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…
Written by The Economist ACROSS THE Horn of Africa evidence is mounting that relations with Gulf countries are growing stronger. Last month representatives from Djibouti, Sudan and Somalia gathered in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, to discuss the creation of a new Red Sea security alliance. Three months earlier the prime ministers of Ethiopia…
written by BBCዓለም ለኸ ትካል ተጣባቒ ሰብኣዊ መሰላት፡ ሂውማን ራይትስ ዎች፤ ሎሚ ኣብ ዘውፀኦ ዓመታዊ ጻብጻብ፡ ኤርትራ ሕጂ’ውን ኣብ ኣተሓሕዛ ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ዝኾነ ምምሕያሽ ኣየርአየትን ክብል ነቒፉ። ብተወሳኺ ኣብ መንጎ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ዕርቂ ምውራዱን ኣብ ልዕሊ ኤርትራ ተነቢሩ ዝነበረ እገዳ ምልዓሉን ስዒቡ፡ ኣብታ ሃገር አወንታዊ ለውጢ ክረአ ትጽቢት ተገይሩ ነይሩ ይብል። “እንተዀነ፡ ወላ እዚ ለውጥታት…
Written by MEDIUM.COMIt is obvious that Ethiopia is planning to be a REGIONAL POWER not by default by a deliberately designed strategy. It is working at it. Inspite of its internal instability and re- calibration what reagional activists: political and civil must be aware of is at the center of this new and overt push…
Written by HRWPRESS RELEASE Shortly before this submission was filed, Eritrea and Ethiopia jointly agreed to end the “state of war” between them. (Joint Declaration, Jun. 9, 2018). Assuming they carry out their pledges, the countries’ intention to open “a new era of peace and friendship” will benefit the entire region. It is less certain…
ኮሚሽን ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ሕቡራት ሃገራት፡ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ዝትኣስሩ ብዝቐልጠፈ ክፈትሕን ናብ ናጻ ፍርዲ ቤት ከቕርቦም ጸዊዑ ኣሎ። ላዕለዋይ በዓል ስልጣን ሰብኣዊ መሰላት፡ ብዛዕባ ኩነታት ኤርትራ ሎሚ ንቤት ምኽሪ ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ሕቡራት መብርሂ ኣቕሪቡ ኣሎ። ሂዩማን ራይትስ ዋችን ኣምነስቲ ኢንተርናሽናልን ንኤርትራ ካብተን ጨቆንቲ ሃገራት ሓንቲ እያ ክብሉ ንዓመታት ክኸሱ ጸኒሖም ኢዮም። እዞም ተሓለቕቲ ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ኣብ ኤርትራ…
ዓዲ እንታይ ማለትዩ? ዓዲ መሰረት ወድ ሰብ እዩ። ካብዚ ተላዒሎም ቀዳሞት “ሰብ ኣብ ዓዱ፡ እኽሊንከ! ኣብ ዓውዱ” ኢሎም ይምስሉ። ቀደም ደቂ ዓዲ ከመይ ኢሎም ከም ዝመሓደሩ ምስ እንዝክር! ሕጂ ኣብ ምብምንታይ ሃለዋት ወይስ ኣብ ምንታይ ደረጃ ከምዘለና ከነማዛዝን ንኸእል። እምበኣር፡ ዓዲ እንታይ ትሕዝቶ ኣለዋ? ዓዲ ዝነኣሰት ሓምሳ (50) ገባር ይሃልዋ ንበል። ሓንቲ ዓዲ ክትባሃል ናይ…
Written by: ReutersThe top US diplomat for Africa welcomed a rapprochement between Ethiopia and Eritrea but said concerns over Eritrea’s human rights record hindered co-operation with Washington. The leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea re-opened crossing points on their shared border for the first time in 20 years on Tuesday, raising hopes of reduced tensions in…
After signing an historic peace deal with Ethiopia, and receiving unprecedented levels of positive media coverage, Eritrea applied for a seat at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). With strong support from the likes of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), this Horn of Africa country which has repeatedly been classified as “not free” by Freedom House,…
