Reporters Without Borders (RSF) hails UNESCO’s decision, announced today, to award its Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize to Dawit Isaak, a journalist with Swedish and Eritrean dual nationality who has been imprisoned in Eritrea for 15 years without every talking to a lawyer or
Ethiopia's parliament has extended the country's state of emergency by four months, two weeks after it had initially relaxed some parts of the measure. The state of emergency was originally declared in October and set to last for six months in response to months of anti-government
The Eritrean government fully appreciates the most retched existence of its troops since independence 25 years ago. In recent years young fighters have been exiting its borders in droves dodging flying bullets or walking around mines; then treking on for months through deadly African deserts
Christine N. Umutoni UN Resident/ Humanitarian Coordinator & UNDP Resident Representative Asmara, Eritrea Dear Ms. Umutoni, This is to register my deepest regret at repeated statements you’ve made in support of the Eritrean regime, the most brutal system of government our people have had to endure for more than
World Bulletin / News Desk Around 250 African refugees are feared to have drowned in the Mediterranean after a rescue boat found two partially submerged rubber dinghies off Libya, a spokeswoman said Thursday. Laura Lanuza of Spanish charity Proactiva Open Arms said its boat Golfo Azzuro had
Five people died and nearly 40 others injured when a knife-wielding man rampaged through a street in his car and tried to storm the UK Parliament in London. London terror attack: Four people died and nearly 40 others were injured when a knife-wielding man rampaged through
A police officer has been stabbed in the Houses of Parliament in central London, in what police are treating as a terrorist incident. Commons Leader David Lidington told MPs the "alleged assailant was shot by armed police". There are also reports of as many as five people
18 years had passed since Michael last communicated with his family. He wanted to locate his only son and be reunited again. Nearly two decades since being separated, that long-impossible dream came true. ''No words can express my happiness. I am born again,'' Michael said after
A major appeal is being launched on Wednesday to help more than 16 million people facing hunger in east Africa. The Disasters Emergency Commission is calling for funds to scale up the response to drought in the region and prevent “hunger on a massive scale”, while aid agencies warn that
IRIN NEWS: INDA SELASSIE/ETHIOPIA, 16 March 2017 Under the early morning sun in the most northern region of Ethiopia a motley group of Eritrean men, women and children arrive dusty and tired at the end of a journey – and at the start of another. After crossing
Demonstration in the City Center of The Hague in The Netherland, organised by Eritrean Refugees and Peace Loving Dutch Eritreans Against the Policy of the government of Israël towards the Eritrean Asylum Seekers. Today the 17 th of March 2017, about 150 Eritrean young refugees demonstrated
Predators of press freedom have seized on the notion of “fake news” to muzzle the media on the pretext of fighting false information. Nonetheless, many of them have taken recent statements by President Donald Trump as a means of justifying their repressive policies. This dangerous
The research work presented in this report will provide historically relevant genesis towards the early education in Eritrea, remarkable development phases in the 1940 and 1950s and post-independent Eritrea. The purpose of the compiled work include to give recognition of the growth of the formal
The second-largest segment of recent refugees to Missoula comes from one of the world’s fastest-emptying nations. That those attempting to flee Eritrea have to dodge troops at the border with “shoot to kill” orders only underlines the desperate, despotic conditions in the northeast African nation on
Regardless of international concerns, Eritrea continues to pursue a policy of indefinite military conscription that compels the young and the old to serve their country while paying them a pittance. Eritreans are continuing to leave in large numbers to find work to support their families
Many victims are thought to have been people who scavenged for a living at Koshe landfill site At least 30 people have been killed and dozens more hurt in a giant landslide at Ethiopia’s largest rubbish dump, officials have said. Dozens of homes of squatters who lived
WORLD DAY AGAINST CYBER-CENSORSHIP REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS (RSF) ISSUES REPORT ON ONLINE SURVEILLANCE AND CENSORSHIP On World Day Against Cyber-Censorship, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is releasing areport denouncing the readiness with which leading Internet companies submit to the demands of authoritarian regimes in order to profit. RSF is
On this day, March 8, the women of the other world are celebrating for breaking chains of oppression to empower all women of the world, setting themselves free to work side by side with all men to make the world better and safer. Because of
RSF OPENS FIRST CENTER FOR PROTECTION OF AFGHAN WOMEN JOURNALISTS On the eve of International Women's Day, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is proud to announce the opening of Afghanistan’s first center for the protection of women journalists. RSF has gone to Afghanistan to inaugurate the center, called “Center for
About 30,000 Eritreans live in Israel, where a dangerous voluntary resettlement plan is being criticised. by Yermi Brenner Multimedia Journalist Berlin, Germany - The most crucial decision for a person forced to flee their homeland is where to seek asylum. That is the hard lesson learned by Yemane Mesgen on
The coral wall rose from the depths of the Red Sea, a vast and multicolor canvas brimming with sea life. I swam alongside it for 200 feet, past tangled branches, swaying ferns and brain-like spheres, and then dove toward the ocean floor. [gview file="http://archive.assenna.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/scuba-diving-in-eritr.pdf"]
Witness(es): Professor Gaim Kibreab, London South Bank University Professor Richard Reid, School of Oriental and African Studies Martin Plaut, journalist and author
International Women’s Day, March 11, 2017 Women for Change in Eritrea & The Women of Houston, Texas Proudly honors our 5th annual International Women’s Day event, on March 11, 2017, in Houston, Texas. Women for Change in Eritrea along with our sisters of Houston, Texas will host our annual Empowerment Workshop, where we will have an open discussion
....Last July, an air shipment of North Korean military communications equipment, sent from China and bound for Eritrea, was intercepted in an unnamed country. The seized equipment included 45 boxes of battlefield radios and accessories labeled "Glocom", short for Global Communications Co.... It is in Kuala
Arbeshto, which its equivalent cognate in Italian is “rovesciato” and the English equivalent is “bicycle kick,” can be used as a strategy because of its surprising nature of doing or using backward double kicks to score an unexpected goal. The purpose of Arbeshto is to
Eritrea Travel Warning Saturday, February 25, 2017 :: Staff infoZine The U.S. Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to Eritrea. The Government of Eritrea restricts the travel of all foreign nationals in the country, including U.S. diplomats. These restrictions make it difficult
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) urged UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to take steps to address the urgent issue of safety of journalists. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Secretary General Christophe Deloire and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Executive Director
Swedish starlet Alexander Isak will become one of the best in the world - former team-mate Dickson Etuhu Alexander Isak is already a full international. Credit: PA By Will Unwin Borussia Dortmund starlet Alexander Isak is the biggest thing to come out of Swedish football since Zlatan Ibrahimovic,
Eritreans who are familiar with the history of Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, the 93 years old strong man with one foot in the grave, are watching him intently and wondering whether Isaias Afwerki, who has just turned 72 recently, is going to follow the same
Between 2007 and 2015, Export-Import Bank provided 48 insurance policies to Connell Company to work with mining companies in seven African countries An obscure US government agency has provided $315m in taxpayer-supported financing over the past decade to a company that has supplied equipment to African
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is alarmed to learn that radical Islamists have been threatening and attacking the journalist Shamael Al-Nur in the media ever since she denounced the government’s public health policies in a column in the independent newspaper El Tayar on 2 February. Her Islamist
By Gregor Brown MUSCAT, Oman (VN) — Eritrean Merhawi Kudus of Dimension Data sat on the sea wall in Muscat taking in the rugged cityscape after the Tour of Oman finished. He said the white jersey, his first at bike racing’s top level, holds importance as
One of the United Nations’ top human rights experts says Switzerland had no good reason to crack down on Eritreans. François Crépeau, a Canadian lawyer who serves as the UN’s special rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, lashed out at Switzerland’s recent decision to tighten
The Gambia has formally sworn in its new elected President, Adama Barrow, in front of a crowd of thousands including African heads of state. It was the second time he had taken the oath after his formal inauguration was delayed by the reluctance of his predecessor
ANALYSIS Nairobi — Foreign military intervention in Africa is controversial when it happens, and occasionally controversial when it doesn't. It's a symptom of the fragility of African states, and the power of external interests. The long and inglorious history of intervention runs from colonial and post-colonial struggles,
Eritrean national cycling team defends title at the ongoing 2017 African Continental championships in Luxor, Egypt, after scooping a bgold medal in the Elite Men Team Time Trial. Eritrean women team also won gold medal. The experienced Eritrean quartet of Abraham Meron, Gebreigzabhier Amanuel, Habtom Awet, Teshome
The 17-year-old girl arrived alone in San Jose on Friday, marking a new chapter in a painstaking journey that took her from a refugee camp in Ethiopia to a new life in the Bay Area. Waiting at the end of a long passageway was her new foster
Dr. Gebre Gebremariam will give a public seminar on: “The Peter Pan Syndrome in the Eritrean Politics: Dysfunctional Leadership and the Predicament of the Eritrean Nation State” Venue: Hdri Jeganuna Official Room Date: Saturday, 18 February 2017 Time: 8:00 p.m. (Berlin Time) or 2:00 p.m.
The United Nations E-Government Development Database (UNeGovDD) is a benchmarking tool that provides a comparative assessment of the e-government development of UN Member States. It offers an interactive snapshot of each country’s e-government development from a regional and global perspective. Read More: The United Nations' E-Government
Media Briefing on Deliberation on Human Rights Situation in Eritrea at the 7th Citizens Continental Conference Held from 26 to 28 January, 2017 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia It is to be recalled that a delegation composed of different Eritrean civic and political organizations participated in the 6th