March 5, 2019 Press Release WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Karen Bass (D-Calif.), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, and Representatives Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) returned from a Congressional Delegation (CODEL) to Ethiopia and Eritrea. The goal of the visit was to

A cursory revisit to the politico-economy history of the Horn of Africa where Eritrea is found informs us that this strategic region of Africa has served as a theatre of war for a very long period of time and it still features armed conflicts and political and

It is a normal and natural process to get married, form a family and have children. The children grow up, get married, form a family and have children of their own. The first generation continues to grow from one generation to another over time. As the

A WOMAN was dangled from a Glasgow tower block by her hair seconds before she plunged to her death. Alem, an Eritrean national, was described as a “wonderful person” by friends at her local Eritrean Orthodox Church. One horrified local told the Daily Record: “I could hear hysterical screaming

I remember 1991 as if it was yesterday. I was almost 16 then. The six years that followed were the only glimmer of peace and hope for a whole three generations of us Eritrean. And so, every now and then, my thoughts fly back nostalgically

The Erosion and Surrender of Eritrean Sovereignty: The Work of a Well-Implanted Predatory Mole in the Eritrean Liberation Struggle “If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it is a duck.” A 19th Century

Clashes between police and protesters break out as Omar al-Bashir announces measures Sudan’s president, Omar al-Bashir, has appointed a new prime minister, but left the country’s current defence, foreign and justice ministers in place following the declaration of a one-year state of emergency. Just hours after announcing

You are invited to celebrate International Women’s Day. Join us for an evening at the Amba Hotel with a three-course dinner, accompanied by musical entertainment by renowned Eritrean artists and presentations from inspirational women changemakers. Read More: International Women’s Day in London   

THE NEO-ANDENET GANG STILL STRUGGLING TO MAKE ERITREA A LOW-HANGING FRUIT EASY FOR ETHIOPIA’S NEO-EXPANSIONISTS TO PICK: Abdu Habib sabbahar@rocketmail.com Since the day Eritrea’s Atse and Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Dr. Abiy Ahmed, the spearhead of Ethiopia’s neo-expansionist aspirations, signed the so called “peace-agreement “ , followed by very

Fetsum: My experience in Denver Festival (IX) People may ask why I have been intensely involved in this subject and the answer is as simple as I was an active part of it until things changed unexpectedly. Yet, people do not know the changes because they

Subject: The Woes of Eritrea & Calling, once again, for the Historical WILL and HEROISM of the Eritrean People PREAMBLE.                                                                                                                                                         First and foremost, one CRUCIAL point must be understood before discussing ANY matter, what so ever, pertaining to Eritrea. It should be unedestood, by friends and foes,

The European Union, EU, has announced a €20 million programme to build roads linking Eritrea’s port cities and the Ethiopian border, a top official announced today. Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Neven Mimica arrived in Eritrea today, where he launched the project meant to rebuild

My Fellow Eritreans, I am writing this as a deeply concerned Eritrean. I thought it is extremely important to understand the grave situation our country finds itself. Moreover, why are we not united as Eritreans to defend our country? What is going on in Eritrea

What I am about to write on the above Title Subject is actually not a new stuff but repetitious that Dear Readers may definitely find me boring. Be that as it may, I hope you will be magnanimous enough to be patient with me and

Fetsum: My experience in Denver Festival (VIII) The dictator’s betrayal may have disgraced him to the point of indirectly encouraging few sick Amharas to include Eritrea in the map of their country. That is as dirty as he can be and as low as he can

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Thursday announced the reopening of his country's eastern border with Eritrea, which has been shut since last year. Bashir ordered the frontier closed in January 2018 after he announced a state of emergency in the eastern region of Kassala to fight

Jehanne Henry Associate Director, Africa Divisio Salah Abdalla “Gosh,” director of Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS), announced the release this week of 186 so-called “protest” detainees, but said nothing about the fate of the hundreds still locked up in the wake of the bloody, and

Subject: Response to “History Repeating Itself”, by Warsaye Adhanom, January 29, 2019 Warsaye Adhanom said it ALL. There is NOTHING else to be said. Eritreans may wish to get together and face the problem and come up with some sort of reincarnation. Eighty to ninety (80 –

My fellow Eritrean Brothers and Sisters. Over the weekend, I have read many angry responses for what Ethiopians demonstrated in Dubai. Including Eritrea map with Ethiopia has been a common practice. This idea did not come from a thin Air. When Dr. Abiy come to

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 25 January 2019 New leadership for Parliamentary Group on Eritrea   All-Party Group AGM plans fresh initiatives at a time of rapid change in Horn of Africa On 23 January the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Eritrea convened its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in parliament

A 26-year-old refugee from Eritrea died when she was hit by a police car responding to a 999 call. The pedestrian was struck by the marked vehicle on Forest Road, Walthamstow, east London, at 23:45 GMT on Tuesday. Officers stopped and tried to help the woman, but

This article is written to highlight some of the steps that seem miscalculated and if not taken seriously can have grave consequences to Eritrea, Ethiopia and the region.   It is not the aim of this article to accuse Dr Abiy for the situation in Eritrea, I should

Fetsum: My experience in Denver Festival (VII) There is no certificate without completing the required academic workload and no freedom and democracy without conceptual and organizational preparation! It is not about Isaias’s magnificence that diminished our capacity to properly resist and change the situation but our

Mine workers suing Nevsun Resources over allegations of forced labour, slavery, torture Scott Anderson · CBC News · Posted: Jan 22, 2019 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: January 22 For years, Vancouver-based mining firm Nevsun Resources has dismissed allegations that forced labour was used to build its mine in the

“ክርእየኩም’እዬ”  Issayas Afewerki (1) It was a diabolical threat by Issayas Afewerki Abraha Miratch to the four – six million people of Eritrea. Let us admit. He accomplished his threat without a shadow of doubt. Eritrea is now under his ‘Boots’ – and no doubt, he will do more before he

Fetsum: My experience in Denver Festival (VI) There is no success without failure and no failure without initiative. The old form naturally dissolves for a new form to permeate but everything must start somewhere to arrive someplace after countless zigzags. In this life, nothing that ever

WISHFUL MESSAGE: MAY THE NEW YEAR 2019 BE THE YEAR FOR ERITREA’s ‘RENAISSACANCE’, EMANICIPATING ITSELF FROM ITS OWN INTERNAL SELF-DESTRUCTIVE PAROCHIAL BELIEF AND INSTEAD ALIGN ITSELF TO ENLIGHTMENT AND GREATNESS Commentary, 1 January 2019                                                                                                                                    1. Preamble: Eritreans undertook a LIBERATION WAR to have an INDEPENDENT, FREE, SOVEREIGN, COUNTRY.  Eritreans

UEJ conducted one of their regular meetings on December 16th, 2018. Within the meeting, their primary agenda was the issue of supporting Assenna Tv (ATV). The members discussed the matter thoroughly and emphasized the importance of ATV during this critical time in our history. [gview file="https://archive.assenna.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ASSENNA-TV.pdf"]  

Zijin to delist Nevsun from stock exchanges after acquisition complete By Kaaria Quash January 08, 2019 Nevsun Resources’ majority owner, Chinese miner Zijin Mining Group, is purchasing another three per cent of the company’s outstanding shares for $57 million. The move will give Zijin more than 92 per cent ownership

The rope gets tighter around Eritrean Necks My fellow Eritreans, the Ethiopian Eritrean President come up yet with another skim to make the life of Eritreans in the diaspora more difficult. Now if you go to Eritrea, and want to get a temporary driving license, you

DDIS ABABA: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki on Monday reopened a border crossing between their countries as part of an ongoing reconciliation between the former foes. The two leaders re-opened the border crossing between Humera in Ethiopia and Oum Hajjer in

ATV Updated Frequency on Eutelsat and Nilesat ኣሰና ትቪ ፥ ኣብ ኤርትራን ከባቢኣን ዘለኹም ተኸታተልቲ ሳተላይት ቴለቪዥን፡ እዚ እትርእዩዎ ዘለኹም ናይ Eutelsal ከምኡ ድማ NIlesat Frequency ናይ ኣሰና ቲቪ እዩ፡ ካብ ክልቲኡ ኣየናይ ብንጹር ከምዝረኣየኩም ብምስትውዓል ሓብሩና `ሞ ሓዲኡ ምእንቲ ክንመርጽ።

I congratulate the hard working Assenna family for its outstanding achievement in its successful satellite TV communication to Eritrea. I think this is a very expensive project that can make a difference to our society only though continuous public funds. Please help out as much

DECEMBER 29, 2018 MARTIN PLAUT NEWS Source: Globe and Mail Saturday, December 29, 2018 GEOFFREY YORK ASMARA — The road from Eritrea’s mountain capital to the Red Sea is narrow and dangerous. It descends steeply in switchbacks and hairpin turns, dotted with stone crosses that mark the deaths of drivers who failed to navigate