Abadula Gemeda: “I am resigning from chairmanship but will remain in parliament.” BY REUTERS The speaker of Ethiopia’s lower house of parliament submitted his resignation on Sunday, one of the highest-ranking officials to do so since the ruling EPRDF coalition came to power in 1991. Abadula Gemeda did not disclose reasons behind his decision, but […]
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It’s the second high profile defection in a month after the defection of Mr. Baye Tadesse Teferi, Head of Protocol for the Prime Minister. BY ESAT NEWS An Ethiopian General has sought asylum in the U.S. after attending an international conference in Washington, DC last month. Brigadier General Melaku Shiferaw has served with the military […]
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By The Voice of Botswana, News coming in from Francistown is that only 14 Eritrean players will be taking their flight home from Gaborone this evening while the other ten have refused and opted to remain in the custody of Kutlwano Police in Francistown. The visiting national team which was supposed to have jetted out […]
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By ESAT News, Six high-level diplomats who have been serving at different consular positions have reportedly defected from the Ethiopian regime. Sources told ESAT that these diplomats didn’t returned to Ethiopia and failed to report to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after completing their terms.
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By TesfaNews, More than 40 members of the troubled Ethiopian Air Force have reportedly fled the country. Sources close to the Washington based Ethiopian Satellite Television (ESAT) today reports that a number of staff members from the Debre Zeyit Air force headquarters along with 14 aircraft technicians and unspecified number of pilots didn’t show up for work for […]
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By TesfaNews, THE Ethiopian Defense Ministry today announced that two of its Air Force pilots and their two MI-35 helicopter gunships have defected to Eritrea. In a face saving message read out today on the state television (EBC), the defense ministry alleges that it was rather a hijack by two disgruntled pilots forcing the flight technicians and co-pilots to fly […]
Continue ReadingBy The Economist, ERITREA would appear on no one’s list of cycling powerhouses. No African rider has ever won the Tour de France—no black African has ever even competed in it—and the last time an Olympic cycling medal was bestowed on an athlete from anywhere on the continent was 1956. The closed and desperately poor […]
Continue ReadingBy Bahri Tecle, I READ Denden Hayelom’s open letter to Michael Adonai with great interest. As a committed follower of Eritrean news and affairs online, I was pleasantly surprised to read such a balanced and reasoned criticism of an issue at hand. Commendably, after offering his genuine compliments to an Eritrean comrade and extraordinary artist we […]
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