Written by The Washington PostTuesday, 15 December 2009 20:49Facing 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 up…
Written by ReutersFriday, 20 November 2009 14:01 UNITED NATIONS, Nov 19 (Reuters) – A draft U.N. Security Council resolution calls for an arms embargo against Eritrea and travel bans and asset freezes for members of its government and military for aiding Islamist insurgents in Somalia.The resolution, obtained by Reuters on Thursday, was drafted by temporary…
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 BBC NEWSFriday, 07 August 2009 01:59ሚኒስተር ወጻኢ ጉዳያት ኣሜሪካ ሂላሪ ክሊንተን፡ ምምሕዳር ስርዓት ህግደፍ ኣብ ሶማልያ ጣልቃ ምእታው ምስ ዘየቋርጽ መንግስቲ ኣሜሪካ ስጉምቲ ከምዝወስድ ተጠንቅቕ። ምኒስተር ወጻኢ ጉዳያት ኣሜሪካ ድሕሪ ምስ ፕረዚደንት ሶማል ሸኽ ሻሪፍ ሸኽ ኣሕመድ ኣብ ናይሮቢ ርእሰ ከተማ ኬንያ ድሕሪ ምርኻብ ፡ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ኣብ ውሻጣዊ ጉዳያት ሶማል ዝጻወቶ ተራ…
Written by Berhane TesfazghiFriday, 08 August 2008 01:00በዓላት ህግደፍን ዕላማታቱንኩሉ ህዝብና ክዕዘቦ ከም ዝጸንሐ ዓመት ዓመት ብስም ፈስቲቫል ኤርትራ፡ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ኣብ ውሽጢ ሃገርን ወጻእን ፈስቲቫላት ከካይድ ጸኒሑን ኣሎን። ነዚ ብምምልካት ጋዜጣ ሓዳስ ኤርትራ ኣብ ናይ 2 ነሓሰ 2008 ኣብ ትሕቲ ”ፈስቲቫልና ነጸብራቕ ባህላዊ ትንሳኤና” ዝብል ርእሰ-ዓንቀጽ ካብ ዘስፈረቶ ትሕዝቶ ”ሃገራዊ ፈስቲቫል ኤርትራ 2008 ትማሊ…
Written by The CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITORWednesday, 11 November 2009 23:50In a rare interview, Eritrea’s president Isaias Afwerki denies helping Islamic militants in Somalia, and says his country doesn’t need elections.Asmara, Eritrea – In this lonely corner of the world, the first sign of distress is the luggage. When one of the few international flights that…
Written by Strategy PageThursday, 12 November 2009 18:04Eritrea 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…
Written by ReutersFriday, 20 November 2009 14:01UNITED NATIONS, Nov 19 (Reuters) – A draft U.N. Security Council resolution calls for an arms embargo against Eritrea and travel bans and asset freezes for members of its government and military for aiding Islamist insurgents in Somalia.The resolution, obtained by Reuters on Thursday, was drafted by temporary Security…
Written by Gedab NewsSaturday, 21 November 2009 12:10On 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…
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…
