Eritrea: Prolonged National Service in Response to Ethiopia’s Continued Belligerence

“In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends” * BY ABDUR RAHMAN ALFA SHABAN | AFRICAN NEWS Eritrea continues to prolong the statutory duration of its national service because of the illegal occupation of its territory by neighboring Ethiopia, its Minister of Information has said. Yemane Ghebre Meskel added that those […]

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Interview With Mr. Suleman Hasen on New National ID Card

By TesfaNews, EMBASSY Media conducted an interview with Mr. Suleman Hasen, Head of the Consular Affairs at the Eritrean Embassy in London in connection with the upcoming 24th Independence day celebration and the new national identity card that the government is set to distribute to all Eritrean citizens. The new Eritrean ID card is expected […]

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Kenya: 101 Illegal Ethiopian Migrants Appear in Court

By Stella Cherono, A CASE against 101 Ethiopians accused of being in Kenya illegally has delayed due to lack of an Amharic interpreter. The foreigners, who are said to have been on their way to South Africa, did not have travel documents, police told the Nation. They were arrested on Monday in Tassia Estate in […]

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Malawi Court Sentenced 71 Ethiopians to Hard Labor for Illegal Entry

By Chancy Namadzunda, THE Dowa First Grade Magistrate has found 71 Ethiopian nationals guilty of illegal entry and have been sentenced to pay a fine of k5,000.00 each and three months in jail with hard labour. The illegal lags were answering the offence of entering the country illegal in which they all admitted the charge.

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Eritrea: Federal Complaint Filed Against Lawyer for Lobbying Work

TESFANEWS has learned that a human rights lawyer retained by the Hidmonna Eritrean-Canadian Human Rights Group Inc. is being investigated for allegedly failing to register as a lobbyist after a complaint was filed under Canada’s federal Lobbying Act. Earlier this month, The Winnipeg Free Press reported that David Matas met privately with Citizenship and Immigration Minister […]

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