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Eritrean President Receives Credentials of Turky, Kuwait, Jordan, Austria, Netherlands and Nigeria Ambassadors

November 29, 2013November 29, 2013TesfaNews11 Comments

By Shabait, President Isaias Afwerki of Eritrea today received the credentials of six Ambassadors. The Ambassadors who presented their credentials are Mr. Firat Sunel Ambassador of Turkey, Dr. Ferdinand Maultaschl Ambassador of Austria, Senator Lawan Gana Ambassador of Nigeria, Mrs. Drs. S.T. Blankhart Ambassador of the Netherlands, Mr. Faad Saad Almeilih Ambassador of Kuwait and […]

Ethiopian Fans Stoned SuperEagles after Game Loss

October 16, 2013October 16, 2013TesfaNews12 Comments

By Agencies, The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will lodge an official complaint to World Football governing body, FIFA, over what it says was the ill treatment meted to the Super Eagles during the team’s two-day stay in Ethiopia. In a release made available to SuperSport.com by the media department of the Nigeria national team, it […]

UN Abuses the Rights of the People and Government of Eritrea

June 26, 2013November 2, 2019TesfaNews3 Comments

By Amanuel Biedemariam, It is hard to see or believe the UN as a warring entity for it is supposed to be the embodiment of neutrality, fairness, impartiality and judiciousness. It is supposed to be free from serving the agendas of one nation at the expense of another. The UN is not supposed to take […]

Divide and Rule; Western “Democracy” in Africa

June 18, 2013June 18, 2013TesfaNews10 Comments

By Thomas C Mountain, Divide and rule is a law of imperialism and western style “democracy” is how imperialism implements this law in neocolonial Africa. It’s called “elections” and with it’s winner take all diktats division, conflict, ethnic cleansing, mass murder and civil war are the results. Traditionally in Africa’s villages decisions and conflict resolution […]

Why the UN Human Right Council Must Dismiss and Reject the Special Rapporteur’s Report on Eritrea

June 13, 2013June 13, 2013TesfaNews2 Comments

By TesfaNews, The Government of Eritrea has already given an elaborate and clear response to the report of the Special Rapporteur. But when we observed the basic tenets of the rules of procedure of the Council being violated and abused by the Rapporteur and the very Council that is supposed to protect and respect the […]

UN Rights Expert Set to Gather Information from Eritrean Refugees

April 26, 2013April 26, 2013TesfaNews25 Comments

After deciding to gather information from refugees that were encouraged to flee in the first place and later tainted by Ethiopian propaganda and false promises, the context of her upcoming report is a forgone conclusion. By High Commissioner for Human Rights, The [controversial] United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Eritrea, Sheila B. Keetharuth, […]

Jean Ping Lost AU Chairmanship to Dlamini-Zuma

July 16, 2012August 5, 2013TesfaNews2 Comments

The incompetent and flamboyant ex-Commissioner of the African Union – Jean Ping – is now history. It is simply gratifying and indeed a good omen seeing him left office with his head down. We are expecting leadership form the new and first women Chairman of the AU Commission, Ms. Dlamini Zuma. By Reuters, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma , South […]

African Union Turned into Handmaiden for Pax Americana

July 11, 2012July 31, 2020TesfaNews1 Comment

By Sophia Tesfamariam, Professor Ali A. Mazrui, Director of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies and Albert Schweitzer Professor in the Humanities State University of New York, in his 2003 article “Between Pax Americana and Pax Africana“, wrote about the effects of the September 11 attacks on Africa and US policy in Africa . Professor […]