A letter of Condmnation Delivered to the Dictator’s Embassy in London by Concerned Eritreans By assenna on May 4, 2015

We  concerned Eritreans in Diaspora  unequivocally condemn  the Eritrean Government for showing no care   for the  death by drowning of 850 refugees and immigrants of which 350 are Eritrean men women and children. Your Government has failed to inform the Eritrean people in Eritrea of their terrible losses and let them do collective mourning like […]

መንነት ኤርትራ ንምርግጋጽ ኣብ ዝተኻየደ መሪር ቃልሲ ራሕሪሑና ዝሃደመ ጀጃዊ ሕጂ ወሃብን ከልካልን መንነት ክኸውን የምሕረሉ ዶ? By assenna on May 4, 2015

መንነት ኤርትራ ንምርግጋጽ ኣብ ዝተኻየደ መሪር ቃልሲ ራሕሪሑና ዝሃደመ ጀጃዊ ሕጂ ወሃብን ከልካልን መንነት ክኸውን የምሕረሉ ዶ? ወይጦ ሱሌማን ሓሰን (ማንጁስ) ከ መን ኢዩ? መንቀሊ ጽሑፈይ ኮይኑ ዘሎ ኣብዚ ቅንያት’ዚ ብምኽንያት እታ ዓመት መጸ ዜጋታትና ናጽነት ሓሪምዎም እግሮም ናብ ዝመርሖም ሃጽ ኢሎም ክጠፍኡ ገለን ብ ISIS ክጉይሑ ገለን ኣብ ማዕምቑ ማእከላይ ባሕሪ ክሰጥሙ ንርእዮን ንሰምዖን […]

ጀማል ማነው? – ዲ/ን ዳንኤል ክብረት

ጀማል ማነው? ‹ጀማል› የተባለ ሙስሊም ወንድማችን በሊቢያ ከተሠዉ ክርስቲያኖች ጋር አብሮ ተሠዉቷል እየተባለ ሲነገር ቆይቷል፡፡ በአካባቢው የነበሩ የዓይን እማኞችና ሌሎችም የቅርብ ምንጮች ታሪኩ የተሳሳተ መሆኑን ቢናገሩም ሰሚ ለማግኘት ግን አልተቻለም፡፡ አንዳንዶቹም ታሪኩን የኢትዮጵያውያን ሙስሊሞችና ክርስቲያኖች ፍቅር ማሳያ አድርገው ተሟግተዋል፡፡ እንደ እኔ ግን ይህንን ታላቅ ፍቅር ለማሳየት ‹ጀማል› የተባለ መሥዋዕት መፍጠር አያስፈልገንም፡፡ ፍቅሩ ነበረ፤ አለ፡፡ ተጨማሪ […]

Djibouti accuses Eritrea-hired ‘mercenaries’ of crimes May 3, 2015 10 2849

Djibouti on Sunday accused neighboring Eritrea of using mercenaries to destabilizing the situation in the country. “Armed mercenaries serving the Eritrean government are terrorizing civilians in northern Djibouti on the border with Eritrea,” Interior Minister Hassan Omar Mohamed said in a statement. He accused these “mercenaries” of stealing food from Djiboutian civilians at gunpoint and […]

Baltimore Freddie Gray death: ‘Charges will be filed’ 1 May 2015 Last updated at 16:32 BST

Baltimore’s top prosecutor says she plans to file criminal charges against six police officers over the death of Freddie Gray. State prosecutor Marilyn Mosby said the death of the 25-year-old black man was a homicide, and his arrest had been illegal. She listed the charges against the six officers. Freddie Gray ‘died from head injury […]

John Kerry Arrives in Kenya to End Years of Frosty Relations Updated: May 03, 2015 18:58 IST

NAIROBI:  US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Kenya on Sunday for talks on security cooperation and ahead of US President Barack Obama’s visit to his late father’s home country.The trip to the east African nation is the first high-level visit since 2012, and comes after years of tensions surrounding Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta […]

Italy: At least 10 migrants found dead in sea off Libya By FRANCES D’EMILIO2 hours ago

   ROME (AP) — Italy’s Coast Guard and Navy as well as tugs and other commercial vessels joined forces to rescue migrants in at least 16 boats Sunday, saving hundreds of them and recovering 10 bodies off Libya’s coast, as smugglers took advantage of calm seas to send packed vessels across the Mediterranean. The Italian […]

EU plans to provide Eritrea’s oppressive regime with new funding By RSF April 28, 2015

  An Italian delegation that visited Eritrea from 24 to 26 March met with President Issayas Afeworki, his political adviser Yemane Ghebreaben, and several ministers. Ghebreaben assured the delegation that Eritrea would carry out democratic reforms “in its own way” during the next three to five years.The EDF is the main instrument for EU development […]

Hundreds of migrants rescued off Libyan coast About 220 migrants, mostly from Sub-Saharan Africa, were brought to Italian island of Lampedusa [AP] 03 May 2015 02:50 GMT | Human Rights, Europe, Italy, France

About 220 migrants, mostly from Sub-Saharan Africa, were brought to Italian island of Lampedusa [AP] Italian and French authorities have rescued more than 1,400 migrants after smugglers’ boats ran into trouble in the Mediterranean Sea, near Libya. Italian officials told Al Jazeera that the country’s coastguard and navy have taken most of the migrants to Italian ports on […]