By Tesfa-Alem Tekle February 20, 2016 (ADDIS ABABA) – A group of Eritrean armed men allegedly carried out mass kidnappings from a region in North Ethiopia bordering the tiny Red Sea nation. Multiple sources toldSudan TribuneSaturday that a group of armed men allegedly dressed in Eritrean army

Six human traffickers have been sentenced by a Palermo court in connection with a migrant boat wreck off Lampedusa in October 2013, in which more than 300 people died. In the first ruling of its kind in Italy, the six Eritreans were given prison terms ranging

United States Company has agreed with Ethiopia to construct the fuel pipeline linking landlocked Ethiopia to Djibouti.US secretary of state said in a statement seen by APA on Friday that the black Rhino company owned by funds from United States investment firm Blackstone Group has

Nevsun Resources Ltd. (NSU.TO, NSU) gained 10% in after hours trade in the States yesterday after it announced its 2016 outlook guidance which includes revenues from copper, zinc and monetization of precious metal stockpiles from the Bisha Mine in Eritrea. In a statement it said

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Nevsun in Eritrea: Dealing with A Dictator (preview) The Fifth Estate February 12, 2016 01:08 When a small Vancouver mining company struck gold in a remote corner of Africa, it started with so much promise. In remote Eritrea, Nevsun built a mine that was generating $700 million in profits

AMSTERDAM (IDN) - A Court in Amsterdam struck down Meseret Bahlbi lawsuit against Mirjam van Reisen, Dutch professor and human rights advocate. The judge found that she was not guilty of libel and slander and that the youth party of the Eritrean regime can be

The first two families have arrived in Latvia under the terms of a European Union plan to redistribute asylum seekers from warzones, Latvia's Interior Ministry announced Saturday. At a press briefing held at Latvia's only asylum seeker center, at Mucenieki on the outskirts of Riga, Interior

February 06, 2016 (JUBA) - South Sudan’s education minister, John Gai is in Zimbabwe to plans to hiring of hundreds of its teachers and nurses to work in the young nation. The Zimbabwean Chroniclenewspaper reported recently that Juba intends to hire 20,000 Zimbabwean graduates to work

Eritrea’s Goitom Kifle and Bahrain’s Eunice Kirwa were victorious at the Kagawa Marugame International Half Marathon, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, on Sunday (7). The men’s race started relatively slow with the first 5km covered in about 14:27. The pace then gradually picked up and

Libya’s internationally recognised government based in Tobruk decided to stop air flights with Sudan for security reasons without further details. Sudan is accused by the official government of supporting Libyan Islamists government based in Tripoli, as reports say Jihadist fighters from Sudan and other African countries

We have all heard about the terrible situation in Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq causing people to risk their lives and make the treacherous journey across the Mediterranean. However, what I have sadly come to realise is that not so many of us have heard much

A false rumour that men in Eritrea would be legally obliged to marry at least two women went viral this week. But it's a hoax that has hit at least four countries to date, and actually began in Iraq, where it wasn't as implausible as

Eritrean refugee Ezedin Osman, 29 of Nottingham City Centre tells his story during a special Beestonian Film Club hosted in partnership with Notts Alternative Film Network at Cafe Roya in Wollaton Road, Beeston Eritrean refugee Ezedin Osman arrived in Britain after months crossing mountains, two seas

Berhane G. Hailemichael My title: I am a simple man of little beginning who has enjoyed the compassion and loveliness of humanity and nature. My growth experience has shown me that regardless of background, location or education, you can still achieve your dreams. All we need is

The southern African nation of Angola has reported some 23 cases of yellow fever that resulted in seven deaths in Viana municipality, according to local media Friday. Health minister, José Van-Dunem said during a press conference in Luanda that the first case was reported on 5 December 2015 in

Report says Home Office guidance that it was safe to send Eritreans home is based largely on discredited Danish report The Home Office is using misleading and biased information to decide the fate of Eritrean asylum seekers, an independent report has found, as its author claims

  The Eritrean Embassy in Saudi Arabia forced all Eritrean passport holders in Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, Jezan, Abha and Khemis Mushait to sign on a standard letter produced by the regime to discredit the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea report, and thwart

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 19, 2016 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) solemnly marks the 10 year anniversary tomorrow of the illegal removal and detention of Eritrean Orthodox Patriarch Abune Antonios as head of the Eritrean Orthodox Church. “USCIRF calls on the Eritrean government to immediately

by Ilan Lior The baby, Kako Yamena, was seriously wounded two years ago when an Israeli stabbed her in the head with a pair of scissors near Tel Aviv's central bus station. An Eritrean family whose baby was stabbed in Tel Aviv two years ago left Israel

At least 23 people of 18 different nationalities are now known to have been killed after Islamist militants attacked a hotel in Burkina Faso. Al-Qaeda militants attacked the luxury Splendid Hotel in the West African state's capital, Ouagadougou, as well as a cafe and another hotel

Jerusalem (AFP) - Prosecutors charged four Israelis Tuesday for brutally beating an Eritrean migrant worker as he lay bleeding from gunshot wounds after being mistaken for an Arab militant attacker last year, media said. Habtom Zarhum, 29, was shot by a security guard at a bus

The Dutch refugee settlement agency COA has told young asylum seekers not to attend services at the Eritrean orthodox church in Rotterdam because of concerns they will be at risk of abuse, the Reformatorisch Dagblad says on Monday. The organisation says it is has been made

Saudi Arabia executed a prominent Shi'ite Muslim cleric and dozens of al Qaeda members on Saturday, signalling it would not tolerate attacks, whether by Sunni jihadists or minority Shi'ites, and stirring sectarian anger across the region. Hundreds of Shi'ite Muslims marched through Qatif district of Saudi

Devastated relatives of some victims interviewed by Radio Assenna in the last couple of days disclosed that 39 Eritrean Christians were beheaded by ISIS in Libya, back on 24th August, 2015. According to the information, the 38 young Eritreans were executed barbarically after defying ISIS’s demand

Canada's immigration minister remains confident the government will meet its target to bring in 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of February. But members of Edmonton's Eritrean community are worried the response to the crisis in Syria means refugees from their homeland will be forced to wait

His Grace Bishop Angaelos, General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom issued the following statement yesterday: After having received confirmation of the death of Abune Dioskoros, we pray for his repose and for the faithful of our sister Eritrean Orthodox Church. This

The Associated Press HELSINKI - A Swedish court has sentenced an Eritrean asylum-seeker to life in prison for stabbing a 55-year-old woman and her adult son to death. The Svea Court of Appeal says the 36-year-old man, Abraham Ukbagabir, had confessed to the Aug. 10 stabbings at

Eyewitnesses have confirmed that Muslim passengers shielded Christians in the Mandera-bound bus that was attacked by suspected Al-Shabaab militants on Monday morning. Mandera Governor Ali Roba who spoke to theNation by phone from outside the country said the local passengers stood together with the non-locals refusing

Father Semere summoned to Holot detention center. The Holot detention center for illegal African migrants may soon have a celebrity “resident.” Father Semere, the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church’s senior leader in the Middle East and a published theological author and lecturer, was summoned by the Interior Ministry

A US air strike killed a senior leader of the Islamic State (IS) group in Libya, the Pentagon has confirmed. Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt Jeff Davis said Abu Nabil died after an F-15 jet targeted a compound in the eastern city of Derna on 13 November. Iraqi

Isaac Amanios, cousin of New York Giants player, among San Bernardino mass shooting victim  By Larry Altman, Daily Breeze FONTANA >> Isaac Amanios, 60, fled his war-torn country 15 years ago in search of the American dream, his brother said. Abraham Amanios said his younger brother immigrated to

We, the Eritrean Youth for Unity, Salvation and Justice in Seattle and vicinities, are cordially inviting all our Eritrean brothers and sisters residing in the Puget Sound area to join hands with us without any delay, for the salvation of our country, Eritrea, at this

"Asmara defends conscription saying it faces a constant threat from Ethiopia, but has said it has ended policy; rights group says 'just rhetoric'. " ERITREA’S claims that it has ended indefinite national service are untrue and refugees arriving in Europe should not be deemed economic migrants,

ሓበሬታ ንተኸታተልቲ ድምጺ ኣሰና ብዛዕባ ምትእትታው ሓድሽ መደብ ኣሰና  - ‘ህይወትና’ ድምጺ ኣሰና፣ ሓድሽ ወለዶ ኤርትራ ካብ ተመክሮ ህይወት ኣብነታውያን ምሁራት፣ ሰብ ሞያ፣ ለባማትን ተቓለስትን ደቂ ሃገሩ ውርሻ ዝእንገደሉ መድረኽ ንምፍጣር ‘ህይወትና’ ዝብል ሓድሽ መደብ ከተተኣታቱ ምዃና ተበስረኩም። እቲ ንህይወት ኣብነታውያን ኤርትራውያን እንተላይ ኣበርክቶኦም ንሕብረተስብ ብስፍሕ ዝበለ

The government is to give the BBC £289m over the next five years to invest in expanding the BBC World Service into countries such as North Korea as part of its strategy designed to strengthen the UK’s “soft power”. The cash injection was announced on Monday

Officials say suspected Islamist gunmen who stormed a hotel in Mali's capital, Bamako, have "no more hostages". The Radisson Blu Hotel was stormed by special forces after gunmen entered it and seized 170 people. At least 30 of the hostages are known to have escaped. Al-Qaeda in

Abdela Hagaito, 42, was seen swinging from a tree in a park off of a main highway in the Windy City by a woman on her morning commute.  A Chicago man was found hanged from a tree in a park while unsuspecting commuters and joggers sped

Yemeni forces backed by the Saudi-led coalition have launched an offensive to retake the key battleground province of Taiz from Houthi rebels, a military commander told AFP news agency. Forces loyal to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi have been pressing to recapture parts of Yemen seized by the

The Islamic State has grown beyond its original home in Syria and Iraq, extending its operations into other parts of the Middle East and North Africa by establishing alliances and absorbing other terrorist groups. Data from IHS Jane’s Terrorism and Insurgency Center reveals how the