More than 30 migrants, mostly toddlers, drowned on Wednesday when about 200 people without life jackets fell from a boat into the sea off the Libyan coast before they could be hauled into waiting rescue boats. The boat was near a rescue vessel when it suddenly

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus from Ethiopia will be the next director general of the World Health Organization (WHO). He will be the first African to head up the UN agency, after winning the most votes from 186 member states. He replaces Margaret Chan, who will step down from

Nineteen people have been killed and at least 50 people have been injured following an explosion at Manchester Arena which is being treated as a terrorist incident. Footage shows thousands of panicked young people fleeing the arena in panic after an explosion went off at around

An enemy that tells one where her/his shortcoming is and how to improve the problem is a friend and not an enemy.  Also, an enemy that emptily threatens one is not an enemy but a rewarder by reason of not carrying out the threat.  In

By Michael Abraha If multi-party elections were held in Eritrea with the next 18 months, Pres Isaias Afewerki would win by an overwhelming majority and voters would probably also grant him protection and immunity from prosecution for any political wrongdoings or crimes. Eritrea is the center of

Seminar on an effective strategy to end the suffering of the Eritrean People. By Prof. Araya Debessay and Other GI Coordinators This invitation is to All Eritreans residing in the Washington DC Metropolitan Area who are concerned about the increasingly worsening situation in Eritrea. Date and Time:

By Petros Tesfagiorgis 4 May 2017 was an evening of celebration and discussion in recognition of Dawit Isaak being awarded the 2017 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.  The ceremony took place on 03 May 2017.   The evening was organised by Arts for Action in partnership with The Royal African

Famine and disease haunt the living, but not even the dead are spared the calamities of Yemen's two-year-old civil war. Ancient mummies are withering away in a major museum for lack of electricity and preservative chemicals from abroad - a sign that the conflict is harming

    Freedom United – Mining Justice Alliance – MiningWatch Canada   (Vancouver, May 3, 2017) Community members joined Vancouver’s Mining Justice Alliance outside Nevsun Resources’ Annual General Meeting today to present over 180,000 signatures on petitions calling for the company’s shareholders to divest from operations in Eritrea, a

Asmara (HAN) May 7th, 2017 – Public Diplomacy & Regional Security Cooperation. The opinion article wrote by. Alem Kidane, email at: akidane31@yahoo.com “Eritrea, a country that serves as Africa’s version of North Korea, lives in perpetual confrontation with its larger neighbor, Ethiopia. This allows Eritrea’s dictator,

Seminar on an effective strategy to end the suffering of the Eritrean People. By Prof. Araya Debessay and other GI Coordinators This invitation is to All Eritreans residing in the Washington DC Metropolitan Area who are concerned about the increasingly worsening situation in Eritrea. Date and Time:

n the pursuit of profit British firms are turning a blind eye to human rights abuses and reinforcing a ruthless dictatorship. The Eritrean people live in fear. Eritrea is one of the most repressive states in the world: no elections since 1993; a crackdown on press

Remark: I take full responsibility for this article that has nothing to do with any group’s opinion thereof and congratulate our people in England for successfully completing the process of electing their representatives in favor of the ultimate goal; Global Leadership of the Eritrean people

DESCRIPTION An evening of celebration and discussion in recognition of Dawit Isaak being awarded the 2017 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. Eritrean-Swedish journalist and playwright Dawit Isaak was an active and far-sighted presence on the arts and media scene in Eritrea. He was arrested in a