Archive for: July, 2010

Welcome to the Blin Nationality Movement

By Fesseha Nair Many of today’s most pressing issues are human rights, self determination, nationalism international security and cooperation are all connected with identity and ethnicity. Blin is one of the 9 Nationalities/ Ethnic in Eritrea. All the nationalities in Eritrea are equal components of the nation Eritrea. Some Eritrean political elites call the rights […]

Eritrea says refugees not fleeing political repression

Jeremy Clarke ASMARA – Eritrea said on Wednesday the thousands of people who leave the Red Sea state every year were not responding to any political persecution, but seeking economic opportunities overseas. Eritrea, with its population of 5 million creates one of the highest numbers of refugees of any country in the world not at […]

Promoting National Unity, Cultural And Religious Co-existence In Eritrea

By Hussin Baqer Nowadays, the Eritrean arena is full of political contradictions that reflect the historical, cultural, religious, social and other accumulated issues that express the sum of the Eritrean situation. It represents all of the country’s factions and communities that are destined to live in one geographical area, one piece of land. The Eritrean […]

Correcting the Record – Statement from U.S. Embassy, Asmara

Correcting the Record A recent editorial entitled “NY Exposes American “Diplomats” Engaged in the Recruiting, Harboring, and Transporting Youth,” was replete with factual errors and allegations about Eritrea and the U.S. Embassy in Asmara.  In order to halt the spread of misinformation, U.S. Embassy Asmara issued the following statement. Allegation: Eritrean youth are recruited to […]

After Ethiopia, Eritrea will also be honored for Rwanda liberation

Liberation Day 2009: President Kagame presenting Prime Minister Meles Zenawi with “Uruti” National Liberation Medal and “Umurinzi” Campaign Against Genocide Medal (Photo: PPU) Kigali: President Kagame moved Sunday to diffuse a possible regional diplomatic fallout with the announcement that Ethiopia’s ache-rival Eritrea will also be honoured for contributing to the liberation of Rwanda, RNA reports.

Minutes of Eritrea-Djibouti pact signed

The minutes of the agreement to resolve the border dispute between Eritrea and Djibouti were signed at the Foreign Ministry headquarters here yesterday. The agreement was signed in Doha on June 6 this year by Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki, Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh and HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al- Thani as […]

Exiled Eritreans vow to launch Ethnic-based movement

SudanTribune July 3, 2010 (MEKELLE, Ethiopia) – Eritrean Nationalities that represent the majority of Eritrean ethnicity vow to join hands together in the efforts to step up struggle to oust Asmara regime. The Democratic Front of Eritrean Nationalities (DFEN) has hold Eritrean nationalities conference in the Ethiopia’s northern town of Mekelle, where

A Covenant of Eritrean Nationalities

Introduction In my name and on behalf of the Eritrean Congress Party, I apologize for the humiliation and oppression that has been meted out on the nationalities of Eritrea; our anger is directed, however, against the savagery that was inflicted upon the Kunama, and Nara peoples. This paper entitled: “A Covenant of Eritrean Nationalities” is […]

Libya: outrage as Eritrean refugees are held in single cell

Hundreds of Eritrean refugees who were transported in trucks “like cattle” from Misrata prison in Libya to Sabha detention centre, situated on the edge of the Sahara desert, are being held together in a single, dark and overcrowded cell, reports Christian Solidarity Worldwide.

Eritrean Movement for Democratic Governance (EMDG)

Political Statement and Program In the present situation of global economic downturn, it is an inescapable truth that our country, Eritrea, is sinking deeper into economic devastation than other nations. Despite our long struggle and perseverance against a number of historical challenges, the Eritrean people have never been faced with such dire political, social, cultural, […]

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