May 15 (Reuters) - Australia-based South Boulder Mines has handed the reclusive state of Eritrea an increased stake in its Colluli potash mine under the terms of a new joint venture agreement, the miner said in a statement. South Boulder, which had held a 90 percent stake in the potash project, … more
The U.S. Department of State continues to warn U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to Eritrea and strongly recommends U.S. citizens defer all travel to the country. This replaces the Travel Warning for Eritrea of November 29, 2012, to update information on additional travel restrictions, and to remind U.S. … more
The move comes following an email sent on Thursday to all police authorities in Sweden to not forcibly deport people to Eritrea. “From what I understand the Migration Board is planning to stop these type of forced deportations. That’s why we’ve made this decision,” Sören Clerton, head of the border … more
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan accused South Sudan of having supported rebels who launched a major assault two weeks ago, warning this could derail recent oil and security agreements between the African neighbors, state media said on Saturday. The two countries agreed in March to resume cross-border oil flows and end tension that has plagued … more
(Reuters) – Ethiopian police have arrested a minister and 11 other people on corruption charges, an official and state media said on Saturday, in the country’s most high-profile swoop against graft for more than a decade. Businesses in the region regularly complain of corruption as an obstacle to their work. … more
Thousands of political prisoners are being held by Eritrea in “unimaginably atrocious conditions”, says Amnesty International, and not one has ever been charged with any crime. The rights group says at least 10,000 people have been jailed for political reasons since President Isaias Afewerki came to power 20 years ago. … more
ኣህጉራዊ ተጣባቒ ሰብኣዊ መሰል ኣምነስቲ ኢንተርናሽናል ሎሚ 9 ግንቦት፡ድሕሪ 20 ዓመት ናጽነት ቀጥዒ ኣልቦ ጭቆና ብዝብል ኣርእስቲ ኣብ ዘውጽኦ ዕላዊ መግለጺ፡ኣብያተ ማእሰርቲ ኤርትራ ብዘይክሲ ብዝተቐፈዱ ኣሽሓት እሱራት ፖለቲካ መሊአን ከምዘለዋን ብዙሓት ካብቶም ዝተኣስሩ ሃለዋቶም ከምዘይፍለጥን ሓቢሩ። ኣብ ኤርትራ ዝሓለፈ ክልተ ዓሰርተ ዓመታት ንመንግስቲ ዝነቐፉ፡ፖሊቲከኛታት፡ጋዜጠኛታት፡ኣባላት ዘይተመዝገባ ሃይማኖታትን፡ካብ ደረት ኣልቦ ዕስክርና ንምምላጥ … more
Reporters Without Borders / Reporters sans frontières (http://www.rsf.org) 3 May 2013 World Press Freedom Day Indictment Eritrea – Issaias Afeworki, president Born in February 1946, you grew up in Eritrea, got a university degree from Ethiopia’s University of Addis Ababa and then received political and military training in China. After … more
BY TESFA-ALEM TEKLE, 30 APRIL 2013 Addis Ababa — The Ethiopian government on Monday has reiterated its readiness to hold peace talks with Eritrea to resolve their decades-long border dispute During his meeting with the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in New York, the Ethiopian Minister of foreign Affairs Tedros … more
እቲ ብስርሒት ፎርቶ ባህሪሩ “ሎሚ ዶ ጽባሕ” እናበለ ቀልባዕባዕ ዝብል ዘሎ ፍሹል ስርዓት ኢሳይያስ፡ ኣብ ስርሒት ፎርቶ 2013፡ ነተን ኣብ ጥርዚ ፎርቶ (ሚኒስትሪ ዜና) ተሰቒለን ዝዓረዳ ታንክታት ምንቅስቓስ ሰራዊት ወዲ ዓልን ብጾቱን፡ ብሞባይል ስኢልኩም ናብ ህዝቢ ዘርጊሕኩሞ ብዝብል ክሲ ን10 መዓልቲ ኣሲሩዎም ዝቐነየ ኣባላት ሚኒስትሪ ዜና ከምዝፈትሖም ምንጭታት ካብ ኣስመራ … more
By: Charlie Miller Two vehicles carrying 196 refugees of various nationalities were stopped by border forces near the Egyptian-Sudanese border on Monday morning, according to the Egyptian army. An Egyptian Armed Forces spokesperson confirmed earlier today that a convoy containing a total of 196 people was stopped by Egyptian Border … more
ደምዳሚ መግለጺ ጠቕላላ ጉባኤ 2013 ኤርትራዊ ዲሞክራስያዊ ኪዳን ኤርትራዊ ዲሞክራስያዊ ኪዳን ጠቕላላ ጉባኤኡ 2013 ካብ 17-21 ሚያዝያ 2013 ኣብ ትሕቲ ኩሉ ዓቕምታትና ንመስርሕ ደሞክራስያዊ ለውጢ ይኽተት ዝብል መሪሕ ጭርሖ ኩነታት ኤርትራን ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቓን ኣገዳሲ ምዕባሌታት ኣብ ዘርእየሉ ዘሎ ህሞት ኣብ ርእሰ-ከተማ ኢትዮጵያ ኣዲስ ኣበባ ተጋቢኡ። ኣብ ሃገራዊ መዳይ፡- ጠቕላላ … more
Last updated: Sunday, April 21, 2013 1:07 PM Saudi Gazette report JAZAN — An Eritrean female flight lieutenant, who entered the Kingdom two weeks ago to fly back a military Eritrean airplane that landed earlier in the Kingdom, told Saudi authorities that she did not want to go back to Eritrea, … more
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle April 18, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – The Eritrean government said this week that it supports Egypt’s stance over a colonial-era treaty that granted Egypt a right to utilise the lions share of Nile river’s water resources. The Red Sea nation expressed its support in a message sent … more
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NEW HAVEN — New Haven diners who ate regularly at Caffe Adulis from 1992-2008 knew the affable chef Ficre Ghebreyesus as the man introducing them to the exotic cuisine of his native Eritrea. What they didn’t know is that when the chef went home, he headed to his studio to paint … more
April 13, 2013 (JUBA) – Friday’s meeting between South Sudan president, Salva Kiir and his Sudan counterpart, Omer Ahmed Al-Bashir has widely been viewed as gesture of improve relations between the two ex foes. The two leaders, at a press conference held in Juba after their meeting, said they both … more
UN expert to assess human rights situation in Eritrea through neighbouring countries BANJUL (11 April 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Eritrea, Beedwantee Keetharuth, today regretted that the Eritrean Government continues to deny her access to assess the situation of human rights … more
Ethiopia and Qatar signed various agreements yesterday (April 10th) following the conclusion of the bilateral talks between the Emir of Qatar and Prime Minister Hailemariam. The first Agreement on Cultural Cooperation was signed by the respective ministers of culture. A Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the field of Higher … more
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Apr 10, 2013 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Sunridge Gold Corp. (the “Company”) (sgc:TSX.V/SGCNF) is pleased to announce that the Asmara Project Feasibility Study (the “Study”) is on schedule for completion as planned in early May. The Study is being conducted by lead engineer Senet (Pty) Ltd. on four … more