For over two decades the collapse of the Somali state has caused untold suffering to the people of Somalia, aggravated regional conflict and instability and spawned problems with wider ramifications. [PDF]
In its 20th extraordinary Summit held in Addis Abeba on Friday, January 27th, IGAD has regrettably endorsed Ethiopia’s ludicrous accusations against Eritrea.
Operative paragraph 15 of the final communiqué thus states, among other things, “… the Summit condems the terrorist attacks, killing and kidnapping of tourists in Nothern Ethiopia that has been linked to the State of Eritrea…”. [...]
by Alemayehu G. Mariam | In December 2008, I wrote a weekly column entitled “Groundhog Year in Prison Nation” summarizing some of my weekly columns for that year. I used the “groundhog” metaphor from a popular motion picture in which a hapless television weatherman is trapped in a time warp and finds himself reliving the same day over and over. Read more
by Yishak Yared | Eugene Jarecki in his book “The American Way of War” reveals how the successive US administrations provokes and manipulate other states in a bid to fill their hungry hegemonic appetite. Before and at the beginning of the World War II the US was in what it called ‘Great Depression’. And for years they were looking for an opportunity to get out of the grave situation they were in. Read more
H.E. President Isaias Afwerki will conduct extensive interview with the national media outlets on the occasion of New Year 2012.
The interview to be conducted in the second week of December, the President would highlight in depth the following issues: Read more
Eritrea categorically rejects the illegal and unjust sanctions resolution passed by the United Nations Security Council on Monday. The resolution is yet another injustice perpetrated on the Eritrean people and it will heighten tensions and stoke an already explosive situation in the Horn of Africa.
Read the full PDF here [...]
ኤርትራ፣ ንዘለዋ ርትዓውን ሕጋውን መሰል ተጠቒማ ኣብ ባይቶ ጸጥታ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ብኣካል ተረኺባ ንኸይትላዘብ ሕቡራት መንግስታት ኣመሪካ ንእትገብሮ ዘላ ውዲታዊ ፈተነ ብትሪ ኰኒና።
ነዚ ብዝምልከት ሚኒስትሪ ጉዳያት ወጻኢ ኤርትራ ብ4 ታሕሳስ ኣብ ዘውጸኦ መግለጺ፣ እዚ ብኣመሪካ ተወሲዱ ዘሎ ስጕምቲ፣ ኣሽካዕላል ኣብ ልዕሊ ባይቶ ጸጥታን ኣገባባት ስርሑን ከምዝኾነ ብምጥቃስ፣ ኣባላት ባይቶ ጸጥታ ግቡእ ሓለፍነተን ብምስካም፣ ንተኣማንነት ባይቶ ጸጥታ ብምክልኻልን ብምጥባቕን ትርጉም ዘለዎ ተሳትፎ ኤርትራ ክውን ክገብራ ጸዊዑ።
ምሉእ ትሕዝቶ መግለጺ ሚኒስትሪ ጉዳያት ወጻኢ ኤርትራ ድሕሪ ዜና ክቐርብ’ዩ።
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Eritrea has requested the United Nations Security Council for an alternative date for President Isaias’s address to the Council, citing the “extremely short notice” it was given as well as the need to make necessary travel arrangements. Read more
Asmara, 16 February 2012- President Isaias Afwerki today received the credentials of 11 Ambassadors in a ceremony conducted at the National Palace. Read more
Asmara, 15 February 2012 – President Isaias Afwerki today received the credentials of 10 Ambassadors in a ceremony conducted at the National Palace. Read more
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። Read more
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. Read more
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. Read more
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
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) Read more
Asmara, February 2012- Eritrean citizens living in Zurich, Switzerland, conducted rebuff meeting on February 12.Mr. Sleshi Idris, head of public and community affairs in Switzerland, gave extensive briefing on the objective situation in the Homeland and the region, as well as development activities in the Homeland.
Indicating that the conspiracies against the people and Government of Eritrea are designed to undermine the unity of the people and the nation, they noted that such conspiracies would as ever be foiled through united rebuff.
The participants condemned the baseless illegal Security Council sanctions resolution against Eritrea at the behest of the US, and reaffirmed resolve to mount staunch rebuff and work for the success of national development programs.
ፕረዚደንት ኢሳይያስ ኣፈወርቂ። ብ15 ለካቲት ኣብ ቤተ-መንግስቲ ኣብ ዝተኻየደ ስነ-ስርዓት። ወረቐት ስራሕ 10 ኣምባሳደራት ተቐቢሉ፣ Read more
