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Geostrategy (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
A proposed U.N. resolution is calling for an arms embargo and other tough sanctions against Eritrea for supplying arms to opponents of the Somali government and refusing to resolve a border dispute with Djibouti.Uganda has circulated the draft to the 14 other members of the United Nations Security Council but diplomats said Friday no experts meeting has been scheduled to discuss it.Some council
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Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
In its “A Week in the Horn” report, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) raised issues on the Saudi Arabia – East African Partnership Forum, the preparation of Africa's Committee for the Copenhagen Conference, Ethiopia-Djibouti High Level Joint Commission, a controversial conference on Eritrea and the need of action in Somalia. Source: (Ethiopia) Waltainfo.com - Government statement...
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Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Finally, someone is doing something about Eritrea’s support of terrorism. Uganda has written a draft United Nations resolution calling for sanctions on the country for financing and arming the al-Shabaab terrorist group in Somalia. If passed, arms sales to Eritrea would be outlawed, the assets of members of the government and military would be frozen, and travel bans on officials would be instituted....
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Stockholm - More than 90 Swedish newspapers united Thursday in publishing a joint appeal on behalf of a Swedish-Eritrean journalist held in Eritrea for eight years without trial. Dawit Isaak was arrested on September 23, 2001 after the Eritrean gover...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
"On 20 August 2009, off the Italian island of Lampedusa, the Italian coastguard rescued five of the remaining 78 Eritrean passengers aboard a rickety boat set sail from the Libyan capital, Tripoli. While a number of European sailing vessels had passed their boat in the three weeks it had spent at sea, only one stopped to give them life jackets, bread and water. But it soon went on its way ...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Eritrea ranks at the very bottom of Reporters without Borders index of press freedom for 2009, released in October (see http://www.rsf.org/en-classement1003-2009.html), accompanied in the bottom five by North Korea, Turkmenistan, Iran, and Burma.
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Global Security (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
International experts and politicians are in Brussels for a two-day meeting on ways to harmonize European and American policy on Eritrea and other parts of the Horn of Africa.
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Christianity-is-not-leftwing (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
'Ten Christians from the same church are in custody after security officials raided the Asmara home of prominent pastor Tewelde Hailom. Officers raided the home of Pastor Tewelde, founding elder of the Full Gospel Church in Asmara {Eritrea}, on October 15, according to Mission Network News. During the raid, they arrested Pastor Tewelde's assistant Pastor Samuiel Oqba, a woman named Senait Tekle and...
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Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
In a rare interview, Eritrea's president Isaias Afwerki denies helping Islamic militants in Somalia, and says his country doesn't need elections.
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
In this lonely corner of the world, the first sign of distress is the luggage. When one of the few international flights that are still operating here touched down one recent afternoon, the returning passengers emerged from baggage claim as if from a big shopping trip. Old metal trolleys squealed under the weight of mundane items: tires, a laptop computer, tubs of detergent and duffel bags crammed...
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Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Asmarino website celebrates its 12th anniversary: “Twelve years is a lifetime for a website. As in an individual’s personal growth, Asmarino’s development went through various phases without altering the basic values it holds dear…”
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
On 20 August 2009, off the Italian island of Lampedusa, the Italian coastguard rescued five of the remaining 78 Eritrean passengers aboard a rickety boat set sail from the Libyan capital, Tripoli. While a number of European sailing vessels had passed their boat in the three weeks it had spent at sea, only one stopped to give them life jackets, bread and water.
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Sify (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
CAIRO (Reuters) - Djibouti's foreign minister accused neighbouring Eritrea on Sunday of arming and training militias to carry out sabotage in the tiny Horn of Africa country, and of fomenting chaos in the region.
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FreeThoughtManifesto (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
The Real Genocide is Playing Out in Ethiopia--And the West is Funding It By TOM MOUNTAIN October 22, 2009 Courtesy Of Counter Punch Asmara, Eritrea. As one of the first to write about the problems in West Sudan/Darfur, in mid 2003, and living side by side here in Asmara for three years with representatives of the Darfur, and other Sudanese resistance, my investigation has found no evidence of genocide....
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Pan-African News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Map of area in Somalia where attacks were made by the resistance forces against the US-backed President who was boarding a plane enroute to Uganda. AMISOM and funding from the Obama administration has kept the TFG barely afloat. Originally uploaded by Pan-African News Wire File Photos October 23, 2009 Somali Insurgents Attack Airport By MOHAMMED IBRAHIM MOGADISHU, Somalia — The Islamist insurgent...