Why did Germany detain Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Mansour? Prominent journalist spent almost 48 hours in detention after being arrested at the request of Egypt’s government 22 Jun 2015 22:20 GMT

Ahmed Mansour, a prominent Al Jazeera journalists, was arrested on Saturday at the request of an Egyptian court – while preparing to board a flight to Doha. Mansour was sentenced in absentia to 15 years in jail on charges of torturing a lawyer during Egypt’s 2011 revolution. The German foreign ministry said on Monday that […]

Switzerland threatens to close Italian border to migrants By Felicity Capon 6/22/15 at 4:28 PM

Migrants rest on the platform of Ventimiglia railway station, near the Italian-French border, June 18, 2015.REUTERS/Eric Gaillard   The head of the cantonal government of Ticino in Switzerland has threatened to close its border with Italy to migrants, accusing Italy of not honouring it EU obligations and describing Ticino as fast becoming “the southern border […]

Eritrea defends conscription as thousands flee AFP 11 hours ago

   .   Nairobi (AFP) – Eritrea has defended its controversial policy of decades-long national service from which some 5,000 people flee each month, saying it has “no other choice” due to threats from long-standing enemy Ethiopia.  Dismissing a United Nations commission of inquiry on the human rights situation in Eritrea — which said the […]

Ethiopia to use Eritrean Port in the coming 10 years – Arkebe Oqubay Published: Jun 22, 2015 Filed under: Ethiopian News Politics Views: 12,117

“ Arkebe Oqubay (PhD), adviser to the Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, told the Amharic monthly Magazine “Zemen”, that he is optimistic things will change in Eritrea in the coming 10 years, and Ethiopia will begin to use the Port of Assab, Eritrean port. HahuDaily The Full Interview will be posted soon…  

ምምሕዳር ሃገረ ኤርትራ ካብ ዓዲ ሃሎ ቀለታ ኪዳነ – መውዓሊ ገዛ ፕረሲዳንት ኣብ ዓዲ ሃሎ

        ምምሕዳር ሃገረ ኤርትራ ካብ ዓዲ ሃሎ ቀለታ ኪዳነ – መውዓሊ ገዛ ፕረሲዳንት ኣብ ዓዲ ሃሎ 06/22/2015 ሎሚ ምምሕዳር ሃገርና ካብታ ርእሲ ከተማ ሃገርና ካብ ኣስመራ ዘይኮነ ካብ ዲጋን ሕርሻን ዓዲ ሃሎ ምዃኑ ዝካየድ ክትሰምዕ ከሎኻ ክትኣምኖ ዘሸግር’ኳ እንተዀነ ብጭብጥን መረጋገጽን ክቐርበልካ ከሎ ግን ካብ ምእማን ሓሊፍካ ክትህቦ ትኽእል ምኽንያት ኣይትረክብን። ፕረሲደንት […]

ፍርቂ ኤርትራ ኣብ መዕርፎ ባቡር ምድሪ ኤውሮጳ

        ፍርቂ ኤርትራ ኣብ መዕርፎ ባቡር ምድሪ ኤውሮጳ ኪዱ ንሚላኖ ንሮማ ንዙሪክ ወይ ንፓሪስ’ሞ ኣንፈቶም ዝሰሓቱ ዝቶጎሳቖሉ ትሕቲ ዕድመን ልዕሊ ዕድመን ኤርትራውያን መንእሰያት ኪትዕዘቡ ኢኹም። ገሊኦም ቁጻር ፌስታል ገሊኦም ተሓንጋጢ ቦርሳ ሒዞም ዘዘው ይብሉ። ኣብ ገጾም ናይ ተስፋ ቑርጸትን ዕርበት ሕልናን ስምዒታት ይንበብ። ጽሙኣት’ዮም ግን ከኣ ተረርቲ። ሂወቶም ኣብ ጉዕዞ እዩ። ዘይሕጋዊ […]

Migrant crisis: from Eritrea across Europe by rail SATURDAY 20 JUNE 2015 World

As Europe’s leaders argue over the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean, Paraic O’Brien travels with a family of Eritreans as it makes its way from Italy to Germany, encountering chaos on the way. At 11 o’clock every night, two coaches on the Bolzano-bound train out of Rome are full of immigrants. They do not have […]