Archive for: December, 2009

“ዋዕላ ብራስለስን ድቡቕ ፖለቲካዊ ኣንፈቱን ኣመኻኽትኡን” ብጊላይ ቃሉ /ወዲ-ቃሉ/ ቀዳማይ ክፋል

ደምበ-ታቓውሞ ኤርትራ ንሓደ ወርሒ ምሉእ ኣብ ሕድሕድ ፖለቲካዊ ኲናት ከፊቱ ክካታዕ፡ ክማጎት፡ ክነጻጸግ ጸኒሑን ይቕጽል ምህላውን ንኹሉ ህዝቢ ብሓፈሻ እቶም ናይ ኢንተርኔት መሳርሕን ኣገልግሎትን ዝረኸቡ ኣካላት ድማ ብፍላይ ዝምስክርዎ ሓቂ እዩ።

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N.Korean Arms Cache ‘Bound for Sudan’

A Georgian cargo plane carrying North Korean weapons that was intercepted in Thailand last Saturday was bound for Sudan, reports say. Christian LeMiere, the editor of Jane’s Intelligence Weekly, told AP on Tuesday that the aviation path of the plane suggested it was heading to Sudan, where they might have been handed over to armed […]

UN Council to put sanctions on Eritrea

16 Dec 2009 23:51:01 GMT Source: Reuters * Diplomats: sanctions could be approved by next week * Of 15 Security Council members, only Libya is opposed By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS, Dec 16 (Reuters) – U.N. Security Council members have agreed to impose an arms embargo on Eritrea this month, as well as travel bans […]

Missing Eritrean National Team Players Resurface At UNHCR Offices – Report

The national team players disappeared hours before they were expected to take a flight home after the end of CECAFA challenge tournament on Sunday… The 12 members of the Eritrean national football team who went missing in Nairobi on Monday have resurfaced at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees offices seeking asylum. According to […]

IMF Executive Board Concludes 2009 Article IV Consultation with the State of Eritrea

Public Information Notice (PIN) No. 09/133 December 11, 2009 Public Information Notices (PINs) form part of the IMF’s efforts to promote transparency of the IMF’s views and analysis of economic developments and policies. With the consent of the country (or countries) concerned, PINs are issued after Executive Board discussions of Article IV consultations with member countries, […]

As Thousands Flee Regime, Eritrea Goes It Alone

By Stephanie McCrummen (Washington Post Foreign Service) Facing the prospect of U.N. sanctions and increasing ‘brain drain,’ young nation’s authoritarian president chooses defiance. ASMARA, ERITREA – With the threat of U.S.-backed sanctions looming over this isolated Red Sea nation, Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki recently summed up his defiant attitude toward the United States, and indeed […]

Eritrea players go missing in Kenya

Mon Dec 14, 12:47 pm ET NAIROBI (AFP) – Twelve players of the Eritrean national football squad have gone missing in Kenya, the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) general secretary Nicholas Musonye told AFP on Monday. The players were expected to fly back to Asmara on Saturday night after the team was knocked out in […]

Annual Prison Census 2009: Eritrea

Journalists in prison as of December 1, 2009 Eritrea: 19 Zemenfes Haile, Tsigenay Imprisoned: January 1999 The founder and manager of the now-defunct private weekly Tsigenay, Haile was arrested on charges of failing to complete his national service. He was last seen by friends and relatives in the Zara labor camp in Eritrea’s lowland desert […]

Ali Abdu denys mass arrest of Christians

December 10, 2009 Jeremy Clarke NAIROBI – Eritrea said on Thursday it was not aware of reports of an alleged mass arrest of Christians that a rights group says took place in the capital Asmara last weekend. Eritrea’s Information Minister Ali Abdu told Reuters by phone that he had not seen any reports of arrests […]

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