There is no better symbol of the failure of the Eritrean state than the thousands of refugees who abandon it every week, searching for a better life – even when escaping is often more dangerous than staying put. SIMON ALLISON spoke to Dan Connell, a long-time Eritrea

ኣብዚ ዝሓለፈ ቅንያት ወናኒ መርበብ ሓበሬታ መስከረም ኔት ከም መቐጸልታ እቲ ሕሱር ናይ ዓሰባ ባህርያቱ ሕጂ’ውን ስም ተቓለስቲ ንምጥፋእ ነቲ ብኣምባሳዶር መሓመድ-ኑር ኣሕመድ ምስ መርበብ ሓበሬታ ኣልናህዳ ብቋንቋ ዓረብ ዝተገብረ ቃለ-መሕተት ፈጺሙ ንሱ ብዘይበሎን ዘይተዛረቦን ንዕኡ ብዝጥዕሞ ኣትርረጓጉማ ተርጒሙ ጸሎሎ ክቐብኦ ከም ዝፈተነ ኩሉ ዝተዓዘቦ ኢዩ።
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Islamist militants al-Shabab have banned teachers using bells to signal the end of class in the town of Jowhar, 90km (56 miles) north of Mogadishu. Al-Shabab said the bells sounded too much like Christian church bells.
An important meeting of Eritrean legal professionals was held on March 31, 2010 in
n an Al-Jazeera interview on Saturday, President Isayas Afwerki repeatedly denied there was any evidence that his regime was destabilizing Somalia.
Al-Jazeera’s Jane Dutton on Friday confronted Eritrea’s besieged President Isayas Afwerki with questions which every journalist would love to put to a dictator. Isayas tried in vain to show that he was in control although his poor, hostile performance merely reinforced the notion that the UN sanctions are already having the desired effect.
A report out of Russia claims Eritrea is in violation of UN arms embargo on war-torn Sudan where over 200-thousand innocent Darfurians have lost their lives. In the meantime, last minute fundraising projects are underway in the West as such activities may soon be banned under new UN sanctions against Eritrean leaders.
We, Board Members of the Eritrean Youth for Change (“EYC”), write to you on behalf of members of our organization to express our grave concerns over the fragile situation of more than 100 Eritrean refugees who have been detained at SHurma Prison camp in Libya and ask for your intervention and support to stop their return and repatriation with out their choice.