Eritrean Nationals in the Greater Bay Area Celebrated 22nd Independence Day with Great Enthusiasm Large crowd of mostly youth Eritreans gathered in Oakland, California on Sunday May 26 to Celebrate our country’s 22nd Independence Day. This gathering was exceptional in many ways. To begin with, the

TORONTO — Canada is expelling an Eritrean diplomat after he was caught using his consulate in Toronto as a fundraising front for the repressive African regime and its military in violation of international sanctions. Consul Semere Ghebremariam O. Micael was ordered home Wednesday after a government

መበል 22 ዓመት መዓልቲ ናጽነት ኤርትራ ኣብ ላስቬጋስ  ብዕለት 22/05/2013 ብድምቐት ተባዒሉ ኣምስዩ።እቲ በደረጃ ኾሚኒቲይ ላስቬጋስ ዝተጸንበለ መዓልቲ ናጽነት ብመጀመርታ ብዝኽረ ሰማእታትን ብህጻናት ሃገራዊ መዝሙርን እዩ ተኸፊቱ።ቐጺሉ ብኣቦ-ወንበር ኮሚነትይ ላስቨጋስ ቓል መዓልቲ ናጽነት ተነቢቡ።ኣብቲ ዝተሓላለፈ መልእክቲ እንቓዕ ናብ መበል 22 መዓልቲ ናጽነት ኣብቓዓኹም ድሕሪ ምባል 

Bank says it's complying with all applicable laws and is investigating claims CBC News Last Updated: May 27, 2013A United Nations report last year indicated that state threats and intimidation were commonly used against families in Eritrea to get their relatives living in Canada and other countries

እቲ ካብ ዝተፈላለያ  ስቴትስ ሕቡራት መንግስታት ኣመሪካን ዝተፈላለያ ከተማታት ካናዳን፡ ኣሽሓት ኪሎሜተራት ተጓዒዞም ናብ ዋሺንግተን ዲሲ ብምምጻእ፡ ብምኽንያት መበል 22 ዕለተ ናጽነት ኤርትራ ካብ 24-25 ግንቦት “ህዝባዊ ማዕበን ንድሕነት ሃገር” ብዝብል ቴማ ኣብ ዋሺንግተን ዲሲ ከካይዱዎ ዝቐነዩ፡ ሰላማዊ ሰልፍን ዋዕላን ዘጠቓለለ መደብ ኤርትራውያን ደለይቲ ፍትሕን

Eritrea’s Zersenay Tadese and Mestawet Tufa of Ethiopia yesterday set new times in road race at the Gifu Seiryu Half Marathon in Japan. Tadese upgraded Kenyan marathoner, Martin Mathathi’s record that has been in the archives for two years now as the Eritrean clocked 1:00:31 to

After seven months of beatings, burns, electric shocks and constant threats to kill him, an Eritrean refugee has finally been freed by his kidnappers in Egypt's Sinai desert. Covered in deep scars and suffering from breathing problems and bone injuries, Philemon Semere, now in Cairo,

May 15 (Reuters) - Australia-based South Boulder Mines has handed the reclusive state of Eritrea an increased stake in its Colluli potash mine under the terms of a new joint venture agreement, the miner said in a statement. South Boulder, which had held a 90 percent stake

The U.S. Department of State continues to warn U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to Eritrea and strongly recommends U.S. citizens defer all travel to the country. This replaces the Travel Warning for Eritrea of November 29, 2012, to update information on additional travel

The move comes following an email sent on Thursday to all police authorities in Sweden to not forcibly deport people to Eritrea. "From what I understand the Migration Board is planning to stop these type of forced deportations. That's why we've made this decision," Sören Clerton,

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan accused South Sudan of having supported rebels who launched a major assault two weeks ago, warning this could derail recent oil and security agreements between the African neighbors, state media said on Saturday. The two countries agreed in March to resume cross-border oil flows and end

(Reuters) - Ethiopian police have arrested a minister and 11 other people on corruption charges, an official and state media said on Saturday, in the country's most high-profile swoop against graft for more than a decade. Businesses in the region regularly complain of corruption as an

Thousands of political prisoners are being held by Eritrea in "unimaginably atrocious conditions", says Amnesty International, and not one has ever been charged with any crime. The rights group says at least 10,000 people have been jailed for political reasons since President Isaias Afewerki came to

ኣህጉራዊ ተጣባቒ ሰብኣዊ መሰል ኣምነስቲ ኢንተርናሽናል ሎሚ 9 ግንቦት፡ድሕሪ 20 ዓመት ናጽነት ቀጥዒ ኣልቦ ጭቆና ብዝብል ኣርእስቲ ኣብ ዘውጽኦ ዕላዊ መግለጺ፡ኣብያተ ማእሰርቲ ኤርትራ ብዘይክሲ ብዝተቐፈዱ ኣሽሓት እሱራት ፖለቲካ መሊአን ከምዘለዋን ብዙሓት ካብቶም ዝተኣስሩ ሃለዋቶም ከምዘይፍለጥን ሓቢሩ። ኣብ ኤርትራ ዝሓለፈ ክልተ ዓሰርተ ዓመታት ንመንግስቲ ዝነቐፉ፡ፖሊቲከኛታት፡ጋዜጠኛታት፡ኣባላት ዘይተመዝገባ ሃይማኖታትን፡ካብ

Reporters Without Borders / Reporters sans frontières (http://www.rsf.org) 3 May 2013 World Press Freedom Day Indictment Eritrea - Issaias Afeworki, president Born in February 1946, you grew up in Eritrea, got a university degree from Ethiopia’s University of Addis Ababa and then received political and military training in China. After 30

BY TESFA-ALEM TEKLE, 30 APRIL 2013 Addis Ababa — The Ethiopian government on Monday has reiterated its readiness to hold peace talks with Eritrea to resolve their decades-long border dispute During his meeting with the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in New York, the Ethiopian Minister of

By: Charlie Miller Two vehicles carrying 196 refugees of various nationalities were stopped by border forces near the Egyptian-Sudanese border on Monday morning, according to the Egyptian army. An Egyptian Armed Forces spokesperson confirmed earlier today that a convoy containing a total of 196 people was stopped

ደምዳሚ መግለጺ ጠቕላላ ጉባኤ 2013 ኤርትራዊ ዲሞክራስያዊ ኪዳን  ኤርትራዊ ዲሞክራስያዊ ኪዳን ጠቕላላ ጉባኤኡ 2013  ካብ 17-21 ሚያዝያ 2013 ኣብ ትሕቲ ኩሉ ዓቕምታትና ንመስርሕ ደሞክራስያዊ ለውጢ ይኽተት ዝብል መሪሕ ጭርሖ ኩነታት ኤርትራን ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቓን ኣገዳሲ ምዕባሌታት ኣብ ዘርእየሉ ዘሎ ህሞት ኣብ ርእሰ-ከተማ ኢትዮጵያ ኣዲስ ኣበባ ተጋቢኡ።   ኣብ ሃገራዊ መዳይ፡- ጠቕላላ

Last updated: Sunday, April 21, 2013 1:07 PM Saudi Gazette report JAZAN — An Eritrean female flight lieutenant, who entered the Kingdom two weeks ago to fly back a military Eritrean airplane that landed earlier in the Kingdom, told Saudi authorities that she did not want to go

By Tesfa-Alem Tekle April 18, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – The Eritrean government said this week that it supports Egypt’s stance over a colonial-era treaty that granted Egypt a right to utilise the lions share of Nile river’s water resources. The Red Sea nation expressed its support in

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NEW HAVEN — New Haven diners who ate regularly at Caffe Adulis from 1992-2008 knew the affable chef Ficre Ghebreyesus as the man introducing them to the exotic cuisine of his native Eritrea. What they didn’t know is that when the chef went home, he headed to

April 13, 2013 (JUBA) – Friday’s meeting between South Sudan president, Salva Kiir and his Sudan counterpart, Omer Ahmed Al-Bashir has widely been viewed as gesture of improve relations between the two ex foes. The two leaders, at a press conference held in Juba after their

UN expert to assess human rights situation in Eritrea through neighbouring countries   BANJUL (11 April 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Eritrea, Beedwantee Keetharuth, today regretted that the Eritrean Government continues to deny her access to assess the

Ethiopia and Qatar signed various agreements yesterday (April 10th) following the conclusion of the bilateral talks between the Emir of Qatar and Prime Minister Hailemariam. The first Agreement on Cultural Cooperation was signed by the respective ministers of culture. A Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Apr 10, 2013 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Sunridge Gold Corp. (the "Company") (sgc:TSX.V/SGCNF) is pleased to announce that the Asmara Project Feasibility Study (the "Study") is on schedule for completion as planned in early May. The Study is being conducted by lead engineer

ሰበስልጣን ምልካዊ ስርዓት ህግደፍ፡ ነታ ኣብ ስዑዲዓረብ ዝነበረት ኣቐዲሞም ኢዶም ዝሃቡ ክልተ ኤርትራውያን ፓይሎት ናብ ስዑዲ ዝተሳገሩላ ነፋሪት ህግደፍ ንምምላስ ዝለኣኹዋ ፓይሎት ራህዋ ገብረክርስቶስ ንርእሳ ኢዳ ሂባ ምስ ራሕርሓቶም ናብ ኤርትራ ንሰበስልጣን ስዑዲ ንምትላል ዘካየዱዎ ፈተነ ከምዝፈሸለ ምንጭታት ኣረጋጊጾም። እቶም ነፋሪት ከምልሱ ዝሓሰቡዎ ፓይሎት ዝኸሰሩ መራሕቲ

The moral decadence and unethical nature of the YPFDJ is evident to most Eritreans. No one expects a criminal regime with radical and fascist agenda to breed innocent followers. The following document which was leaked from the YPFDJ is however, a reminder on how the PFDJ

An Eritrean female pilot is seeking political asylum in Saudi Arabia after she was sent to bring back the presidential VIP plane, which remained in Saudi Arabia after the defection of two Eritrean pilots last year. According demo.archive.assenna.com an opposition website from the UK, the

ምልካዊ ስርዓት ኢሳይያስ፡ ነታ ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ዓመት፡ ካፕቴን ዮናስ ወልደኣብ ከምኡ ‘ውን መኮነን ደበሳይ ዝተባህሉ ክልተ መራሕታ (ፓይሎታት) ዝጨወዩዋ ሞ፡ ኣብ ስዑዲ ዓረብ ዑቕባ ድሕሪ ምሕታቶም ንሓያለ ኣዋርሕ ኣብ ስዑዲ ዓረብ እትርከብ  IAI 1125  ዝዓይነታ ናይ VIP ነፋሪት ናብ ኤርትራ ክትመልሳ ዝለኣኻ፡ ራህዋ ገብረክርስቶስ ዝተባህለት

ጸብጻብ ዕዉት ሰልፊ ደለይቲ ፍትሒ ዓዲ እንግሊዝ ኣብ ሂልተን ኢንተርናሺናል፡ በርሚንግሃም እቲ ርእሰ ምትእምማን ኣጥፊኡ፡ ኣብ ውሽጢ ኤርትራ ጥራይ ዘይኮነ እንተላይ ኣብ ወጻኢ ናብ ደባይ ተቐይሩ፡ ንኹሉ ውራዩ ብክቱር ፍርሒ ተሽቝሪሩ ዘሕልፎ ዘሎ ቀባሪ ናፊቑ ዘሎ ስርዓት ህግደፍ፡ ኣብ ዓዲ እንግሊዝ ናይ YPFDJ (ኩርኩር ህግደፍ) 9ይ

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According to assenna sources, the desperate PFDJ regime in Eritrea is forcing Eritrean women including 50 years and above mothers into military training. As indicated on assenna’s earlier news report, the forced military training of Eritrean mothers is ongoing in Tokombiya, a small town in Gash-Barka