By: Jeffrey Fleishman Los Angeles Times, RAFAH, EGYPT—He counted his scars at the desert’s edge. Scabbed electrical burns, purple splotches etched by chains, a map of blisters raised by candle wax dripped across his back. His captors threatened to bury his body beneath the sand and stars. They had

April 29, 2013 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- A Chicago student inspired by the life of baseball legend Jackie Robinson won an essay contest about her own struggles with the death of her brother. Arsema Tesfai was honored Monday by Robinson's daughter, Sharon Robinson, at the seventh-grader's school, St.

Containers—and containing dissent A strategic port is booming yet politically vulnerable The Economist May 4th 2013 | DJIBOUTI VILLE A RED shipping container is suspended from a crane above a tandoori-hot dock alongside the freighter on which it has just crossed the Indian Ocean. Suddenly something goes slightly wrong. The container

By Robert MacPherson (AFP) WASHINGTON — Life in authoritarian states is likely to get tougher before it gets better as their citizens gain more access to the Internet, Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt said. Speaking at a seminar in Washington, Schmidt said hundreds of millions of people

April 29, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Eritrea, Sheila B. Keetharuth, is due to begin an official visit to Ethiopia and Djibouti on Tuesday to collect first-hand information from Eritrean refugees on the situation inside their

April 28, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Eritrean women fleeing their country’s oppressive regime are increasingly finding themselves the repeat victim of abuse, exploitation and violence once outside their homeland, a new report by a women’s rights group has found. The report titled ‘Letters from Eritrea: Refugee Women

Gone are the days, when DIA was lecturing Eritreans wherever it may  be, in Asmera Municipality Hall, Cinema Capitol or in Washington DC. He has been putting his head in the sand like the Ostriches found in the Danakil Desert near  Edi on the way

A vital document that exposes Isaias Afewerki’s hidden agenda in his outlook about the fate of Eritrea is uncovered. It was the late Prime Minister of Ethiopia, who divulged such a vital secret in exceptionally candid interview with Paul B. Henze, former CIA and national

by Tesfai Yitbarek   25/3/2013 Chinua Achebe’s “Things fall apart” is a milestone of African literature: Starting in the 1950s, Achebe was central to a new Nigerian literary movement that drew on the oral traditions of Nigeria's indigenous tribes. Although Achebe writes in English, he attempts to

Addis Ababa — Media watchdog, Reporters Without Borders, said on Wednesday that, the African Union's main human rights body has decided to investigate the case of imprisoned Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak. Eritrean authorities detained Isaak in September 2001 for writing articles critical of the government and

Dedicated teachers are essential to a good quality education, especially for students with disabilities. I strive to kindle the passion of those who have chosen this sometimes stressful yet incredibly valuable career, and inspire students to learn the secret to success that is self-advocacy. In November

Every year thousands of young men and women make the treacherous journey from Eritrea to Egypt via Sudan in search of a better life. Along the route many fall victim to unscrupulous people traffickers who kidnap them and demand ransom money from their families. Some

The kidnap trade in Sinai has been described by the United Nations as one of the most unreported humanitarian crises in the world and little seems to be being done to stop it. Mike Thomson travelled to the heart of the kidnap region in northern

Sinai torture for Eritreans kidnapped by traffickers By Mike ThomsonBBC News, Sinai Lamlam, 17, is one of thousands of people who make the treacherous journey from Eritrea to Egypt each year. Many fall victim to unscrupulous people traffickers, who kidnap them and demand ransom money from their

FORTO: THE TOMBSTONE OF THE PANOPTICON PFDJ REGIME  By Ezana sehay For quite some time, the kaleidoscopes of Eritrea have been signaling, that the hermit state of Isayas is limping into the sinkhole it has dug itself. Besides the obvious socio-political crisis, its economy is crumbling, exacerbated by

Agroup of Winnipeggers is trying to prevent a U.S. woman who made incendiary remarks such as "evil" Jews from entering Canada again. "I don't know how the Canadian border agency would let this woman come again," said Eritrean refugee Daniel Awshek. He attended an event in

Dan Connell The Boston Globe Last week, soldiers in one of Africa’s most closed and repressive nations — Eritrea — occupied the country’s Ministry of Information and issued demands. The pattern was a familiar one. News spread quickly that a coup was underway. But feisty little

Expressen newspaper interview translated by Google Translate from Swedish, 30 January 2013 BEIRUT. Eritrean dictator Isaias Afewerkis Information Minister Ali Abdu Ahmed has fled the country and is living today in a secret location. It confirms himself today in a world exclusive interview with Expressen Kassem Hamade. Ali

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A prominent Greek speech writer, Demosthenes once wrote “every dictator is an enemy of freedom and an opponent of law.” This has been proven exactly right when it comes to modern Eritrean political reality. Some of us are lucky enough to have lived in democratic

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Apr 10, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Sunridge Gold Corp. CA:SGC 0.00% (otcqx:SGCNF) has today filed a National Instrument 43-101 compliant technical report regarding the new resource estimate for the Adi Nefas zinc-gold-copper volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposit on the

A pro-Eritrean regime youth group is hosting a large international conference somewhere in Sweden over Easter weekend in what outraged Swedes have billed as "brainwashing" for a "terror regime". Among the guests will be President Isaias Afewerkis closest man, advisor Yemane Gebreab. “It is bloody awful that

Recognizing the most outstanding watchdog journalism of the year, the Investigative Reporters and Editors awarded CNN with the 2011 Tom Renner award for its documentary, "Death in the Desert." Fronted by CNN's Berlin-based correspondent Fred Pleitgen, "Death in the Desert" uncovered horrific evidence confirming some refugees

Just recently Sryyet Addis, the alleged liquidation by ELF leaders of the 200-300 Christian-highlanders from Addis Abeba universities, one of the most controversial yet less talked about topics from the ghedli era, has been a hot-button issue as Awate staff posted an article entitled Sryyet

A General Evaluation of the Eritrean National Congress for Democratic Change (ENCDC) held in Hawassa 21-30 Nov. 2011) by Eritreans for Democracy, Justice and Equality (EDJE) Summary:   The convening of the National Congress marked the culmination of extensive preparations that lasted over a year. The process was based

V/005/2012: Ethiopia: “Punitive expedition?” I)            TRIPLE SHOCKES OF ERITERIANS WITH NO SHOCK ABSORBER Pro-totalitarian dictatorship Eriteran natives experienced shock after shock in the months of January, February and March of 2012. Just a few days back, after the second shock, a certain website posted information which said that a

By FRANK JACOBS About 125 millennia ago, the southern end of the strait between Africa and Arabia was much narrower, and may have been the springboard for one of early humanity’s great migratory leaps. [1] A big deal for everyone who has come along since, but

By Martin Plaut Africa editor, BBC World Service Could Ethiopia's attack on alleged rebel bases over the border inside Eritrea herald the start of a new war in the Horn of Africa? Ethiopia says it carried out a raid on three camps belonging to a rebel group last

The isolated, friendless regime of Isaias Afwerki will find few international protectors against Ethiopia's military incursion. Simon Tisdall Ethiopia's military incursion into neighbouring Eritrea, reinforced by weekend follow-up attacks, has received remarkably little international attention – and no outright condemnation, in the west at least. Britain said

Berhane’s life in northeast Africa was surrounded by death WORTHINGTON — The tears flowed freely down Alemitu Berhane’s face Sunday afternoon when asked about her homeland of Eritrea, bordering the Red Sea in northeast Africa. WORTHINGTON — The tears flowed freely down Alemitu Berhane’s face Sunday afternoon

By Fesseha Nair The Eritrean Opposition in exile after a successive work of national unity by convening national dialogue conferences and lately convening the national congress for democratic change has adopted three main documents- thus national charter, organizational constitution and road map. The intended purpose of

Chris Guillebeau Sitting in the Madrid airport cafeteria, I contemplated two recent challenges in travelling the world. The first was completely my own fault - in planning back-to-back trips to Eritrea and Chad, I had confused the date. When your flight leaves around midnight or arrives

By BRITTANY PENLAND - McClatchy Newspapers CHARLOTTE, N.C. - As a daughter of freedom fighters from East Africa, Meron Fessehaye understands the importance of independence, she said. Her father, an Eritrean native, volunteered as a medical aide, helping Eritrean wounded during the fight for independence from Ethiopia.

By Scholarios Gennadius The rightful occupant of the Episcopal throne of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewhado Church is widely known to have been unlawfully detained in an undisclosed location within the general confines of Amasra, Eritrea for approximately 7 years and an uncanonical claimant has been occupying

BY AMARE GEBREMARIAM GEBRE “If we no longer treat the dead with dignity what hope is here for the living” Condolences to the family of Naizgi Kiflu that is to his wife, his son and daughter and relatives. People say that you can measure how civilized a country

(CNN) -- After seeing his three-decade rule come to an end, Yemen's former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, will leave the country for Ethiopia this week, ruling party officials said Monday. Saleh returned to Yemen just days ago. However, he was under increased pressure to leave, as

An asylum seeker from Eritrea has been living and working legally in Israel – but is continuously denied a discounted electronic bus pass because she has no passport or formal identification card. The Transportation Ministry refuses to recognize her government-issued visa and claims this ‘technical