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ARCHIVE - April, 2005

Ready for war again 23 April, 2005 (ION)
Newsletter spéciale] L’Érythrée: l'autodétermination d'un peuple. (pdf file)
Kenya looks underground for power
22 April, 2005 (BBC)
Ethiopia army clashes with rebels
21 April, 2005 (BBC)

broken rifle
The Right to Refuse to Kill
WRI and Connection e.V. have published a report on CO and desertion in Eritrea

Eritrea: Conscientious Objection and Desertion

In autumn 2004, the Germany based Eritrean Anti-Militarism Initiative and Connection e.V. published a documentation on conscientious objection and desertion in Eritrea [1]. >>>

New USAID Mission Director For Eritrea Sworn In April 21, 2005 (USAID)
Press release
Ogaden National Liberation Front
April 21, 2005

...... Ethiopian is claiming that ONLF Liberation army has been trained in Eritrea and has entered the Ogaden border from Somalia . Before 1991, the scapegoat for the struggle of the Ogaden people was Somalia, and between 1991 and up to now it was fundamentalists, but now Ethiopia suddenly found that Eritrea may become a new convenient scapegoat to hide its heinous crimes against the Ogaden people and it’s shortcomings avis-avis the freedom fighters in the Ogaden.
Religious restrictions loosening in Eritrea
April 22, 2005 (The Baptist Standard)

Ethiopia says kills 32 Eritrea-trained raiders April 22 (Reuters)

.... Ethiopia said on Friday its army killed 32 armed men sent by former foe Eritrea to raise havoc before Ethiopia's May elections, a charge Eritrea denied saying its policy was to stay out of other countries' affairs.

Eritrea aiming to raise havoc - Ethiopia
April 22 2005 (Independent Online, South Africa)
Nakfa, symbol of Eritrean liberation, struggles with new foes NAKFA, Eritrea, April 22 (AFP)
Ethiopians killed by Eritreans inside buffer zone April 22, 2005 (AngolaPress)
Circuit Court Overturns Deportation Order 
April 22, 2005 (The Sacramento Union) 
........Nuru, 32, was a former Eritrean soldier who testified that he was beaten by fellow soldiers and left out in the desert sun with little food or water for 25 days after protesting his country’s war with Sudan. Nuru said he was left permanently injured.
Economist.com
WHISPERS OF A NEW WAR
Apr 21st 2005

... Eritrea may have international law on its side, but no global policeman seems inclined to enforce it. With 16 times the population, Ethiopia is commercially weightier. It is also more important strategically, since it shares a border with anarchic Somalia, which America frets might be a breeding ground for terrorists. Meanwhile, two permanent members of the UN Security Council, Russia and China, are said to be selling arms to both sides.

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Taxed to Death By Roger Bate (AFM)
Personnel recovery team retrieves American civilian sailor from Eritrea &nbsp 
(US Central Command)

UNMEE media briefing notes 21 Apr 2005
16 Pastors, 900 Christians in Jail in Eritrea, says Persecution ... April 21 , 2005 (ChristianToday, UK)
UN investigates clashes on border  21 April (IRIN)
EU may send peacekeeping force to Darfur April 21 , 2005 (FT.com)
DISPATCHES FROM ERITREA
Cell phone Jamming observed in Asmara

Security forces detained a number of cell phone users in Asmara. Informants from Asmara witnessed that the users are in custody for conversing some personal, confidential and antigovernment issues over these lines. And the number of detainees is increasing from time to time.

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DISPATCHES FROM ERITREA
Meningitis Killing people in Eritrea
Report from Mendefera & Asmara

Contrary to what has been announced by the WHO country director in Eritrea, Meningitis is killing people in Asmara. Information from Asmara revealed that two citizens (Filmon Kidane Kahsay and Ato Kahsay Ghide Berhane) from a single family died of this airborne disease last week. Three weeks ago, Director Andrew Kosia, disclosed that the transmission of the disease is under control.

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British-Eritreans in Brent East meet Sarah Teather and Yasmin Qureshi
(AGE Press, 20 April 2005)--
On Saturday 16 April, British-Eritrean constituents of Brent East in North London met with Sarah Teather of the Liberal Democrats, former MP of the constituency and Yasmin Qureshi, Labour Party candidate in the coming general election due to be held on May 5 2005.
VoA
Eritreans in America

VoA
"People to People"
History of Axum
Interview with Dr. Abba Isaac Gebreyesus from Asmara, Eritrea and Ato Belay Gdey
from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

A new conflict simmers in Sudan
Commentary by Julie Flint
April 20, 2005 (The Daily Star)


... Darfurian migrants in eastern Sudan could form a recruitment base if a war were to start - supported or even fomented by Eritrean President Isseyas Afewerki, who began arming the Beja in the mid-1990s. Afewerki rejects Naivasha and persists in believing that the National Islamic Front of President Omar Bashir should be overthrown by force. ... More >>
Commission on Human Rights adopts 11 resolutions on Civil and Political Rights (OHCHR)
ERITREA: Recovery slowed by drought and military tensions - USAID official
ASMARA, 20 April (IRIN)

Vatican's Diplomatic Relations With States
The Holy See has diplomatic relations with 174 countries: April 19 2005 (AP)
Nevsun Resources Ltd.: Initial Assay Results from the 2005 Drill Program at the NW Zone Massive Sulphide Deposit, Eritrea
-- (BUSINESS WIRE)--April 18, 2005

Asmeret and Semhar Ghebremichael
Broadway's the place for sisters with Wilkins roots


By Peggy Conrad -
(Woodland Progress)


For Immediate Release
April 18, 2005 MEB KEFLEZIGHI(EDF)
THE ERITREAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
TO HONOR OLYMPIC MEDALIST MEB KEFLEZIGHI

Washington, DC--Meb Keflezighi, Eritrean-American Olympic Silver Medalist and top United States distance runner will be honored at the Eritrean Development Foundation’s benefit dinner. The event will be held on May 19, 2005 at 6:00 PM, at the Capital Hilton, 1001 16th Street, NW, Washington, D.C. ..... MORE >>>
'Selam' - Tsehaytu Beraki  now available at mall.asmarino.com

'Selam' - Tsehaytu Beraki From the very first successes till brand new material, commenting on the latest developments in Eritrea. With many people involved, we worked for four years on the project.

The double CD, with more than two and a half hours of music, also includes a book with an incredible interview about her life, culture and history. It also contains many old photos and the lyrics.

- Terrie Ex (producer of Selam CD)
Eritrea determined to form new opposition front: Sudanese ruling party
Apr 18, 2005 (Sudan Tribune)

Africa’s economic growth highest in eight years but must be sustained – IMF report
April 18, 2005
(UN News)
Africa needs both U.S. & UN
April 17, 2005
(NY Daily News)
EU slams Ethiopia for barring local poll monitors April 17, 2005 (The Peninsula)
FRENCH PRESIDENT BOOST TIES WITH ETHIOPIA 17 April, 2005 (Geeska Africa Magazine)

    
  
 


Million Berhane
April 23, 2005
Another carnage? Is another round of war likely?
Hailemikael keleta
April 23, 2005

ERITREA – A NATION WITHOUT INSURANCE

Abrahayo

April 23, 2005


Mike you are spinning in the wrong direction mate!
Selam Kidane
April 22, 2005


Daniel Rezene

April 20, 2005

Dawit Sahle

April 19, 2005
The Dream of Returning Home
T.T. Ghide
April 19, 2005

BLIND WISH
Gabriel Guangul
April 19, 2005

Between a Pillar and some concrete posts
Selam Kidane
April 19, 2005


MTM
April 18, 2005

MTM
April 18, 2005

Million Berhane

April 17, 2005

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