Dan Connell and Martin Plaut Embarrassed at SOAS London Seminar on Eritrea

By Alula Abraha, The first of a four part series of seminars on “Eritrea” has just concluded. It was rather a seminar on mythical and imagined Eritrea. It was more of an Eritrea-bashing performance played by Dan Connell as a lead actor and the notorious Martin Plaut as a supporting actor. There were also a […]

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Finland’s Development Minister Heading to Eritrea

By Finland Foreign Affairs, Minister for International Development Pekka Haavisto will visit Asmara, the capital of Eritrea, on 9–10 January. During his visit, the Minister will get acquainted with the humanitarian situation of Eritrea and the problems caused by the present state of Eritrea, the refugee problem in particular. At the same time, Finland will […]

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The State of Eri-Ethio Relations in the Diaspora Today

By Amanuel Biedemariam, In February of 2009, Ethiopians joined fellow Eritreans to demonstrate against the illegal and unjust sanctions the US and TPLF authored and passed. That was the first time Ethiopians, adorned with Ethiopian flags, and joined Eritreans in action to support Eritreans in their cause for the first time. It was a historic […]

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Cowardly Refugee Running Away From Problems

Have fun with the following cowardly cooked up stories of an Eritrean refugee in Ethiopia. Such fake stories are what filled the reports of the incompetent Special Rapporteur on Eritrea Ms. Sheila Keetharuth. Please take a good notice of the language and motive of the writer as well.  By The Onion, Six months after deciding his […]

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Italian Envoy Summoned over Delay in Repatriating Bodies of Eritrean Lampedusa Victims

By Shabait, The Eritrean Ministry of Foreign Affairs has today called for a speedy repatriation of the Eritrean nationals bodies who lost their lives in the boat accident at the Coast of Lampedusa Island as a result of human trafficking on the 3rd of October. Eritrean Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Osman Saleh has today […]

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YPFDJ-UK Statement on the Tragic Loss of Eritrean Lives in Lampedusa

By Y-PFDJ (UK), On the 3rd of October 2013, over 300 Eritreans were among the those who lost their lives while crossing from North Africa to southern Europe (Lampedusa, Italy) when their boat capsized. This boat, which caught fire and sank in one of the worst disasters to hit the area in recent years, was believed to have […]

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Understanding Eritrea and the Tragedy at Lampedusa

By Berhane Alazar, While the unfortunate deaths of many would-be immigrants that have been widely reported by the international media lately is an agonizingly heart wrenching experience, understanding the root cause of the unauthorized migration is half of any solution that may be contemplated by any well-wishers. But, for most part, what we have been witnessing […]

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Mirjam van Reisen a Pseudo Humanitarian

BY AMANUEL BIEDEMARIAM, During the difficult times of Eritrea, when Eritreans were being scattered, forced to flee from their homes en mass; they cried for support of the international communities and received a deaf ear. Napalm bombs were torching villages and mutilating Eritrea’s children with impunity. As Eritrea appealed to the world for any attention, appealed […]

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