Eritrea has accused the United States of trying to destabilise the Horn of Africa nation and halt its economic growth, local media reported.
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US accused of trying to destabilise Eritrea
Eritrean pleads not guilty to aiding terrorists
By LARRY NEUMEISTER (AP)
NEW YORK — Evidence collected by the United States against an East African charged with providing support to a Somali terrorist organization linked to al-Qaida includes lengthy statements he made to authorities, a prosecutor told a judge Tuesday.
US indicts Eritrean on charges of aiding Somali insurgents
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan unsealed an indictment March 8 accusing a suspect brought to the US from Nigeria, Mohamed Ibrahim Ahmed, of conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization—al-Shabab, the main insurgent army in Somalia. Ahmed, 35 of Eritrea, is also charged with providing that support, conspiring to receive training from a foreign terrorist organization, and receiving the training.
15 members of the Eriteran Air Force seek political asylum.
15 members of the Eriteran Air Force, who fled Eritrea in the past 4 days, seek political asylum at an undisclosed location.
UNICEF wants $24.8 million for Eritrean fund
By Jeremy Clarke
ASMARA (Reuters) - The U.N. children's agency UNICEF is appealing for $24.8 million to expand its programmes in Eritrea, where aid agencies say drought is causing widespread food shortages and child malnutrition.
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