Abeba (centre) fled from Eritrea to Ethiopia with her four children after her husband Endryas, a member of the Kale Hiwot Church, died in detention. He had been deprived of his insuiin medication. The children are (from left): Luwam (14), Nahom (16), and the twins Heaven (10) and Hewan (10). Photo: Release International)
The Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, the former Bishop of Rochester, said the country must never again repeat the multicultural experiment of recent decades.
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In a cold, dismal London weather on Saturday, an estimated 150 Eritreans came out to be part of a crucial debate at a civic conference organized in commemoration of the first anniversary of the creation of CDRiE, Citizens for Democratic Rights in Eritrea.
Tensions continue to rise in the volatile Horn of Africa as Eritrean insurgent groups promise a new wave of political violence following the imposition of UN sanctions against Eritrea for its alleged support of terrorism in the region. Eritrea is strategically located on the Red Sea, sharing borders with Sudan, Ethiopia and Djibouti.
The international order has finally caught up with the struggle of the Eritrean people be it for a secondary reason. Finally IGAD, AU and the UN share the same consensuses. UNSC’s smart sanction on the Eritrean regime is a welcome contribution to clarifying an aspect of the brutal regime’s reprehensible behavior. It addresses part of the challenges faced by the Eritrean people.
According to information coming out of the detention centers in Libya, taking advantage of the festive mood in the west, the Eritrean embassy there has been visiting several prisons in the country, with the aim of picking up “selected individuals” in its “wanted list”.
TORONTO, Dec 24 (Reuters) – Nevsun Resources (NSU.TO) insisted on Thursday its Bisha gold project in Eritrea would proceed as planned despite United Nations sanctions against the African country.
Addis Ababa – Ethiopian authorities said on Monday they have apprehended four individuals “with Eritrean accents” suspected of killing one person and injuring nine in attacks in the restive Ogaden region.
By Sarah McGregor