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* Study shows 85 pct increase in fertiliser reserves * Australian firm says to increase mine life (Reuters) – Australia-based South Boulder Mines has upgraded its flagship Colluli potash mine in Eritrea to a first tier asset, after a study indicated an 85 percent increase in reserves, the firm said … more

* Meles says Addis Ababa has taken unnamed measures * Claims come a month after Ethiopia raids inside Eritrea * Asmara denies links By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA, April 17 (Reuters) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi accused Eritrea on Tuesday of abducting dozens of Ethiopian miners from the country’s … more

Eritrean Unity Movement in Norway When the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) (Eritrea-regimets ungdomsparti får grasrotmidler)  exposed the real intentions (Fire eritreere hoppet av i Norge) of the YPFDJ 7th Conference(Bevilget hundretusener til omstridt ungdomsparti)  held in Oslo in April 2011, the Oslo branch of the organization (through Smret Kidane and … more

Reporters Without Borders 6 April 2012 Reporters Without Borders has learned that the journalist Yirgalem Fisseha  Mebrahtu, incustody since her arrest in February 2009, was admitted to hospital in the Eritrean capital Asmara earlier this year. The organization is extremely worried about her state of health and concerned about the … more

Reporters Without Borders has learned that MahadSalad Adan, the editor-in-chief of radio Voice of Hiran, was murdered this afternoon in Beledweyn, thecapital of the central region of Hiran. His death comes a day after a suicidebombing in Mogadishu that left many dead and wounded, including 11 journalists. “Somalia isstill under … more

Reporters Without Borders has learned from its sources that two other journalists were injured in yesterday’s suicide bombing in Mogadishu while the Committee to Protect Journalists has named two additional media people as having sustained injuries. This brings the number of journalists injured in the bombing in the national theatre … more

By JOANNA PARASZCZUK Refugee convicted in plea bargain, asked to serve sentence in Eritrea. In a ruling published on Sunday, the Jerusalem District Court announced that it had sentenced an Eritrean man to 20 years in prison last week, after convicting him of the manslaughter of his wife. Alam Tiama … more

MOGADISHU — (AFP) Ethiopian forces on Monday seized the main base of the Al Qaeda-linked Shebab insurgents in central Somalia, the latest stronghold the extremists have lost in recent months, witnesses said. Ethiopian troops and fighters from the pro-government militia Ahlu Sunna Wal Jamaa seized El Bur town, some 150 … more

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Eritrea’s president said Monday that attacks on targets inside his tiny Horn of Africa nation by its archrival Ethiopia was the “handiwork of Washington.” Ethiopia said on March 15 it attacked three military posts inside its northern neighbor Eritrea. The country said it launched the … more