Eritrean president in Sudan for talks (ST); Sudan to supply power to Eritrea – AFP
May 8, 2014 (KHARTOUM) - Eritrean president, Isaias Afwerki, arrived Thursday to the Sudanese capital for talks with his Sudanese counterpart, Omer Al-Bashir, on economic cooperation as they are expected to discuss oil and trade agreements. The two east African
May 8, 2014 (KHARTOUM) – Eritrean president, Isaias Afwerki, arrived Thursday to the Sudanese capital for talks with his Sudanese counterpart, Omer Al-Bashir, on economic cooperation as they are expected to discuss oil and trade agreements.
The two east African leaders also are expected to discuss border control, as Human RightsWatch condemned in a statement released on Thursday Khartoum for the deportation of 30 Eritreans, including at least six registered refugees to Asmara.
Sudan, which in past proposed to reconcile Addis Ababa and Asmara and forge strong economic relations, holds regular meetings with officials from the twohorn of Africa foes aiming to enhance bilateral cooperation on various fields.
State minister at the foreign ministry, Obeid Allah Mohamed Obeid Allah stated that the two sides discussed economic cooperation specially the electrical interconnection between the neighbouring countries.
“The two sides discussed the importance of completing this project in the near future,” Obeid Allah said, adding that talks dealt with the possibility of providing Eritrea with oil derivatives.
The two sides, according to the state minister, further discussed efforts to control and secure the joint border.
Sudan with Ethiopia are the two gates for Eritreans fleeing the repressive regime in Asmara for economic or political reasons. Migrants and asylum-seekers once in Sudan try to travel to Europe through Egypt, Israel and recently Libya.
Human Rights Watch said authorities in eastern Sudan handed 30 Eritrean over to Eritrean security forces, pointing that six among the deportees were registered refugees.
“Sudan is forcibly returning Eritreans to serious risk of detention and abuse at the hands of a brutal government,” said Gerry Simpson, senior refugee researcher at Human Rights Watch. “Sudan should immediately end these deportations and protect Eritreans.”
This week a Sudanese court in, Dongola ordered to deport Eritrean and Ethiopian rescued in the desert near the Libyan border. A group of over 600 people including Sudanese and nationals from the two horn of Africa countries were found in the desert by a joint Libyan Sudanese force according to the military spokesperson in Khartoum.
Afwerki who is in a three-day visit to Sudan met on Thursday evening with the first vice-president Bakri Hassan Saleh to discuss the implementation of the signed agreements.
(ST)
Sudan to supply power to Eritrea – AFP
Sudan plans
to supply neighbouring Eritrea with electricity, official media reported on Friday, just months after Khartoum said it would buy power from Eritrea’s rival Ethiopia.
The Sudanese Electricity TransmissionCompany has begun work on a 45-kilometre (28-mile) line between eastern Sudan’s Kassala state to Teseney, just over the border in Eritrea, the SUNA news agency said.
The announcement came during the second day of an official visit to Khartoum by Eritrean President Issaias Afeworki.
Issaias and his Sudanese counterpart Omar al-Bashir discussed economic cooperation“especially with regard to the electricity power linkage”, SUNA reported earlier.
Eritrea is one of the world’s poorest nations.
Sudan tries to maintain a balanced relationship between Eritrea and its other eastern neighbour Ethiopia.
Issaias is expected to end his Sudanese trip on Saturday.
In December Sudan and Ethiopia inaugurated a cross-border electricity link.
Bashir and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn opened a 321-kilometre linebetween Gedaref power station and Ethiopia’s Amhara state, SUNA reported at the time.
Sudan would initially buy 100 megawatts, it said.
Ethiopia is building the 6,000-megawatt Grand Renaissance hydro development which will be Africa’s largest when finished in 2017.
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hager May 11, 2014
One said Sudan doesn’t have enough electricity ….he must be joking…sudan have more than enough power supply for your knowledge!
Natu May 12, 2014
The whole DIA politics (when I could say this remote controled action politics) is by the way a joke!. The so-called leader of the Horn do only what they are ordered to do! This article with its full of paradoxies is just a joke as always.
Getch May 11, 2014
@ hager if Sudan has enough electricity why is it buying electicity from Ethiopia? I will tell you this, Eritrea will remain the soft begger of Ethiopia begging indicrectly from Sudan is going to take you nowhere. You are buying from Sudan with by far more expensive cost and we are selling to Sudan at a cheaper rate. Haveyou seen Sudan is getting hard currency from your tiny poor country.
Thanks to Isayas, Keep dreaming we won’t give you power for ever coz Tigray is the only gate to Eritrea.
Peace we will give you water from Tekeze to harnes your Gash desert, hahahahah we know how to deal with you boyyzzzzzzz
rahwa May 11, 2014
Getch, we are not going there,there. because you are deliberately being naughty. we know the peoples of both countries are peace loving. those along the border want to live in peace, just like the rest of the people, there are intermarriages and family ties.regimes come and regimes go. but the people is always there. so we better be wise and respectful towards one another. and we know what we have and what we don’t have. we love our gash barka and our deserts. and for your information if it were not for eseyas we have more than enough resources. our problem is mismanagement and we intend to change that. so stop being naughty. you are acting like a kid who just got a candy and is trying to show off.
araya May 11, 2014
this thing is funny Sudan bought electricity from Ethiopian and Eritrea will buy electricity from Sudan, triangular diplomacy,,,
Mightyembasoyra May 11, 2014
Take a look at the picture closely. What do you see? They look orisioners to me.
Gideon May 11, 2014
They look to me two desperate couples in the most romantic/hellish wedding
and just about to exchange wedding/terrorism vows with Stings hit song “Every breath
I take (have left), I want it to be with you darling”.
selamawit2 May 12, 2014
The head of DIA i sgetting bigger and bigger while his legs are getting thinner and thinner.
The head of Bashir i sgetting smaller and samller while his stomach is getting bigger and bigger.
both do not have a stable grounding – but DIA can fake this fact batter than Bashir.
Even if their clothes (like their situation) are similar the powerless legs of Bashir are more visible because of their growing “o-shape”.
Both will lose groungd complitley very soon. As a result Bashirs stomach will detonate – the sam ewil happen with DIA head.
Look at their hands: They are very stressed – they have an uneasy sense of the coming end.
Bilen May 11, 2014
they look like monsters.
Truly Truly i say to you May 11, 2014
Who told you only hydroelectric power is the only source of energy? What about -Solar energy
-bio energy?
-wind energy?
-Atom energy etc…? people like Cowface aka Yogoslavo the reason they like to preach about hydro power energy as if the only source of energy, its purpose is glass clear. It is to make Eritrea dependent of Ethiopian energy. Acctually from our honest Eritrean direct heart that comes good wish , if We Eritrean buy power energy from Ethiopia and they be privileged it is our wish and pleasure. Because we Eritreans believe if Ethiopia gets richer it is also for our advantage, but what can be we profited if Ethiopia gets poorer and because of hunger like usual they live from handout of others? But from Cowface Aka Yogoslavo alike with jealousy filled treacherous heart the comes wish, we know for Eritreans as you all time wish Eritreans to be suffered and gets poorer. This is why, you don´t like to use our ports because you think Eritrean will be richer, you prefer to pay 1, 5 billions dollar to Djibouti for port tax yearly. So Cow face, this is yours and alike true face,eye color and treacherous heart. But by burring your treacherous jealous heart as if you have pity for Eritreans by disguising yourself to look like an angel of light and in whatever angle language you talk positive about Eritrea , no one buys it.You can not cheat anybody. You not a little ashame when you preach us Ethiopia gave to you shelter, education, shero, berbere shimbira bla! bla!? Why you not tell us a little about your jealousy as well if you have honesty like above a little i mentioned you? You exactly know it, like you pay to Djibouti if you pay only 1/3 of it to us, as we can build atleast 50 universties 50 hospitals, Shero berbere,etc in a year. But do you like to see that happen? Poor soul jealous person and nation like yours is always think poor, and stay jealous and poor!
Natu May 12, 2014
YES, @Truly Truly!
“…What about -Solar energy, -bio energy?, -wind energy?, Atom energy etc…? …” Additionaly, how about the GOLD energy, silver, energy, potash energy,…!
Abe May 12, 2014
Unlike food,Eritrea is buying power from Ethiopia direct from Tekeze.
The deal is made through Sudan, billing will be handled through Sudan… How stupid, let’s all call the spade a spade, swallow our pride and move on with reality.
Hidat May 12, 2014
NOBLE TEACHER YEKENYELNA
LOMI KAB TIMALI NILELI(WEYANE)HAMESTI KERNI AFRIKA KISAB ZEITEFUU NEKIHNA ERITRAN KEM NIHILWA TEZAKAKIRENA SILE ZELEKA
aus 17 May 12, 2014
The two ISOLATED countries of the Horn of Africa try to comfort/appease one another to fell cooooooooooooooooooooooool and calm in that problem erea of the continent.
Sudan tries to play a mediating roll, which is unimpossible mission considering Sudanese mindset vs the crooked
abesynians. An action doomed to failure.
Eritrea begs for oil which sudan hardly supply. However, trade with Eritrea, what? Do they produce any thing now? Not even Shiro and Berbere, or what!!!!
You know what, TV eri never talk about their leader’s visit of Sudan, kept of course, secret! thanks Sudanes news exposed the taboo. what a shame to be called Eritrea in this days… darkness in all spheres.