By APA, Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has dismissed reports by Al Jazeera that the country has barred Eritrean footballers from playing in the 2015 Council for East and Central African Football Associations (CECAFA) tournament scheduled to be held in Ethiopia. Spokesperson of the Ministry, Tewolde Mulugeta, said Thursday that the information dispatched by the […]
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By AP, Eritrea has been excluded from East Africa’s main soccer tournament this month because of political tensions with host Ethiopia. Nicholas Musonye, secretary general of the Council for East and Central African Football Associations, says the regional soccer body ”must respect” Ethiopia’s position not to allow the Eritrea team into the country to play […]
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By Reuters, Botswana wants 10 Eritrean soccer players it granted asylum to to be resettled in another country by the United Nations, as under Bostwana’s law they must stay in a refugee camp for 10 years. A government official said the southern African nation was not withdrawing asylum for the players but giving them a […]
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ብ ግዱሳት ተጸናጸንቲ እከይ ውዲታት: ካብቲ ኣብ ቀዳማይ ባቢሎን እትብል ዝጸሓፍናዮ ጽሑፍ ዝተወሰደ መእተዊ ጌርና ናብዚ ናይ ሎሚ ጽሑፍና ክንኣቱ እንከለና ካብ ባዶ ተበጊስና ኣይኮነን። መበገሲ መልእኽትና ከም`ቲ ኣብ ኣርእስትና ሂብናዮ ዘለና፡- “ተባዕታይ ደርሆ እንተነቀወሲ መሬት ብሳላኡ ትወግሕ ዘላ ይመስሎ”። ኤርትራ ከም ኩለን ሃገራት ዓለም ሉኡላውነታ ዘረጋገጸት ጥራይ ዘይኮነት፡ እታ እንኮ ኣብ ሕርያኣ ንጂኦ-ፖለቲካዊ ኩነታት […]
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By Reuters, Ten Eritrean soccer players seeking asylum in Botswana should be deported, Botswana’s security minister said on Thursday, a decision their lawyer said he would challenge in court. The Eritreans refused to board their plane home on Wednesday, the latest in a series of defections by athletes from a country under investigation by the […]
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By Mike Seium | Eri-international sports, Before we get upset or before we try to analyze and re-analyze why some players on the Eritrean national team that traveled to Botswana decided to remain and ask for political asylum, let us take a deep breath and not get caught up with the enemy tactics to defame […]
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By Bereket Kidane, Eritrea’s Red Sea Camels lost to the Zebras of Botswana 2-nil at home this past weekend in a FIFA Qualifying match for the 2018 World Cup Russia in front of a capacity crowd at Cicero Stadium in Asmara. The Camels team that was put together in a hurry last week, a mix […]
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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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