Eritrean repression follows emigrants to Canada
(By: Aaron Berhane) Evading arrest under gunfire, I fled Eritrea in 2001, arriving in Canada near the end of the following year. More than eight more years would pass before I could bring my wife and children here. They joined me in 2010, after crossing the Sudanese border with the help of a professional smuggler. … Read more
Ethiopia: PM Meles Zenawi responds to MPs’ questions
On Tuesday this week, 17th April, at the 25th regular session of Parliament, Prime Minister Meles answered questions and queries from MPs on various issues ranging from the recent teachers salary scale adjustment, the measures taken to control inflation, resettlement issues in the Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Regional State, and on matters of regional … Read more
Eritrea: President Isaias’ Conspiracy Theories
President Isaias of Eritrea wrote a letter to the Security Council on March 27, 2012 as a follow up to his Foreign Minister’s previous letter requesting the Security Council to take action against Ethiopia for its “continued occupation of sovereign Eritrean territories”—a reference to the Eritrean regime’s stock-in-trade in international diplomacy. In this letter, President … Read more
Ethiopia denied reports of more attacks inside Eritrea
Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs denied media reports of additional military attacks inside Eritrea. It is to be recalled that on Thursday Ethiopian government announced its troops carried out earlier that day military raids on three camps located 14-18 kms inside Eritrea. On Saturday afternoon, Reuters’ correspondent in Addis, Aaron Maasho, claimed that: Ethiopia again … Read more
Ethiopian forces attack Eritrean military posts – Ministry of Defence
Ethiopian forces attacked destroyed three Eritrean military camps at dawn on Thursday. The camps are said to be ‘where the Eritrean government trained, armed and deployed hit and run terrorist and subversive groups’, by the Government Communication Office. Here are two news reports citing the Ethiopian Ministry of National Defense. Ethiopian defense force successfully destroys … Read more
Ethiopia: “Talking, not shooting is the only choice for Eritrea”
A day after the Ethiopian National Defense Forces(ENDF) raided three terrorist bases inside Eritrea, the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs claimed that “Talking, not shooting is the only choice for Eritrea” in its weekly press release. Here is the full text: Talking, not shooting is the only choice for Eritrea Early yesterday morning, March 15th, … Read more
Ethiopian forces raid terrorist camps in Eritrea [Press Release]
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia – Government Communication Affairs Office March 15, 2012 The Ethiopian Defense Forces Strike at Terrorist Camps near Ethio- Eritrean Border Early this morning the Ethiopian Defense forces attacked military targets 18 KMs inside Eritrea where the Eritrean government trained, armed and deployed hit and run terrorist and subversive groups, including … Read more
A change of UK policy towards Eritrea? | A Week in the Horn
Eritrea’s Foreign Minister, Osman Saleh, and special political advisor to the President, Yemane Ghebreab, visited the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office for the first time last week at the invitation of the UK Government. Analysts in the UK described the visit as a possible shift in UK policy. Eritrea is currently under UN sanctions for … Read more
Ethiopia’s Anti-Terrorism and media legislations
[A Week in the Horn - Feb. 10, 2012] Recent allegations from several United Nations Human Rights Rapporteurs suggest that Ethiopia’s anti-terrorist legislation has been used against critical journalists and opposition politicians and as an instrument to curtail the freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association and the independence of the judiciary. This is not … Read more
Missing the point – Eritrea’s response to criticism
(Jan. 27, 2012 – A Week in the Horn of Africa) On Monday this week, the Eritrean Ministry of Foreign Affairs addressed a letter to the United Nations Security Council. It was its usual attempt to deny any report of its activities in continuing its repeated efforts at destabilization in the region. It is after … Read more
