By Michelle Nichols | Reuters, United Nations sanctions monitors warned in an annual report released on Friday that possible foreign support for a new military base and seaport in Eritrea and the presence of foreign weapons and equipment were likely in violation of an arms embargo. The monitors told the U.N. Security Council last year […]
Continue ReadingBy TesfaNews, After five years of imposition of sanctions for alleged support for Al-Shabaab, the UN Monitoring Group today clears Eritrea of all the allegations of supporting the Somalia Islamist groups. The Somalia – Eritrea Monitoring Group (SEMG), in its annual council report that was released today, states that: “The Monitoring Group has found no evidence […]
Continue Readingብወያነ ዝምራሕ መንግዝቲ ኢትዮጵያ፡ ኣብ ልዕሊ ከሰተ መዓመ ኣኮሎም (ኣንገሶም ወጀሀይ) ሎሚ መዓልቲ ዘካየዶ ናይ ጭውያን ቅትለትን ፈተነ ፈሺሉ። ብ ጉጅለ ተጸናጸንቲ እከይ ውዲታት፣ እቲ ንመራሕቲ ሃገራት ከይተረፈ፥ ንዘለዎም ክብሪ ሉኣላውነት ሕሉፍ መሰል ጢሒሱ፡ እንተዘይፈረምኩም ኣብ ትሕቲ ቀይዲ ከእተወኩም ኢዬ ኢሉ ዘፈራርሕ ስርዓት ወያነ፡ ሎሚ ዕለት 29-05-2014፡ ከባቢ ሰዓት 4:00 ናይ ድሕሪ ቐትሪ፡ ኣብ ሻርዕ […]
Continue ReadingBy Amanuel Tseggai, On this day four years ago, Eritreans inside and abroad were at a total loss to learn the imposition of UN sanction against their beloved country. And the swift action they took on February 22nd, 2010 denouncing the UNSC 1907 resolution and demanding for justice was a reflection of their displeasure towards […]
Continue ReadingBy Madote, Matthew Russell Lee, a reporter working at the United Nations Headquarter, says Eritrean diplomats believe the sanctions against Eritrea are close to being removed. “Some Eritrean diplomats believe they may be close from being “taken off” of sanctions.” Said Matthew, in a report released last Wednesday to subscribers. Mattew, who has obtained a […]
Continue ReadingBy Matthew Russell Lee, In the run-up to the November 26 closed door briefing of the UN Security Council on Somalia and Eritrea sanctions, the new Monitoring Group coordinator Jarat Chopra raised to the United Arab Emirates, Oman and others the shipping and sale of charcoal from Somalia in violation of the sanctions. The UAE […]
Continue ReadingBy TesfaNews, There is nothing more revealing than witnessing the honour of the United Nations dragged into the mud for it conveniently allows itself to be seen as a tool for a club of big boys intent on bullying smaller countries through some ludicrous groups and individuals within the organisation. The Somalia-Eritrea Monitoring Group (SEMG) […]
Continue ReadingBy Matthew Russell Lee, The UN’s Somalia sanctions report, in portions scarcely reported by Western wire services, notes violations by France, the US, the UK and the UN itself. Can the UN violate its own sanctions? It does: see Report at Page 333, Paragraph 88 and below. The UK among other things brought in weapons […]
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