Two Eritrean pilots defected to Ethiopia
According to news sources from Ethiopia, two Eritrean air force pilots defected to Ethiopia, today, 26 October, by flying a training aircraft. The officers, who landed at the Ethiopian Air Force base in Mekele before seeking
According to news sources from Ethiopia, two Eritrean air force pilots defected to Ethiopia, today, 26 October, by flying a training aircraft.
The officers, who landed at the Ethiopian Air Force base in Mekele before seeking asylum are, Mebrahtu Tesfamariam Mengesha and Afewerki Feshaye Gheresus.
Several Eritrean pilots have sought asylum in the neighbouring countries in the past.
Lula October 27, 2016
I didn’t know that Eritrea has still a sort of air-force or air defense system. Every time they send them for training, they never come back.. Every time they have enough fuel, they fly away.
Ethiopia is far better to ask asylum than the unreliable opportunist Arabs. In a way, only a retarded or a Cheneqew would ask asylum in the good for nothing Arab world where they throw an Eritrean to jail or hand you back to the hyenas.
Habtu October 27, 2016
“only a retarded or a Cheneqew would ask asylum in the good for nothing Arab world where they throw an Eritrean to jail or hand you back to the hyenas”
You just insulted the majority of Ethiopians who flee their country ask for refugee in the arab world, including in KSA. Be careful when you write to a wider audience.
Samson October 28, 2016
Your Eritrea is sinking in a self-inflicted quick-sand, you can have it all to yourself. You need to leave Ethiopia immediately and participate in the latest episode of the mass suicide called evil-ghedli. But we know you would not dare leave your relative safe haven in the west. Eritrea’s worst problem is not the PFDJ regime. It is the ruinous mentality of Eritrea’s small-brained diKhalas scumbaglike snaky Habtu/Kebtu.
Evil-ghedli has brought the Eritrean shepherd (the peasants and the nomads included) to the lowest destitution level never seen in our region’s history.
An arrogant poor man (Eritrea) is pathetic. An arrogant rich man is abominable, but tolerable. Snaky Habtu/Kebtu, you seem to be missing your Arab deserts for snake mating so get lost and defend your Arab lovers from their territory.
Robel October 28, 2016
The guy who is writing using 50+ nicknames is a notorious Tigreyan bastard mostly known as Teclay.
He passes his time here at Assenna trying to instigate a conflict based on racial and religious hatred among blogger insulting Arabs, Muslims and Gedli.
Thanks to Arabs more than 200 thousand young Ethiopian/Tigreyans girls send money home from rich Gulf States to support their poor families.
He insults Eritrean Muslims totally forgetting that at least half of Ethiopians are Muslims too who are ready to do whatever it takes to get equal rights in their country.
Gone are the times when that country used to call itself a ‘Christian island’ by completely marginalizing its Muslim citizens. This stupid man doesn’t know that now he cannot insult Islam in Ethiopia.
Gone are the times when Habesha supremacists used to keep all non-Habeshas (Oromo, Somalis, Afar ..etc) as second class citizens in their own country.
Ethiopia is now in deep trouble because of those who think they are born to be it’s ruling classes. But time has proved them wrong,
Unnecessary hate should be stopped, but if you insist then in can be reciprocated. You need to be reminded that Habeshas in both Eritrea and Ethiopia cannot make a nation based on Habesha ethnic and religious supremacy. First those who want that to happen are a minority in Eritrea (individuals, mostly of Trigreyan decent), Then we know all well that the Ethiopians are interested to have access to Red Sea, and not in love of Eritrean Habeshas.
So don’t waste time, insulting people here, you son of bitch.
Samson October 28, 2016
Lula, as usual well said and keep it up. Ignore snaky Habtu/Kebtu as insignificant Arab slave/Abeed propagandist.
Haren October 28, 2016
No self-respecting Eritrean would wish for Isaias’s death soon especially when there is no united force or leader to take over the country. The moment the mad man Isaias is dead then there would be lots of killings and stealing in Eritrea. Muslims against Christians, Generals against Generals, sawa against tegadelti and EDF against each other for power. The bastards moslem Arabs and especially Egyptians involvement would also make things worse as they would want another failed state like Somali in their Islamic pocket. In short, lets watch want we really wish for!
Robel October 28, 2016
“The bastards moslem Arabs and especially Egyptians involvement would also make things worse as they would want another failed state like Somali in their Islamic pocket.”
You Tigreyan bastards here on Assenna posing as Eritreans stop insulting people,
look after your problems with Amhara and Oromo.
No amount of insults to Arabs will make Tigray part of Eritrea.
A few bastards who are leading Higdef have already looted Eritrea and evicted it’s young from their country. Do you think we need more of you !!
Daniel Tewelde November 1, 2016
wey gud sebdo yeley yibil derafay anta entay aynet seb eka/eki HILMI DERHO DIU WALAS HILMI KETRI
Staz Bara October 28, 2016
They have the right to choose their destiny, but it is wrong to waste public property to make their escape easier and safer, that plane does not belong to the dictator it is a property of the people. For sure time changes, in the old days it was hijacking enemies plane, no days it is handing plane to the enemy,. Very bad history in the books
PH October 28, 2016
We have never ( as eritreans ) been comfortable with TEGARU since long time. even now, by means of comments trying to divide us. I mean, those who are from top down all from Isayass to kisha and monkey puppets .Bejiom AMHARA.
Gedem October 28, 2016
PH, said “We have never ( as eritreans ) been comfortable with TEGARU ….”
You are right, we are only “comfortable” with our Arab brothers in Saudi Arabia, Egypt – Sinai, Libya and the Baathist fascists … , as our own brothers and sisters are used as the filthy Jihadi Arab’s slaves – Abeed, sex concubines and human organ harvests. We do this “comfortably” as we burn our own languages, history, identity and keeping on trashing our own selves.
No wonder, the uncivilized savages call us – “Abeed”
Habtu October 28, 2016
Teclay, take you medication! Gedem my foot!
AHMED SALEH !!! October 29, 2016
Screaming , cursing to bring relief from distress due to ignorance might
be part of medication how he treat himself . very strange person .
Berhe Tensea October 29, 2016
Gedem,
The Arabs are right to call us Abeed, that is because , we are being inslaved by PFDJ and the whole world sees that.
If we can not fr we cannot free our selves from pfdj slavery and risk the desert and the sea and beg for a refuge in the hundreds of thousands what do you expect to be called?
Justice October 28, 2016
Assenna is becoming more and more unreliable news outlet from time to time, specially with this fabricated news. Assenna’s editors must do more to provide truthfull news about Eritrea instead of just copying and pasting any negative news about Eritrea. Even though defection on this scale is not a new phenomenon , this news tuns up to be a complete fabrication. Even Ethiopian government would not collaborate with the story. Imagine if it would have been true, it would have been a breaking news on ETV with exclusive interviews with the pilots with video and picture footage of the aircraft and the pilots. Assenna pls do a better job because your reliability is hurting your couse.and as a supporter of Assenna we deserve better.
Berhe Tensea October 28, 2016
Welcome pilots to freedom. These pilots are experiencing freedom for the first time in a very long time.
Many people who are serving under the criminal gang are thinking day in and day out to abandon and flee.
The poorly treated and hungry aghelglot are abandoning the regime by the hundreds and crossing to Ethiopia on a daily basisis.
Most brigades are remaining with few hundred members only.
The poor comanders especially on the boder area are under tremendous pressure to control the influx .
Death to the grandson of Wube or the Tembenay and his coward officials.
Habtu October 29, 2016
Teclay, come back after you take your medication!!
Teclay October 29, 2016
The poor Eritrea! everyone and everything abandons ( even the Mig 29)
As the poor Eritrea is always on the news head line ,the ppl of the world started to ask some obvious questions –where is Eritrea,how big ,the number of its population (30mil,40mil,50mil)
The answer -Eritrea is not a natural country.It is a forged country ,mad up by the fantasy of the mad students of the 50s,60s ,70s .—its population or better call them the prisoners = 3mil…..Its area? = very difficult question….let them work out themselves –If you drive north for 2 hours your are at the border of Sudan; if you drive south for 1 hour you are at the Mereb river ..OK……..If the news is true the MIg 29 (2,400km/h) needs only 2,5 min to cross the artificial border.
PH October 29, 2016
Teclay, at least you located were about Eritrea is. What about Tigray? actually, you seem no longer interested the sate of Bahrinegash or Agaziyan. that is good you are supported by stimulating remedies.
ERITREA October 29, 2016
Am just asking who is the closest tribe, people in culture language, colour… to Eritrean forget about the current politics and dictator’s brain washing tactics. When YOU are insulting Tigray, Amhara, Tigre… you are insulting yourself and your ancestor. Any one insulting any people and generalizing is stupid, racist and Uneducated
Alem October 30, 2016
Next, the pilot will land in me keel with the big fish himself if he trusts them and tried to fly to Sudan. He never trust any one though exept foreighn pilots.