Somalia banned Christmas and New Year’s — even though it celebrates neither. Here’s why. By Kevin Sieff December 23 at 8:01 AM

    The wreckage of a car bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Saturday. Somali police said two people were killed in the attack. (Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP) NAIROBI — The government of Somalia has banned Christmas and New Year’s celebrations, calling them “contrary to Islamic culture” and citing such festivities as potential targets for terrorists. Although […]

A refugee stalemate: When an asylum claim is rejected Yermi Brenner | 23 Dec 2015 11:09 GMT

With his asylum application rejected by Germany, a refugee from Somaliland waits to see what will become of him. Abdishakur Ahmed is among hundreds of thousands of people who have fled their homeland and applied for asylum in Germany [Yermi Brenner/Al Jazeera]  Rathenow, Germany – Abdishakur Ahmed spends most days disconnected from German society, hanging […]

Over 85 killed, 3500 detained in Oromia Ethiomedia December 22, 2015

The number of individuals killed during the month-long protests has risen to over 85, while over 3500 have been detained, a leading figure of the opposition Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) told Voice of America (VOA) Amharic Service on Monday. Bekele Nega, secretary general of OFC, said nearly all of OFC’s members and candidates in previous […]

Stockholm Seminar Report By EFDM- Sweden Branch

  The Eritrean Federal Democratic Movement has conducted a public open seminar for the Eritrean Forces for democratic change in Stockholm on 19th, Saturday 2015 at the Kista Hall in the afternoon and has held it up to seven in the evening. The theme of the seminar was , Dialogue for Democratic change in Eritrea” […]

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  The concept and spirit of Nationalism VS Young Eritreans in the Diaspora Nationalism is a feeling or real mental force that people of a country of common origin, culture, language, value system and ideals, who portray an extraordinary loyalty, devotion and sense of affinity towards that common country. And above all, have a sense […]

ኣሚር ቀጠር ሸኽ ታሚም ቢን ሓማድ ኣል ታኒ፣ ሎሚ ፍርቂ መዓልቲ ኣስመራ ኣትዩ Radio Erena: 18 December 2015

ኣሚር ቀጠር ሸኽ ታሚም ቢን ሓማድ ኣል ታኒ፣ ሎሚ 18 ታሕሳስ ፍርቂ መዓልቲ ናብ ኣስመራ ኣትዩ ዘሎ ብዛዕባ ህሉው ኩነታት የመንን ኤርትራ እትግበሮ ዘላ ኣበርክቶን ከምኡ’ውን ብዛዕባ’ቲ ምስ ጅቡቲ ዘሎ ገና መፍትሒ ዘይረኸበ ጉዳይን ምስ ፕረዚደንት ኢሳይያስ ኣፈወርቂ ንምዝርራብ’ዩ። ሸኽ ታሚም ቢን ሓማድ ኣል ታኒ ኣስመራ ኣብ ዝኣተወሉ ፕረዚደንት ኢሳይያስ ኣፈወርቂ ዝመርሖም ላዕለዎት ሰበ ስልጣን […]

ስዩም ዑቕባሚካኤል (ሓረስታይ) ቅድሚ 10 ዓመታት ኣብተን ናይ መወዳእታ ሰዓታት Thursday, 17 December 2015 09:12

    16 ታሕሳስ 2005 ድሕሪ ቀትሪ ቅድሚ 10 ዓመታት ሓርበኛ ስዩም ዑቕባሚካኤል ናይ ሽዑ ኣቦመንበር ተጋድሎ ሓርነት ኤርትራ-ሰውራዊ ባይቶ ኣብ ኣዲስ ኣበባ ኣብ ቤት ጽሕፈት ውድቡ ነይሩ። ስዩም ኣቐዲሙ ብ27 ሕዳር 2005 ብውድባዊ ስራሕ ናብ ኣዲስ ኣበባ መጺኡ ዮርዳኖስ ኣብ ዝተባህለ ሆቴል ኣብ ቁጽሪ 206 እዩ ኣዕሪፉ ነይሩ። ኣብዚ ዕለት’ዚ ምስ ብጾቱ ኣብ ቤት […]

Eritrea and Yemen Highlight Variance in Refugee Motivations and Solutions Posted: 12/17/2015 1:28 pm EST

On opposite sides of the Red Sea, Yemen spirals deeper into civil war and chaos, while Eritrea accepts foreign cash and commodities for its support in fighting against Yemen’s rogue government. Why then is Eritrea, population 6.3 million, sending tens of thousands more refugees to Europe than Yemen is, population 24.4 million? Conditions in Eritrea […]