JewishJournal.com Israel January 8, 2014 On a chilly night in December, up a grassy slope overlooking the all-weather track at Ironi Tet High School in southeast Tel Aviv, a few dozen teens — hailing from about 10 different countries — raced one another to the top of the

‘March for freedom’ against government policy staged for second week in a row Thousands of African migrants and Israeli human rights activists protested in Tel Aviv on Saturday night, in a “march for freedom” aimed at raising awareness at Israeli government policy to detain and jail

By William Booth and Ruth Eglash, Jerusalem Post KTSIOT, Israel — In the empty desert, workers are building an answer to a difficult question: What should Israel, a nation built by Jewish refugees, do about the 55,000 African migrants who entered this country illegally, fleeing famine, bondage and war?The

AUZONE By Luciana Manrique Eritrean-born artist Michael Adonai is one who believes art can show artists´ inner emotions rather than his objective observations. His own style, a combination of ‘Coptic’ and realism, is internationally recognized. He was selected as a participant of the 3rd Art Camp by

Earlier, he said the railway was one of the flagship projects of his government's ambitious Vision 2030 initiative to improve much-neglected infrastructure. "The project will define my legacy as president of Kenya and it is my personal desire that the implementation is done to the standard,"

(GENEVA 25 November 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea, Sheila B. Keetharuth, expressed great concern about rampant human rights violations in Eritrea which caused hundreds of thousands to leave their country for an unknown and precarious

ኤርትራዊ ሓድነት ንምብርባርን ኣብ ሃገርና ተፈጢሩ ንዘሎ ኩነታት ብዕምቆት ንምዝታይንዝዓለመ ሰፊሕ ናይ ህዝቢ ኣኼባ ኣብ ከተማ ስያትል ክካየድ ተመዲቡ ኣሎ። Dr. ተወልደ ተስፋማሪያም (ወዲ ቫካሮ)፣ ብመቐጸልታ ናይቲ ኣብ ሰመን ኣሜሪካ ዘካይዶ ዘሎ ህዝባዊ ኣኼባታት፣ ኣብዚ ዕለት እዚ ውን ኣብሞንጎና ተረኺቡ መልእኽቱ ንኤርትራውያን ነበርቲ ስያትል ከቕርብ ምዃኑ

We are all aware that the African Union declared November 3 a continental day of mourning to be observed by all its member states in commemoration of the African victims who drowned off Coast of Lampedusa Island in Italy. To this effect the Eritreans in

THE African Union (AU) has belatedly reacted to the drowning of hundreds of would-be migrants from Eritrea, whose boat sank off the Italian island of Lampedusa on October 3. After its mystifying initial silence, the AU Commission on Monday declared November 3 a continental day of

Survivors of a shipwreck in which hundreds of African migrants died have protested in Italy after being excluded from a ceremony to honour the victims. Lampedusa: Survivors excluded from Italy memorial - BBC Video Clip

Survivors of a shipwreck in which hundreds of African migrants died have protested in Italy after being excluded from a ceremony to honour the victims. Detainees at a holding centre on the island of Lampedusa emerged en masse and staged a sit-in, blocking a road. A big

Migrants, Alfano challenged in Agrigento: "Assassins, stop Bossi-Fini" Interior Minister Angelino Alfano was challenged as he left the dock in San Leone Agrigento where he had attended the ceremony in memory of the victims of the tragedy of Lampedusa. Dozens of citizens have exhibited banners against

Migrants in Lampedusa mourn at the coffins of more than 300 Africans who died as their boat sank off the Italian island's coast. Coffins containing the bodies, mostly belonging to Eritreans, are shipped off to Sicily where they are buried in a cemetery. TheGuardian: Lampedusa: ceremony

Eritreans are taking to the seas because of worsening conditions at home A DAY of national mourning was held on October 4th after as many as 300 people drowned in the Mediterranean’s worst recent shipwreck, just off Lampedusa. Candles were lit and flags flew at half-mast.

Sister Aziza, an Eritrean nun living in Israel, mourns the tragic loss of life of Eritrean refugees in the recent Lampedusa shipwreck, and calls for international action against the torture camps in the Sinai. By Azezet Habtezghi Kidane | Oct. 17, 2013 | 11:01 AM Migrants from Eritrea rest

The Observer - THURSDAY, 17 OCTOBER 2013 Editorial International news headlines over the last couple of days have been partly dominated by the tragedy of immigrants, mainly from Africa, dying en masse in a desperate bid to reach Europe. Just over a week ago, a ship carrying immigrants from

...you will be sitting at a desk in your  comfortable apartment in France, and you will hear the laughter of your two young daughters in the next room, as you try to work on a new documentary feature.  You will feel briefly annoyed at this sudden interruption and then you will simply lean back and 

The European Commission has called for the EU to launch Mediterranean-wide search and rescue patrols to intercept migrant boats. The move by Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem was prompted by the deaths of at least 274 migrants whose boat sank off Italy's Lampedusa island. She said this

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) By RODNEY MUHUMUZA By The Associated Press Thousands of people each year flee Eritrea, a small Horn of Africa nation. Despite relative peace, many leave the repressive regime taking trips that can be as perilous as the recent boat disaster off the Italian island

By Jenny Vaughan BISHA, Eritrea (AFP) –  In a vast pit of red earth, white stone and green ponds, excavators unearth precious copper in Eritrea's first large scale commercial mine. In its third year of production, Bisha mine -- endowed with gold, copper and zinc -- is Eritrea's

By Jenny Vaughan ASMARA, Eritrea (AFP) –  Long criticised for backing rebel groups across the Horn of Africa, Eritrea has said that ending its isolation is crucial for economic growth, blaming external threats for its slow development. "We cannot live in isolation, because at the end of the

Our “Issaias Afewerqi” who art between Asmara and Massawa, Famous be thy name, Thy Self-reliance come, Thy will be done in Ethiopia as it is in Eritrea, Give us this day our daily “Hateta”, And forget our Civil Rights, as we forget our sweat, tears, and blood you made us

By Eli Ashkenazi Population authority officials insist on a clean criminal record from Eritrean army deserter, despite flexibility in regulations. The Population and Immigration Authority is refusing to grant permanent resident status to a citizen of Eritrea who is married to an Israeli woman, until he provides a

TORONTO — An investigation by United Nations monitors has found that the Eritrean consulate in Toronto was collecting money for the African country’s military as recently as January in violation of an arms embargo. The consulate was part of an “international system of illicit revenue collection”

Letter dated 24 July 2013 from the Chair of the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea addressed to the President of the Security Council. To Read the Report Click on this Link: Report of the Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea

Saturday, August 3rd 2013 As a boy, BROTHER PAULOS MESMER tended his family’s livestock in Eritrea, since his parents had no intention of letting him go to school. But he was determined to be literate, even if it meant studying by moonlight. Later, he gave up

By Eric P. Schwartz and Mark Hetfield, Published: August 3 Eric Schwartz was assistant secretary of state for population, refugees and migration from 2009 to 2011. He is dean of the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota and a board member of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS). Mark

By Tesfa-Alem Tekle - Sudan Tribune July 29, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – In fresh allegations made by Ethiopia on Monday, the East African nation said that efforts to maintain peace and stability in Somalia is taking longer due to Eritrea’s continued support of the Islamist militia

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Cairo, Egypt - When Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed first started receiving calls on his mobile phone from an unknown number telling him to leave Egypt, he ignored them. But when the threats against the Sudanese asylum-seeker increased and he began to receive emails and Facebook posts with the

By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Eritrea is undermining stability in conflict-ravaged Somalia by paying political agents and a warlord linked to Islamist militants to influence the Mogadishu government, U.N. sanctions experts said in a confidential report. The Eritrean government has long denied playing any negative

This information comes from sources with direct contact with people living in Eritrea. It gives a unique picture of life under a regime that tolerates no independent media coverage – national or international. Note: the unofficial exchange rate is 70 – 75 Nakfa to the

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With the arrival of July, Swedish politicians and government officials join the traditional mass exodus from Stockholm to begin their annual summer hiatus. For the next two months, they leave in place only a minimal staff, to keep up with routine duties. And as in

A Cardiff MP is calling for action amid claims people have been forced to pay tens of thousands of pounds to free African relatives from kidnappers. Cardiff West MP Kevin Brennan met an Eritrean man who settled in the city and whose nephew was held by

Canada is taking steps to expel Eritrea's consul general in Toronto, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird announced Wednesday. "Canada has taken steps to expel (declare persona non grata) Mr. Semere Ghebremariam O. Micael, consul and head of the Eritrean Consulate General in Toronto, effective immediately," the

TORONTO — Canada is investigating allegations that Eritrea’s diplomatic mission in Toronto has continued soliciting money for the East African regime’s military despite being warned by the Department of Foreign Affairs to stop. The RCMP and Foreign Affairs are reviewing new evidence that appears to show