Switzerland resumes support for cooperation projects in Eritrea BY FDFA | PRESS RELEASE Switzerland will resume its cooperation with Eritrea in a new three-year phase. The allocated CHF 6 million ($6 million) will be used to improve vocational skills development. The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) took this decision on the basis of the […]
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This is an exclusive interview with Eritrea’s Minister of Information BY GUIDO TALARICO | EASTWEST MAGAZINE A few days ago, the Eritrean Ministry of Information published documents that would prove the involvement of the CIA (the US secret services), Mossad (the Israeli secret services) and some NGOs in a series of activities aimed at boycotting Eritrea.
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“If UNHCR in Ethiopia and Sudan worked correctly, no one would want to come to Libya” BY SALLY HAYDEN | IRIN NEWS* An internal UN refugee agency investigation into allegations of corruption in its Sudan resettlement operations has determined that a staff member abused their power by soliciting bribes from refugees.
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BY UNHCR The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, is appealing to Eritrea not to close the Umkulu refugee camp after hundreds of refugees left the site in recent weeks, amidst reports that local authorities had asked residents to leave.
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Uganda’s government has announced that it will accept some 500 “interested” Eritreans and Sudanese refugees from Israel BY ASSOCIATED PRESS Uganda is “positively considering” Israel’s request to take 500 Eritrean or Sudanese migrants rejected by Israel, a senior government official said on Friday, the first official confirmation of an agreement to receive African migrants whose […]
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Israeli government calls on migrants from Sudan and Eritrea to ‘leave to their country or a third country’, offering $3,500 to those who depart by April, and prison to those who refuse BY TESFANEWS * The Israeli government has ordered thousands of African refugees and migrants to leave the country within three months or face […]
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BY ERITREA REPRESENTATIVE – GENEVA Madam Chair and Honorable Delegates My delegation congratulates Madam Chair for your election as Chair of the 68th EXCOM session and assures support to your leadership. Our tribute also goes to the High Commissioner, Filippo Grandi for his leadership of the UNHCR.
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BY SOPHIA TESFAMARIAM At a time when most of Europe is grappling with its migrant crisis, the headlines on Eritrea are increasingly less acerbic. A report by the Regional Mixed Migration Secretariat (RMMS) of February 9 last month reads: “…While the total number of migrants and refugees arriving in Italy in 2016 hit a record, […]
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