Ethiopia to Close Two Refugee Camps in Tigray

One is due to its proximity to the Eritrean border and the other for its inhospitable geographical condition. BY KALKIDAN YIBELTAL | BBC NEWS Ethiopia plans to close two camps in the northern state of Tigray that have been caught in the fighting between the state’s formers ruling party and the federal government, according to […]

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Crocodile Tears: Cover for Real Threats in the Horn Region

BY SOPHIA TESFAMARIAM Disinformation about Eritrea has become a cottage industry among Eritrea’s quislings and the minority regime in Ethiopia. Not a single week goes by without some kind of mention of Eritrea by the regime, its self-serving think tanks and the Addis based international media, who have now become extensions of its misinformation campaigns.

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ጠንቂ ስደት ኤርትራውያን እንታይ እዩ?

ብ ተስፋማርያም ሓጎስ፡ ኣብዚ ዘለናዮ ግዜ ኣብ ማእከላይ ምብራቕን ኣፍሪቃን ተፈጢሩ ዘሎ ቅልውላውን ዘይምርግጋእን ኣህዛብ ብብዝሒ ክሰደዱ ይረኣዩ ኣለው ። ኣብ ማእከላይ ምብራቕ ብዝተወልዐ ኲናት ሕድሕድ ግድማዊ ምትእትታው ተሓዊስዎ ኣብቲ ዝኸፍአ ደረጅኡ በጺሑ ኣማእት ኣሽሓት ሰላማዊ ህዝቢ ሃሊቑ ብሚልዮናት ዝቝጸር ህዝቢ ካብ ቤት ንብረቱ ተፈናቒሉ ክስደድ ተገዲዱ። ኣብ ኣፍሪቃ ውን እንተኾነ ብሰንኪ ብኩል ምሕደራን ናይ […]

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Israel: All Eritrean Disguised Ethiopian Immigrants to be Deported

By Ilan Lior, The Interior Ministry is challenging asylum claims by Eritreans who, it says, are Ethiopian and thus eligible for deportation. A Central District Court judge has ruled in favor of the state in 18 out of 19 petitions against the ministry’s classification. Eritrean citizens in Israel are granted collective ‘temporary protection‘ and are […]

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Traffickers Attacking Eritrean Refugees in Sudan

By Katy Migiro (Reuters), NAIROBI (AlertNet) – Eritrean refugees in Sudan are living in fear of further attacks after several were kidnapped last week from the Shagarab camp complex, 70km west of the Eritrean border, rights groups say. Since 2009, human traffickers have snatched thousands of Eritrean refugees from camps in eastern Sudan for ransom, sexual exploitation, […]

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