By EDITH M. LEDERER (AP) – 5 hours ago
UNITED NATIONS — Britain called Thursday for U.N. sanctions against the tiny Red Sea nation of Eritrea for supplying weapons to opponents of the transitional government in nearby Somalia in violation of a U.N. arms embargo.
By EDITH M. LEDERER (AP) – 5 hours ago
UNITED NATIONS — Britain called Thursday for U.N. sanctions against the tiny Red Sea nation of Eritrea for supplying weapons to opponents of the transitional government in nearby Somalia in violation of a U.N. arms embargo.
UNITED NATIONS: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed concern Thursday at rising tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea and urged the feuding Horn of Africa neighbors to exercise “utmost restraint.”
UNITED NATIONS: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed concern Thursday at rising tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea and urged the feuding Horn of Africa neighbors to exercise “utmost restraint.”
..some of the 53 people on the boat, all of them from Eritrea, were begging their friends and relatives in Europe by satellite phone to help them, saying the boat’s engine had stalled, that the sea was rising and that the boat risked being swamped…
..some of the 53 people on the boat, all of them from Eritrea, were begging their friends and relatives in Europe by satellite phone to help them, saying the boat’s engine had stalled, that the sea was rising and that the boat risked being swamped…