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How I Smuggled Biniam Simon of Eri TV

February 27, 2013December 9, 2014TesfaNews41 Comments

The following is a partial translation from the chapter that the author (Léonard Vincent) narrates how he helped trafficking the former Eri TV presenter Biniam Simon into Paris. Biniam was on his way back to Eritrea finishing his government sponsored scholarship in Tokyo. By Léonard Vincent, All the Eritreans that I know who are fighting to liberate their […]

South African Diplomat Dismisses Aljazeera Ban Report

February 9, 2013July 2, 2016TesfaNews4 Comments

By TesfaNews, South African ambassador to Eritrea, Ambassador Iqbal Jhazbhay, yesterday dismissed reports of Al-Jazeera satellite television ban in Eritrea as a “pure lie“. On a short message he posted on his Facebook page, the Ambassador simply described the recent report from the Reporters Without Borders (RWB) as “a deliberate campaign of defamation” on Eritrea. […]