President Isaias receives credentials of 11 Ambassadors

Asmara, 16 February 2012- President Isaias Afwerki today received the credentials of 11 Ambassadors in a ceremony conducted at the National Palace.

The Ambassadors are:
Mr. Toshihisa Takata, Ambassador of Japan
Mr. Baba Gana Wakil, Ambassador of Nigeria
Mr. Sibabrata Tripathi, Ambassador of India
Mr. Bart OUVR, Ambassador of Belgium
Mr. Pavel Kafka, Ambassador of the Czech Republic
Mr. Moussa DIAKITE, Ambassador of Mali
Mr. Marco Antonio Diniz Brandao, Ambassador of Brazil
Mr. KINGSLEY SAKA ABDUL KARIMU, Ambassador of Ghana
Mr. Kim Chan-woo , Ambassador of South Korea
Mr. Fazil CORMAN, Ambassador of Turkey
Mr. Norbertus Wilhelmus Maria BRAAKHUIS,Ambassador of the Netherlands

During the presentation ceremony, the Ambassadors asserted that they would play positive role in strengthening relations between Eritrea and their respective countries and work for mutual cooperation.

It is to be recalled that President Isaias yesterday received the credentials of the Ambassadors of the Israel, Egypt, Sudan, Norway, Qatar, the European Union, the United Arab Emirates, Mexico, Iran and Indonesia.

President Isaias receives credentials of a numer of Ambassadors

Asmara, 15 February 2012 – President Isaias Afwerki today received the credentials of 10 Ambassadors in a ceremony conducted at the National Palace.

The Ambassadors are:
Mr. Guy FELDMAN                                  Ambassador of State of Israel
Mr. Mahmoud Hassan Abdelal               Ambassador of Republic of Egypt
Mr. Majid Yusuf Yahiya                            Ambassador of Republic of Sudan
Mr. Baard HOPLAND                               Ambassador of Norway
Mr. Mohammed Bin Essa Al-Mannia    Ambassador of Qatar
Mr. Marchel GERRMANN                       Ambassador of European Union
Abdella Meter Kemise Almezruie           Ambassador of United Arab Emirates
Mr. Luis Javier Campuzano                    Ambassador of Mexico
Mr. Jewad Terk Abadi                              Ambassador of Islamic Republic of Iran
Dr. Sudjatmiko, MA                                  Ambassador of Indonesia

During the presentation ceremony the Ambassadors asserted that they would play positive role in strengthening relations between Eritrea and their respective countries.

ውሳኔ ህዝባዊ ኣኼባ ኡምዮን ከባቢኣንv

ንሕና ኤርትራውያን ተቐማጦ ኡምዮን ከባቢኣን ብዕለት 18.02.2012 ነቲ ዘይፍትሓውን ዘይሕጋውን፡ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝተበየነ እገዳ ቁጽሪ 2023/2011 ንምኹናን፡ ሽማግለ መኸተ ኡምዮን ከባቢኣን ብዝጸውዖ መሰረት ሰፊሕ ኣኼባ ኣካይድና።

እገዳ ቁጽሪ 2023/2011 ልክዕ ከም እገዳ ቁጽሪ 1907/2009 ኣብ ሓሶትን ፍጹም ምህዞን ስርዓት ወያነን ምምሕዳር ኣሜርካን ተመርኩሱ፡ ብመገዲ እቲ ብጸላእቲ ኤርትራ ዝተመዘዘ ”ናይ ኤርትራን ሶማልያን ሞኒተሪንግ ግሩፕ ” ኣቢሉ ብዝተፈብረኸ ድራማ ምኳኑ ክንከታተሎ ዝጸናሕና ጉዳይ እዩ።

ነቶም ካብ ግዜ ናይ ”ጎይቶት ኩናት” ሶማልያ ጀሚሮም፡ ክሳብ ሕጂ ንሶማልያ ከም ሃገር ንኸይትቖውም ወተሃደራዊ ምትእትታውን ወራርን ኣብ ልዕሊ ሶማልያ ዘካይዱ ዘለዉ ምምሕዳር ኣመሪካን ወያነን ኬንያን ካልኦት ጎረባብቲ ሃገራትን ገዲፍካ፡ ነቲ ኣብ ሃገራዊ ቁጠባዊ ህንጸት ተጸሚዱ ዘሎ ህዝብን መንግስትን ኤርትራ፡ እገዳ ምግባር ከኣ ናይ ፍትሒ ግርምቢጥ ጥራይ ምኻኑ ብምግንዛብ ነዚ ዝስዕብ ውሳኔታት ነሕልፍ።

• ባይቶ ጸጥታ ነቶም ናይ ብሓቂ ሃወኽቲ ናይ ዞባ ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃ ንምፍላጥ፡ ኣብ ክንዲ መሳርሒ ምምሕዳር
ኣሜርካን ስርዓት ኢትዮጵያን ኮይኑ ዘሎ ናይ ”ኤርትራን ሶማልያን ሞኒተሪንግ ግሩፕ” ካልእ ዘይሻራዊ ናይቲ
ዞባ ሞኒተሪንግ ግሩፕ ክመዝዝ ንጽውዕ።
• ባይቶ ጸጥታ ንኽልቲኡ ብይን እገዳታት 1907/2009ን 2023/2011 ኣብ ፍጹም ሓሶትን ፈጠራን ጸላእቲ
ኤርትራ ተሞርኩሱ ዝተበየነ እገዳ ስለዝኾነ ብህጹጽ ከልዕሎ ንጽውዕ።
• ሃገራት ኢጋድ መሳርሒ ኣዕናዊን ሓንካሪን ናይቲ ዞባ ኮይኑ ናይ ዘሎ ምምሕዳር ኣሜርካ ምኳን ገዲፈን፡
ንህዝብታት ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃ ዘቀራርብ ነጻ ፖለቲካ ክኽተላ ነተሓሳስብ።
• ስርዓት ወያነ ንውሳኔ ናይ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ናይ ዶብ ኮምሽን ብይን ጥሒሱ ካብ ሉዕላዊ መሬት ኤርትራ
ምውጻእ ምእባዩ ንኹንን።
• ባይቶ ጸጥታ ሓላፍነቱ ብምስካም ሕጋዊ ውሳኔ ዶብ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ኣብ ግብሪ ንምውዓል ንስርዓት
ወያነ ካብ ልእላዊ መሬት ኤርትራ ክወጽእ ከገድዶ ንጽውዕ።
• መንግስቲ ኤርትራን ህዝቢ ኤርትራን ሰራዊት ምክልኻሉን ኣብ ዘካይድዎ ዘለዉ ንሉዕላውነት ሃገር
ንምክልኻልን, ቁጠባዊ ሕውየትን, ማሕበራዊ ፍትሒ ንምንጋስን፡ ኣብ ጎድኖም ደው ብምባል ካባና ዝሕተት
ዘበለ ሃገራዊ ጉብኣትና ከነማልእ ምኳና ቃል ንኣቱ።
• ኣብ መወዳእታ ንኣብ ደገ ዝዓብዩ ዘለዉ መንእሰያትና ታሪኽ ሃገሮምን ጅግንነት ወለዶምን ፈሊጦም
ብመንነቶም ዝኾርዑ ዜጋታት ንምግባሮም ዝከኣለና ክንገብርን፡ ንሻሙናይ (8ይ) ዋዕላ መንእሰያት ኣብ ሽወደን
ንምዕዋት ክንጽዕር ምኳና ቃል ንኣቱ።

መኸተና ጸላእትና ኣለሽ ክሳዕ ዝብሉ ቀጻሊ ኣዩ
ክብርን ሞጎስን ንስውኣትና
ዓወት ንሓፋሽ
18.02.2012 ህዝባዊ መኸተ ኡምዮን ከባቢኣን

Efforts underway to reduce illiteracy rate

Asmara, 17 February 2012 – Vigorous efforts are under way to reduce the illiteracy rate in the country, Mr. Gebrezgi Demam, Director General of Adult Education and Media in the Education Ministry disclosed.

Comparing with previous human resources, he explained that there was no enough education material for illiteracy eradication in the past and indicted that currently enough material is available, and that there is expectation for commendable outcome.

Stating that Illiteracy eradication is the basis for development, Mr. Gebrezgi noted that according to a study conducted in 2008, it has been confirmed that 65% of the Eritrean people could read and write. He further indicated that more efforts would be exerted for reinforcing it.

Mr. Gebrezgi also indicated that conducting special investment for those citizens deprived of education opportunities and creating the opportunity of education for those village administrators from remote areas in order to upgrade their knowledge and develop their administration skills as well as reviving extension programs, are among the future programs of the Department.

Moreover, he noted the role of educated nationals could play in development endeavors and reminded citizens to make good use of the education opportunities thus provided.

Sehnaoui: Jamming of Arabsat coming from Ethiopia

February 16, BEIRUT – Preliminary investigations into the jamming of Arabsat satellite transmission shows that it is originating from Ethiopia, Telecommunications Minister Nicolas Sehnaoui said Wednesday, calling on Arabsat’s operator to secure new frequencies for its transmission in Lebanon.

“Arabsat told us that the source of the jamming is Ethiopia and it handed us a copy of their complaint they have passed to Ethiopian authorities on this matter,” said Sehnaoui.

Speaking to reporters during a visit to a local satellite station in Mount Lebanon’s Jouret al-Balout, Sehnaoui said that the political atmosphere in the region is likely to be behind the jamming of certain satellite operators.

“The political atmosphere in the region could push some countries to take such a step and start jamming on some operators,” Sehnaoui said.

Several Lebanese channels and the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera have been jammed in the past year, and the frequencies of Arabsat and Nilesat network providers have been jammed since the pro-democracy uprisings and ensuing unrest in Libya and Egypt.

“There needs to be a permanent solution to this jamming problem,” said Sehnaoui, adding that contacts are ongoing with the administration of Arabsat to assign a new frequency for their transmission in Lebanon.
“Lebanon should be a [safe haven] for the re-broadcasting of satellite networks,” Sehnaoui added.
Sehnaoui, who was accompanied by members of the ministry’s Telecoms Regulatory Authority, said the installation of the fiber optics network in Lebanon would greatly improve the telecoms network in the country.

“The installation of the fiber optics network will end in October, and it will help in the development of this sector,” said Sehnaoui.

But he reiterated the need to cooperate with Arabsat and Nilesat in providing new frequencies to re-broadcast their channels. “Satellite networks should take the initiative to ensure new frequencies for the Lebanese channels because the jamming might be related to the political problems the region is going through.”

A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Daily Star on February 16, 2012, on page 4.

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Sehnaoui: Jamming of Arabsat coming from Ethiopia

THE KENYAN MILITARY INTERVENTION IN SOMALIA

The decision in October 2011 to deploy thousands of troops in Somalia’s Juba Valley to wage war on Al-Shabaab is the biggest security gamble Kenya has taken since independence, a radical departure for a country that has never sent its soldiers abroad to fight. PDF

SOCIAL MEDIA “TACTICAL INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION”: Spying and Propaganda using Facebook, Twitter

by Julie Lévesque | A new study by the Mediterranean Council for Intelligence Studies’ (MCIS) 2012 Intelligence Studies Yearbook points to the use of social media as “the new cutting edge in open-source tactical intelligence collection”. IntelNews.org’s Joseph Fitsanakis, who co-authored the study, reports:

“We explain that Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and a host of other social networking platforms are increasingly viewed by intelligence agencies as invaluable channels of information acquisition. We base our findings on three recent case studies, which we believe highlight the intelligence function of social networking. “(Joseph Fitsanakis, Research: Spies increasingly using Facebook, Twitter to gather data, intelNews.org, February 13, 2012)

What the study fails to mention, however, is the use of social media by intelligence agencies for other purposes. The study leads us to believe that social media is solely an intelligence gathering tool, when in fact, a number of reports have shown that it is used for propaganda including the creation of fake identities in support of covert operations. Those practices are discussed in Army of Fake Social Media Friends to Promote Propaganda, Social Media: Air Force ordered software to manage army of Fake Virtual People and Pentagon Seeks to Manipulate Social Media for Propaganda Purposes, published on Global Research in 2011.

The MCIS study is partly based on the “Arab Spring” framework which allegedly “prompted the US government to begin developing guidelines for culling intelligence from social media networks”. (Ibid.)

Again, this leaves out the fact that the U.S. Government provides “activist training” to foreign nationals to destabilize their country of origin. This tactic is detailed in Tony Cartalucci’s latest article, Egypt: US-funded Agitators on Trial: US “Democracy Promotion” = Foreign-funded Sedition.

“Cyber dissidence” is sponsored among others by CIA-linked Freedom House. The First of The Bush Institute’s Human Freedom Events, Co-Sponsored by Freedom House was titled “The Conference on Cyber Dissidents: Global Successes and Challenges”.

The Conference on Cyber Dissidents highlighted the work, methods, courage and achievements of its eight dissident guest speakers, from seven nations. Five of these nations are places where freedom has been extinguished (all rated “not free” by Freedom House): China, Cuba, Iran, Syria, and Russia. Two others are places where freedom is in peril (both rated “partly free” by Freedom House) because of an authoritarian government accumulating more power, as in Venezuela, or because of the threat of internal terrorist groups, as in Colombia. (The Conference on Cyber Dissidents: Global Successes and Challenges, The George W. Bush Presidential Center)

Countries where “freedom has been extinguished” and which are U.S. allies, such as Bahrain or Saudi Arabia, are not listed above. The only U.S. ally listed is Colombia and its freedom is said to be threatened by terrorist groups, rather than by its governement. It is worth noting that the Colombian government has been accused of spying on its journalists and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) says freedom of expression ‘barely exists’ in Colombia.

The goal of “activist training” by U.S. NGOs is to destabilize America’s political enemies in the name of freedom. “Cyber dissidence” is in turn used by intelligence agencies for covert operations.

Eritrean citizens residing in Zurich City conduct rebuff meeting

ፕረዚደንት ኢሳይያስ። ወረቐት ስራሕ 10 ኣምባሳደራት ተቐቢሉ፣

ፕረዚደንት ኢሳይያስ ኣፈወርቂ። ብ15 ለካቲት ኣብ ቤተ-መንግስቲ ኣብ ዝተኻየደ ስነ-ስርዓት። ወረቐት ስራሕ 10 ኣምባሳደራት ተቐቢሉ፣

እቶም ናይ ስራሕ ወረቓቕቶም ዘረከቡ ኣምባሳደራት፥

ኣምባሳደር ሃገረ እስራኤል ሚስተር ጉይ ፈልድማን፤

ኣምባሳደር ሪፓብሊክ ምስሪ ኣሰይድ ማሕሙድ ሓሰን ዓብደላ፤

ኣምባሳደር ሪፓብሊክ ሱዳን ሚስተር ማጅድ ዩስፍ ያሕያ፤

ኣምባሳደር ኖርወይ ሚስተር ባርድ ሆፕላንድ፤

ኣምባሳደር ሃገረ ቐጠር ኣሰይድ መሓመድ ቢን ዒሳ ኣልመናዕ፤

ኣምባሳደር ኤውሮጳዊ ሕብረት ሚስተር ማርሸል ጀርማን፤

ኣምባሳደር ሕቡራት ኢማራት ዓረብ ኣሰይድ ዓብደላ መጠር ኸሚሰ ኣልመዝሩዒ፤

ኣምባሳደር መክሲኮ ሚስተር ሉዊስ ሃቬር ካምፑዛኖ፤

ኣምባሳደር እስላማዊት ሪፓብሊክ ኢራን ሚስተር ጀዋድ ትርክ ዓባዲ፤

ከምኡ ድማ ኣምባሳደር ኢንዶነዥያ ዶክተር ሱድጃትሚኮ ማ እዮም፣

እቶም ኣምባሳደራት ኣብ’ቲ ስነ-ስርዓት። ዝምድናታት ሃገራቶም ምስ ኤርትራ ንምድንፋዕን እወታዊ ጽምዶ ንምክያደን ከምዝሰርሑ ኣረጋጊጾም፣

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