Reuters in Jerusalem theguardian.com, Friday 30 August 2013 02.57 BST Israel plans to soon begin deporting migrants from Eritrea and Sudan, who number more than 50,000, back to Africa via Uganda, officials said. Israel regards most of the Africans as illegal visitors in search of jobs, and largely rejects the position of human

The Maltese military has rescued 84 migrants from a dinghy floating adrift on rough seas, according to officials. The 77 men and seven women were found about 81 nautical miles off the south coast of Malta and brought ashore, the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) said. Meanwhile,

The bodies of six migrants apparently killed in a shipwreck have been recovered on a beach in southern Italy. Officials in the Sicilian port of Catania say some 100 other migrants - reportedly Syrians - have been rescued. The migrants were thrown into the sea when the

Hyndburn MP Graham Jones spoke out to ask if the government was probing the issue of mistreated Christians in Eritrea. Reports say people are fleeing the tiny Red Sea state because of religious persecution, including raids and torture. Mr Jones raised the issue on the floor of

By Topy Vogel, European News  August 6, 2013 The European Commission has warned Malta not to continue blocking a Greek-operated oil tanker after it rescued 102 migrants in distress off the Libyan coast. “It is the humanitarian duty of the Maltese authorities to allow these persons to

Eritrean-Canadians from Toronto and its suburbs, Ottawa, London-Ontario and Kitchener staged a protest in front of Sheraton Hotel in Toronto on August 4, 2013. The purpose of the protest was to throw a heavy punch at PFDJ by exposing its fundraising event held at Sheraton

ኣባላት ኤርትራዊ ሃገራዊ ባይቶ ዞባ ሰሜን ኣሜሪካ ብዛዕባ እቲ ንዶር ዮሱፍ ብርሃኑ ካብ ኣቦ መንበርነት ፈጻሚት ቤት ጽሕፈት ሃገራዊ ባይቶ ካብ ሓላፍነቱ ናይ ምውራድ ብመሪሕነት ባይቶ ብሓፈሻ፣ ብኣቦ መንበር ኣቶ ጸጋይ ዮሃንስ ከኣ ብፍላይ ዝተወስደ ሃንደበታዊ ስጉምቲ ንምዝርራብ ዓርቢ ነሓሰ 2, 2013 ህጹጽ ኣኼባ ኣካይድና

Yossi and Hadar Braha, a Petah Tikva couple of Ethiopian descent who were given an Eritrean couple's newborn baby, say racism was behind Beilinson Hospital's mistake. A Petah Tikva couple has accused the city's Beilinson Hospital after their newborn baby was swapped with another last week,

At first official press conference of Eritrean community in south Tel Aviv, spokesmen call on Israeli government to follow lead of 'most Western countries’ and stop deportations. Representatives of the Eritrean community in Israel on Sunday accused Israel of crossing a “red line” after the so-called

Carter Discusses Security Partnership With Leaders in Ethiopia By Cheryl Pellerin American Forces Press Service ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, July 25, 2013 – Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter met with senior government and military leaders here to discuss the U.S.-Ethiopia security partnership and shared interests in East African security

For Immediate Release Israel: NewPressure on Asylum Seekers to Leave For Eritreans, Sudanese, More Threats of Prolonged Detention (Tel Aviv, July 15, 2013) – Israeli authorities are using new procedures to pressure at least 1,400 Eritrean and Sudaneseasylum seekers, some detained for over a year, to return to

In a resolution adopted on Wednesday, the Security Council asked Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to re-establish the eight-member Monitoring Group on Eritrea and Somalia until November 25, 2014. World Bulletin/News Desk The Un Security CoUncil extended the mandate of the United Nations expert panel monitoring compliance with sanctions against Somalia and Eritrea by 16 months. In

South Sudan's president has sacked his entire cabinet, in an apparent power struggle with other senior leaders. Salva Kiir issued a decree dismissing all ministers and deputy ministers, as well as Vice-President Riek Machar. No clear reason was given for the sackings, but analysts say Mr Kiir

The International Management Development Association (IMDA) in the TWENTY SECOND WORLD BUSINESS CONGRESS, which was held in National Taipei University in Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan) from June 25-29, 2013 has awarded the Research Fellow to Desalegn Abraha Gebrekidan in recognition of research contributions and

PRESS RELEASE Human Rights Watch (Washington DC) Israeli authorities are using new procedures to pressure at least 1,400 Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers, some detained for over a year, to return to their countries, Human Rights Watch said. Under international law, asylum seekers should be detained only

(Reuters) - Israel has launched a forced repatriation of Eritrean migrants that amounts to a grave violation of their human rights because of the risk of persecution in their reclusive homeland, an advocacy group said on Monday. Israeli authorities have been trying to curb an influx of Africans

Malta has cancelled flights it had booked to return migrants to Libya, after an emergency intervention by the European Court of Human Rights. The government had planned to send back people who had arrived by boat, but said it would abide by the ECHR order. Prime Minister

Israel is nearing agreements with a number of African states to provide them with military and other assistance in return for their willingness to accept tens of thousands of immigrants, the Hebrew daily Yediot Ahronot reported on Tuesday. Around 55,000 African labor migrants and asylum seekers

The Wad Sherifey Refugee School for Eritrean in East Sudan has been renovated and started in mid-June its new academic year for 2013-2014 with 651 registered students, of whom 55.3% are girls. The learning environment of the school was in bad shape until April this year.

The government this afternoon booked an Air Malta plane to ferry migrants to Mitiga airport in Tripoli during the night, but the plans were called off late in the evening after the European Court of Human Rights, acting at the request of NGOs, issued an

ብበደዊን ሲናይ ጅሆ ተታሒዛ ዝነበረት፣ ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ሳምንቲ ምስኣ ተሓይሮም ዝነበሩ 5 ግዳያት ከምልጡ ኸለዉ ብዘይምዕዋታ ብሓለውታ ተታሒዛ ዝቐነየት ወጋሕታ ምሕረታኣብ ዝተባህለት ጓል 15 ዓመት ኤርትራዊት ትሕቲ ዕድመ፣ ሸኽ መሓመድ ዝተባህለ በደዊን ገባር-ሰናይ ምስቶም ሒዞማ ዝጸንሑ በደዊን ብዝገበሩዎ ምርድዳእ ነጻ ወጺኣ ከምዘላ ተፈሊጡ። ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ዜና

(Reuters) - Egypt's armed forces overthrew elected Islamist President Mohamed Mursi on Wednesday and announced a political transition with the support of a wide range of political, religious and youth leaders. After a day of drama in which tanks and troops deployed near the presidential palace

Three of the 170 hunger-striking prisoners at Saharonim detention center have reportedly required medical attention; prison management preventing strikers from using telephone. The hunger strike by Eritrean migrants at the Saharonim detention center, which began Saturday, is still underway and according to the Israel Prison Service,

A young, visionary and energetic Eritrean youngster (MeronSemedar) took part in the 36thSan Francisco Marathon, that took place in Oakland on the eve of Martyr’s day. Meron was running with an Eritrean flag and a banner on his hand and the banner reads: “Democracy, Freedom and

June 23, 2013 (JUBA) - President Salva Kiir repeated on Saturday his insistence that South Sudan is not interested in returning to war with neigbouring Sudan, asserting that the two countries need peace. The president made the remark during a meeting with the Eritrean foreign affairs

[caption id="attachment_11947" align="aligncenter" width="599"] Photo by Dan Connel[/caption] ካብ መዓስከር ስደተኛታት ሸገራብን ዶባት ኤርትራ ሱዳንንን ብራሻይዳ ተጨውዮም ናብ በደዊን ሲናይ ድሕሪ ምሻጦም  ንሓያለ ኣዋርሕ  ከም ጅሆ ተታሒዞም ኣብቲ ኣሰቃቒ ምስጢራዊ ማሕዩር ሲናይ ዘስካሕክሕ ስቅያት ዘሕለፉ 9 ኤርትራውያን ዝርከቡዎም 12 ግዳያት ብዝተፈላለየ መንገዲ ድሒኖም ኣብ ትሕቲ ዑቕባ

June 12, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Sudanese president Omer Al-Bashir begins on Thursday a three-day visit to Asmara where he will hold meetings with the Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki over bilateral relations between the two neighbours. According to the Sudanese presidency Bashir’s delegation includes his presidency’ affairs

PRESS RELEASE The Washington D.C. Conference A Conference under the theme “Time for Change: Saving Eritrea’s Future” was held in WashingtonD.C. during the period May 24-25, 2013. This conference, organized by Eritreans who came from all over the United States and Canada, was attended by about 2000 Eritrean-Americans,

GENEVA (5 June 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Eritrea, Sheila B. Keetharuth, today reiterated her call on the international community to keep monitoring the human rights situation in Eritrea and to protect and support those fleeing the country, in particular the increasing

Egyptian politicians are embarrassed after being caught suggesting hostile acts against Ethiopia to stop it from building a dam across the Blue Nile. They were inadvertently heard on live TV proposing military action at a meeting called by President Mohammed Morsi. Ethiopia last week started diverting the

In High Court discussion, state says deal reached whereby undisclosed country will absorb illegal migrants from Eritrea. A third country has agreed to absorb the majority of Eritrean migrants to be deported from Israel, it emerged during a hearing at the High Court on Sunday. Attorney Yochi

Hundreds of Eritreans gathered on Saturday night to a party in the town hall Dietikon. When a group of strangers to hard dazustiess, there were wild brawls. Nine people were injured, several arrested. Several fights in Dietikon and a large deployment of Zurich cantonal police -