Seven-year-old Timnit Mesghena is an avid reader. In the evenings, she and her father like to sit on the sofa in their flat in Berlin and read to each other. They present an easy picture of family happiness. One of their favourites is the classic children's

The Board of Directors at Eritrean Youth Solidarity for Change North America (EYSC-NA) would like to let know members of this vibrant group and all change seekers that we have decided to make change of leadership to prevent any catastrophic damage to the organization. On Saturday

March 8, 2013 Solidarity March with Eritrean Women We are marching today in solidarity with our Eritrean mothers, sisters and daughters, who are suffering as victims of human rights abuse in their own country as well as in lands where they have ended up refugees. Because of

Two Eritrean activists from the North East of England, Bini Araia and Sirak Hagos met with William Hague, the British Foreign Secretary today to discuss the deteriorating situation in the Sinai desert. Mr Hagos represents a charitable organisation called Investing in People and Culture (IPC) and

By Rally Organizers The day was Thursday, 7th 2013, the weather of Stockholm was sunny but very cold minus eight degrees centigrade.. Demonstrators started gathering at 12.45 local time. They came from cities of Uppsala, Sheleftea, Malmo, Katrineholm from Sweden and a bus carrying about 30

ERITREANS IN TORONTO & ENVIRONS  ESTABLISH FORTO 2013 SUPPORT AND SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE In a way unprecedented in terms of turnout and level of zeal and passion for change, Eritrean-Torontonians of mixed age groups but predominantly youth, held a meeting on Sunday, February 24, 2013.  They started the meeting

Arson investigations have been launched into three fires that broke out near Stockholm in the early hours of Monday morning in three separate locations, all of which house organizations that sympathize with the regime in Eritrea. All the fires broke out within hours of one another, with emergency services

ኣብ ካርቱም 200 ዝኣኽሉ ኤርትራውያን፡ ላዕለዋይ ኮምሽን ስደተኛታት ውድብ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ብዝገበረሎም ጻውዒት መሰረት፡ ብዕለት 19 የካቲት ብዛዕባ ኹነታት ስደተኛታት ኤርትራውያን ኣብ ሱዳን ንምዝታይ ኣኼባ ከምዘካየዱ ምንጭታት ካብ ካርቱም ንኣሰና ሓቢሮም።እቲ ወከልቲ ውድብ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ማዕከን ቆልዑ (ዩኒሴፍ) ከምኡ’ውን ዎርልድ ቺልድረን ዝተሳተፉዎ ኣኼባ፡ኣብ ጉዳይ መንነት ወረቐት ስደተኛታት፡ ትምህርትን

By Andrew Jackson Oryada BBC Sport, Kampala Uganda has granted asylum to the 15 players from the Eritrea football team and the team doctor whoabsconded in the country in December during the 2012 Cecafa Tusker Senior Challenge Cup. Apollo David Kazungu, the Commissioner for Refugees in the Office

In-depth details on the Eritrean Defense forces operation for change (Operation Forto) Feb. 15. 2013 Part 1   The beginning and development of the operation The January 21 military operation in the Eritrean Information Ministry (Forto) was conceived four months earlier. It was only awaiting implementation on due time.

Local UN official, NGO claim Israel tells Eritrean nationals that they can either go back to home, where their lives would be in danger, or remain in jail. Eritrean refugees imprisoned in Israel are being coerced into signing "voluntary" departure forms to return to Eritrea -

By Aaron Maasho (Reuters) - Eritrea's President Isaias Afewerki sought on Monday to calm fears of unrest, and in his first reaction to the storming of the information ministry ago by dissident troops three weeks, blamed "bankrupt enemies" for being behind the attack. Eritrean soldiers, backed

Video Link: Washington DC Demonstration by Eritreans for Democratic Change in Support of Forto 2013 

On February 4th, 2013 about 150 Eritrean youth, elders, and others at different age groups that included women, non-Eritrean human rights activists and friends of Eritrea, traveled to Ottawa from cities across central and eastern Canada. As their first destination, all gathered in front of

It is not every day that an Olympic runner turns up to train at a provincial running club, but that is exactly what happened to Sunderland Harriers. Unfortunately, the circumstances behind Weynay Ghebresilasie's arrival on Wearside make for unhappy reading. The Eritrean 3000m steeplechase runner, who finished

Despite the heavy snow, Eritrean Canadians came out to highlight the plight of Eritrean refugees and to express support to the heroic movement of the Eritrean Armed Forces for democratic change in Eritrea. [embed]http://demo.archive.assenna.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Ottawa_demo_pics.pdf[/embed]

February 2, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir returned home on Saturday from Eritrea where he held talks with president Isaias Afewerki. The state minister in the foreign affairs ministry Salah Wansi said that Bashir discussed recent developments in Eritrea following a move

By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA | Sat Feb 2, 2013 6:43pm GMT (Reuters) - Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia demonstrated on Saturday in support of soldiers who forced state media in the Eritrean capital Asmara to call for all political prisoners to be freed. Dissident Eritrean soldiers with tanks stormed the

Doha: The Eritrean government has blocked Al Jazeera channel in the country, Al Sharq reported yesterday. The ban comes in the wake of reports that were aired by the Doha-based news network about dissident soldiers that seized the Eritrean information ministry in January. In solidarity with

ብዕለት 15.02.2013፡ ኣብ ከተማ ኦስሎ፡ ሃገረ-ኖርወይ፡ ብዓይነቱ ዝተፈልየ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ይግበር ስለ ዘሎ፡ ኩሉ ደላዪ ፍትሕን ለውጢን፡ ነቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ተላዒሉ ዘሎ ሰራዊት ደገፉ ክገልጽን፡ ኣብ ሱዳንን ግብጽን ኣብ ልዕሊ ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ዝወርድ ዘሎ ኢሰብኣዊ ግፍዒ ዓገብ ክብልን ብኽብሪ ይዕደም። ኣብ ኦስሎን ከባቢ ኦስሎን ዝርከቡ

Written by Adhanom Tewelde 29th January 2013 In political history of Eritrea, there is a rare of practice of engagement in peaceful conflict resolution strategies. In many circumstances of political movement and armed struggle for independence, Eritreans have failed to develop a civilized culture of discussion, negotiation,