedom fighters marching to the capital, Asmara. Unfortunately, it took less than a decade for the grand hopes and ideals that Eritreans initially had for the future of their country to evaporate into thin air. The international media has limited…
መርጌታ ኣብራሃም!!!ሕጂዶ!!!ይሓይሽ????ማሰዶ!!!ይሓይሽ!!ወይስ ወዮ!!!ዓው ኢልካ ዘይብከዮ! ኩሉ ወዮ!!!ስራሓን ተግባሩ ማሕዮ!!በል እንሆ! ደኒንካ ብኸዮ። ኣማኒ እየሱስ፡ ኣቦይ ብምባሉኣቦና ከይጽምዎም ተባሂሉስድራ ከምጽኡ ኣሻሓት ዝኸፊሉገዛ ንኸይጸቦም ገፊሕ ደለይሉኣቦና መይቆም ኢልካ ተዓሊሉካብ ክራይ ኣውጺእካ ገዛ ተግዝኣሉናይ መርገታስ ንበይኑ ጥልመት ዝበዝሓሉኣብ ክንዲ ምርቓ፡ ንኣማኒ ዘንብዕሉ። መርጌታ ሃዋርያነት ረስዖማይድጋም ኮነ ብመብጽዖትምህርቲ ወንገል ብስልዖሃተምተም መባእ ከም ቃጽዖ። መርገታ ኣብራሃም ወዲ ማእከልመሲልዎ ከምድልየትካ ዝኽለልሂስቶን ብሕግን ብስርዓትን…
