“The only experts are nationals of their own countries” – Weh Yeoh BY BILLION TEMESGHEN | ERITREA PROFILE Carol Pineau is an American journalist who has worked in Africa for many years representing the biggest news agencies of the world. Her first visit in Eritrea impacted her profession the most as she describes the Eritrean […]
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By Amanuel Biedemariam, Eritrea’s existence as a sovereign nation, and a full member of the United Nations, is a product of the hard-working, independent, resilient, and self-reliant people that overcame all odds and came out victorious. Martin Plaut, is a western agent of death, propagandist that claims to be a journalist. He has been on […]
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By U.S. State Department, THE United States on Tuesday said it “welcomes” the news that six journalists have been released on bail in Eritrea after being held for six years. State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki said, the U.S. noted with deep concern that the Eritrean government continues to detain other journalists, reportedly as many as […]
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By Reporters Without Borders, REPORTERS Without Borders is happy to learn of the release on bail of six Eritrean journalists who had been held since February 2009. They are Bereket Misghina, Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu and Basilios Zemo of Radio Bana, Meles Negusse Kiflu, who worked for Radio Bana and Radio Zara, Girmay Abraham of Radio […]
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By Bruh Tesfa, AS I was driving home from shopping one afternoon I decided to turn the radio on to keep abreast on the latest news. It was one of those radio talk shows that broadcast news hourly and present sociopolitical commentaries in between 7/24/365. The topic of the discussion was….you guessed it right, Sony’s […]
Continue ReadingBy Dawit Ashenafi, THE Voice of America has removed Peter Heinlein as Chief of the Horn of Africa service after investigation into allegations of deliberate distortions and professional misconduct. VOA Director David Ensor convened the section staffers last Friday and made a surprise announcement that Heinlein was replaced by his Senior Advisor William Marsh.
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BY TESFANEWS Do you think you know Eritrea better? Think again. Everything you might have heard or read on the media about Eritrea is either one of an unfairly exaggerated or a completely out of context material as western journalists and the mainstream media has never been fair to this country since inception.
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