By DEBORAH BALL Updated April 19, 2015 6:20 a.m. ET 6 COMMENTS ROME—As many as 700 migrants are believed to have died in a shipwreck about 70 miles from the Libyan coast, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. According to statements from survivors given to the UNHCR,
Italian police say they have arrested 15 Muslim migrants after they allegedly threw 12 Christians overboard following a row on a boat heading to Italy. The Christian migrants, said to be from Ghana and Nigeria, are all feared dead. In a separate incident, more than 40 people
South African President Jacob Zuma on Thursday appealed for calm as a wave of anti-immigrant violence spread to Johannesburg, raising fears the country's dire economic woes could spark widespread unrest. At least six people have been killed in the last two weeks in attacks in the
Boat had left Libya 24 hours before wreck, refugee-assistance groups say By GIADA ZAMPANO April 14, 2015 5:18 p.m. ET 8 COMMENTS ROME—Survivors of the wreck of a migrant boat headed to Italy from Libya said that as many as 400 people had died in the wreck, according to Save
Oregon senior Tanguy Pepiot learned a hard lesson in the final few strides of a 3000m steeplechase Saturday. Pepiot had what he thought was an insurmountable lead with the finish in sight. So he began waving to pump up the home crowd at Oregon’s Hayward Field. Little
Former Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi this morning urged all EU member states to show real solidarity on the issue of migration, helping countries like Malta and Italy, which are facing the brunt of this phenomenon. Speaking at a meeting of the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties, Justice
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BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israel and Rwanda are working to finalize a multimillion dollar deal that would relocate hundreds of African asylum seekers living in Israel to Rwanda, Israeli media reported Friday. According to Israeli news site Ynet, Rwandan President Paul Kagame said on Thursday that a
Displaced Yemeni civilians among those killed and injured in air strike on al-Mazraq camp in province bordering Saudi Arabia An air strike in Yemen by the Saudi-led coalition has killed at least 40 people and wounded about 200 at a camp for internal refugees, a human
When Samuel Gebreyesus arrived at Ottawa Airport last July, he had four traditional Eritrean wooden stools covered with cow skins in his luggage. They were a gift from family members in Eritrea, where Gebreyesus had gone for his brother’s funeral. The Winnipeg taxi driver declared the stools
Saudi Arabia has launched a military operation - including air strikes - in Yemen against Houthi Shia rebels, the Saudi ambassador in the US has said. Adel al-Jubeir said Saudi Arabia acted to "defend the legitimate government" of President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi. The Iran-backed rebels have made
ብመሰረት ሓበሬታ ብዓረብ ዝሕተም ሱዳናዊ ጋዜጣ ሳሓፋ ነፈርቲ ሓይሊ ኣየር ኢትዮጵያ ንመደበር ዕደና ወርቂ ቢሻ ድሕሪ ምድብዳበን፣ ኣብቲ ቦታ ቃጸሎ ኣጋጢሙ። ጋዜጣ ሳሓፋ ግምታት ተዓዘብቲ ጠቒሱ ኣብ ዘስፈሮ ዜና፣ ኤርትራ ብመንገዲ እቶም እትሕብሕቦም ዘላ ተቓወምቲ ኢትዮጵያ ነቲ ዝመጽእ ምርጫ ንምዝራግ ውጥን ኣለዋ ዝብል እምነት ስለዘለዋ ዝወሰደቶ
Mike Smith, Chairperson, Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea, speaks to the press after presenting his report to the 28th Session at the Human Rights Council in Geneva. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré 16 March 2015 – A four-month United Nations investigation into the human rights situation in Eritrea
BBC World Service - Assignment , Eritrea
To mark World Day Against Cyber-Censorship (12 March), Reporters Without Borders is launching “Operation Collateral Freedom” to unblock nine censored websites in 11 countries that are on its list of “Enemies of the Internet.” The “Enemies of the Internet” report that Reporters Without Borders publishes every year
ብምልካዊ ስርዓት ኢሳይያስ ንኤርትራ ከይኣቱ ንነዊሕ ዓመታት ተኸልኪሉ ናይ ዝጸንሐ ማዕከን ዜና ቢቢሲ ልኡኽ፡ ሳም ፕራንቲ፡ እቲ ስርዓት Millennium Development Goals የዐዊተ ኣለኹ `ሞ ርኣዩለይ ስምዑለይ ክብል ብዘቅረበሉ ዕድመ መሰረት ኣስመራ ድሕሪ ምእታዉ፡ ንናጽነት ፕረስ ብዝምልከት ኣብ ኤርትራ ዝተረኽበ ዝኾነ ይኹን ለውጢ ከምዘየልቦ ፡ እቲ
አህጉራዊ መዓልቲ ደቀንስትዮ ኤርትራውያን ደለይቲ ፍትሒ አብ ዓዲ--እንግሊዝ ከተማ ኖቲንግሃም ብዕለት 07/03/17 ብክብ ዝበለ ስነስርዓት ተጸምቢሉ ዊዒሉ ። ኤርትራውያን ደቀንስትዮ ማዕረ አሕዋተን ተቓሊሰን ናጽነት እኳ እንተምጸኣ ድሕሪ ናጽነት ግን አብክንዲ አብ ሃገረን ከቢረን መሰለን ተረጋጊጹለን ዚነብራ ገሊኤን ብኩንትራት ናብ ዓዲ ዓረብ ኪስደዳ ገሊኤን ከኣ መሰል ፖለቲካውን
The head of a Danish fact finding mission to Eritrea defends the division’s findings and stands by the immigration report released last year. The report sparked controversy accross Denmark and was heavily criticized by human rights groups and the Danish Immigration Service itself. The report had also been subject to a probe by an Parliamentary Ombudsman after a request from the Danish
PERTH (miningweekly.com) – The prefeasibility study (PFS) into the Colluli potash project, in Eritrea, has estimated that the project would require an initial investment of some $442-million. The PFS examined a two-module development with an expected production of 425 000 t/y sulphate potash for the first five years of operation, increasing
March 03, 2015 (Berlin) – The number of people caught illegally entering Germany has increased with 57,000 cases in 2014 resulting in a 75-per-cent increase compared to 2013, according to newly released police data. The vast majority of illegal immigrants came from war and crisis-torn countries like Syria with 14,029 cases, followed
PFDJ's lazy politics: " JUST GIVE US the MONEY and we will deal with the issue that is worrying you so much! - IMMIGRATION." Are you SERIOUS!? This may be a music to the ears of the European governments currently led by the gullible Italian
(ANSA)- Milan, February 11 - Police in Milan province and elsewhere in Italy arrested a number of suspected people smugglers Wednesday who charged Eritreans up to 1300 euros to enter Italy illegally en route to northern Europe, police said. Eritreans paid from 250 euros to as
Aid Workers Say Some 300 People on Four Boats Likely to Have Died Since the Weekend By DEBORAH BALL and LIAM MOLONEY Updated Feb. 11, 2015 11:46 a.m. ET ROME—Several hundred seaborne migrants are believed to have died in recent days as they attempted to reach Italy, marking one of
ካብ ስዊዘርላንድ ዝለሓኹ ሰነዳት HSBC ባንክ ከምዘመልክቱዎ፣ ኤርትራ፣ ዝበዝሐ መጠን ዶላር ካብ ዘለወን ሃገራት ተባሂላ ኣብ መበል 53 ተሰሪዓ። ኣብቲ ሰነድ ብስም ኤርትራውያን ዓማዊል ተመዝጊቡ ዝጸንሐ ገንዘብ ድምር ኣስታት $699.6 ሚልዮን ዶላር እዩ። እቲ ሰነድ 39 ናይ ባንክ ሕሳብ ዘለዎም 32 ኤርትራውያን ዓማዊል ከምዘለዉ ክጠቅስ ከሎ፣
Djibouti and Ethiopia on Saturday accused neighboring Eritrea of undermining regional stability. In a joint statement, Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn called on the international community to "take serious steps against the Eritrean government to prevent it from undermining stability
The breakaway region of Somaliland has started to offload the arms cargo from a ship that recently docked in one of the ports in the region under the cover of darkness, officials have confirmed. The MV Shakir – a Sudanese-registered ship carrying a large consignment of
(London 04-02-2015) Over a hundred UK based Eritreans participated in giving evidence and insight into the human rights violations taking place in Eritrea to the UN Commission of Inquiry on human rights in Eritrea, during their investigative visit to the UK from the 23rd to
February 5, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – The United States acknowledged on Thursday the visit by two Sudanese officials to Washington which drew criticism from activists and some congressmen. Sudan’s foreign minister Ali Karti who arrived in a low-profile attended the annual National Prayer Breakfast which took place
Thu Feb 5, 2015 5:39pm GMT By Ayman al-Warfalli BENGHAZI, Libya Feb 5 (Reuters) - Clashes erupted in the centre of Libya's main eastern city Benghazi on Thursday as pro-government forces pushed to take the port district from Islamist militants, and seven soldiers were killed, witnesses and military
(Reuters) - A Russian newspaper critical of President Vladimir Putin is among the nominations for the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize, along with Edward Snowden, Pope Francis and a priest helping African migrants. Although the committee has marked the last four 10-year anniversaries of the 1945 bombing
Surging away from Japanese rivals Hiroki Kadota and Hiroyuki Yamamoto after 32km, Eritrea’s Tewelde Estifanos won the 64th Beppu-Oita Marathon, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, in a personal best 2:10:18 on Sunday (1). After slow start, with the leaders covering the first kilometre in 3:11
By The Associated Press | Jan. 26, 2015 In rare move, the state-run Al-Ahram newspaper directly criticizes the Egyptian president; calls on him to guarantee public safety. In an unusually critical column, the chairman of Egypt's state-run daily Al-Ahram newspaper has specifically called out the country's president
"The 26-year-old suspect is also thought to be from Eritrea, quelling rumors that the murder was a hate crime" About a week after an Eritrean refugee was found dead in his apartment, an arrest warrant has been issued for his roommate. The incident has raised questions
Pope Francis has established a new Eastern Catholic Church for Eritrea, the first since the early 20th century, in what may be a move to ease the position of Catholics in the country. Roman Catholicism is one of the four religions tolerated in Eritrea, along with
Eritreans in the UK have asserted their readiness to expose violations of human rights taking place in Eritrea, during public meetings organised by a consortium of Eritrean human rights organisations. As part of its activities aimed at promoting a better understanding of the United a Nation's
The violent death an Eritrean asylum-seeker in eastern Germany and initial police denial of foul play has prompted opposition Greens politician Volker Beck to file a judicial obstruction charge against persons unknown. The mayoress of Dresden, Helma Orosz, on Thursday urged the public not to jump
Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea UN inquiry on human rights in Eritrea set to begin hearing testimonies in the United Kingdom GENEVA (16 January 2014) – The United Nations Commission of Inquiry on human rights in Eritrea will visit the United Kingdom from 24 to
Kate Connollyin Dresden The Guardian,Thursday 15 January 2015 It was 8pm on Monday when Khaled Idris Bahray told his seven flatmates he was popping out to buy some cigarettes from the Netto supermarket about 100 metres away from his flat in a prefab high-rise in the south
Eritrea has been one of a number of African nations to benefit from a recent mining boom, but with new economic horizons have come staggering levels of corruption. According to some reports, the Eritrean government has brought in revenues of over $1 billion through the
