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		<title>Amid government denials, Eritreans flee harsh drought</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Montreal Gazette/AFP August 30, 2011 SHIRE, Ethiopia - In Ethiopia's Endabaguna refugee camp, rows of gaunt Eritreans clad in rubber sandals give vent to their exasperation after days of trekking and dodging soldiers in an attempt to escape failed crops, hunger and an autocratic government. Over 12 million people across the Horn of Africa are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uganda invites reclusive Eritrea leader for visit</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters August 12, 2011 KAMPALA - Uganda has invited Eritrea's leader, President Isaias Afewerki, accused by the West of stoking Somalia's Islamist rebellion and destabilising the east African region, to a state visit next week, Uganda's State House said. Eritrea rejoined the East African bloc IGAD last month, four years after it walked out on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Athletics-Jeilan grabs gold as Bekele limps out</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters August 28, 2011 Peter Rutherford * Bekele loses for first time over 10,000 * Farah overhauled in sprint finish DAEGU, South Korea - Ibrahim Jeilan of Ethiopia sprinted past Briton Mo Farah to win the men's 10,000 metres world title on Sunday after four-times defending champion Kenenisa Bekele had limped off the track. Jeilan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethiopia’s Deplorable Conduct at IGAD Meeting</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shabait, Government of Ethiopia August 26, 2011 Press Statement In what is almost a familiar pattern now, Ethiopian security agents manhandling Eritrea’s delegate to IGAD’s 40th Extra-ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers which was convened in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Abeba, this Wednesday 24th August. Eritrea’s envoy was harassed, verbally abused, and threatened by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Igad’s new dilemma over Eritrea return</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The East African, Kenya August 27, 2011 Editorial The question facing regional leaders is whether to rehabilitate or isolate Eritrea? The Red Sea country suspended itself from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development in 2007 on the basis that the regional body had given Ethiopia unfettered control over Somali issues. Recently, Eritrea reactivated its membership of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protesters crash Eritrean culture festival in Oakland</title>
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		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mercury News, USA August 15, 2011 Matt O'Brien (Anda Chu/Staff) Youth soccer teams "Nakfa" from Pittsburg/Antioch and "Red Sea" from San Jose play a match during a tournament at the Eritrean Western USA Festival being held at Oakland Tech High School, in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011. The annual festival is sponsored by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What went wrong in Eritrea?</title>
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		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guardian August 15, 2011 Dawit Mesfin Dawit Mesfin, an Eritrean, principal director of Justice Africa, UK Eritrea's hard-won independence promised much for the future, but instead it brought repression, war, secrecy and international pariah status I recently read an extensive report prepared by the UN Monitoring group on Somalia and Eritrea (pdf), which said Eritrea [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Israeli pilots freed after being held in Eritrea for arms smuggling</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 01:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ha’aretz August 23, 2011 Barak Ravid Pilots detained on suspicion of smuggling spare weapons parts, return to Israel after one month detention in Eritrean capital Asmara. After a month of intensive diplomatic efforts, two Israeli pilots who were detained in Eritrea for a month on suspicion of arms smuggling, returned to Israel on Tuesday. Yehuda [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eritrea to pay 3m for Bisha stake, Nevsun says</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/08/27/eritrea-to-pay-253m-for-bisha-stake-nevsun-says/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 01:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mining Weekly,South Africa August 23, 2011 Matthew Hill TORONTO – Nevsun Resources, which owns the Bisha gold mine in Eritrea, on Tuesday said the East African country’s government had agreed to pay 3.5-million for its 30% stake in the operation. The state will settle the amount, which two independent international institutions helped determine, with after-tax [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afewerki comes to Kampala to mend fences, but still has stake in Somalia</title>
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		<title>Uganda invites reclusive Eritrea leader for visit</title>
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		<title>Athletics-Jeilan grabs gold as Bekele limps out</title>
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		<title>Ethiopia’s Deplorable Conduct at IGAD Meeting</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shabait, Government of Ethiopia August 26, 2011 Press Statement In what is almost a familiar pattern now, Ethiopian security agents manhandling Eritrea’s delegate to IGAD’s 40th Extra-ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers which was convened in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Abeba, this Wednesday 24th August. Eritrea’s envoy was harassed, verbally abused, and threatened by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Igad’s new dilemma over Eritrea return</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The East African, Kenya August 27, 2011 Editorial The question facing regional leaders is whether to rehabilitate or isolate Eritrea? The Red Sea country suspended itself from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development in 2007 on the basis that the regional body had given Ethiopia unfettered control over Somali issues. Recently, Eritrea reactivated its membership of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protesters crash Eritrean culture festival in Oakland</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mercury News, USA August 15, 2011 Matt O'Brien (Anda Chu/Staff) Youth soccer teams "Nakfa" from Pittsburg/Antioch and "Red Sea" from San Jose play a match during a tournament at the Eritrean Western USA Festival being held at Oakland Tech High School, in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011. The annual festival is sponsored by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What went wrong in Eritrea?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guardian August 15, 2011 Dawit Mesfin Dawit Mesfin, an Eritrean, principal director of Justice Africa, UK Eritrea's hard-won independence promised much for the future, but instead it brought repression, war, secrecy and international pariah status I recently read an extensive report prepared by the UN Monitoring group on Somalia and Eritrea (pdf), which said Eritrea [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Israeli pilots freed after being held in Eritrea for arms smuggling</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ha’aretz August 23, 2011 Barak Ravid Pilots detained on suspicion of smuggling spare weapons parts, return to Israel after one month detention in Eritrean capital Asmara. After a month of intensive diplomatic efforts, two Israeli pilots who were detained in Eritrea for a month on suspicion of arms smuggling, returned to Israel on Tuesday. Yehuda [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eritrea to pay 3m for Bisha stake, Nevsun says</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/08/27/eritrea-to-pay-253m-for-bisha-stake-nevsun-says/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 01:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mining Weekly,South Africa August 23, 2011 Matthew Hill TORONTO – Nevsun Resources, which owns the Bisha gold mine in Eritrea, on Tuesday said the East African country’s government had agreed to pay 3.5-million for its 30% stake in the operation. The state will settle the amount, which two independent international institutions helped determine, with after-tax [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afewerki comes to Kampala to mend fences, but still has stake in Somalia</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/09/01/amid-government-denials-eritreans-flee-harsh-drought/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 04:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Montreal Gazette/AFP August 30, 2011 SHIRE, Ethiopia - In Ethiopia's Endabaguna refugee camp, rows of gaunt Eritreans clad in rubber sandals give vent to their exasperation after days of trekking and dodging soldiers in an attempt to escape failed crops, hunger and an autocratic government. Over 12 million people across the Horn of Africa are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amid government denials, Eritreans flee harsh drought</title>
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		<title>Uganda invites reclusive Eritrea leader for visit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 04:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters August 12, 2011 KAMPALA - Uganda has invited Eritrea's leader, President Isaias Afewerki, accused by the West of stoking Somalia's Islamist rebellion and destabilising the east African region, to a state visit next week, Uganda's State House said. Eritrea rejoined the East African bloc IGAD last month, four years after it walked out on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Athletics-Jeilan grabs gold as Bekele limps out</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/09/01/athletics-jeilan-grabs-gold-as-bekele-limps-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters August 28, 2011 Peter Rutherford * Bekele loses for first time over 10,000 * Farah overhauled in sprint finish DAEGU, South Korea - Ibrahim Jeilan of Ethiopia sprinted past Briton Mo Farah to win the men's 10,000 metres world title on Sunday after four-times defending champion Kenenisa Bekele had limped off the track. Jeilan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethiopia’s Deplorable Conduct at IGAD Meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shabait, Government of Ethiopia August 26, 2011 Press Statement In what is almost a familiar pattern now, Ethiopian security agents manhandling Eritrea’s delegate to IGAD’s 40th Extra-ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers which was convened in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Abeba, this Wednesday 24th August. Eritrea’s envoy was harassed, verbally abused, and threatened by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Igad’s new dilemma over Eritrea return</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/09/01/igad%e2%80%99s-new-dilemma-over-eritrea-return/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The East African, Kenya August 27, 2011 Editorial The question facing regional leaders is whether to rehabilitate or isolate Eritrea? The Red Sea country suspended itself from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development in 2007 on the basis that the regional body had given Ethiopia unfettered control over Somali issues. Recently, Eritrea reactivated its membership of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protesters crash Eritrean culture festival in Oakland</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/09/01/protesters-crash-eritrean-culture-festival-in-oakland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 02:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mercury News, USA August 15, 2011 Matt O'Brien (Anda Chu/Staff) Youth soccer teams "Nakfa" from Pittsburg/Antioch and "Red Sea" from San Jose play a match during a tournament at the Eritrean Western USA Festival being held at Oakland Tech High School, in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011. The annual festival is sponsored by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What went wrong in Eritrea?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 02:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guardian August 15, 2011 Dawit Mesfin Dawit Mesfin, an Eritrean, principal director of Justice Africa, UK Eritrea's hard-won independence promised much for the future, but instead it brought repression, war, secrecy and international pariah status I recently read an extensive report prepared by the UN Monitoring group on Somalia and Eritrea (pdf), which said Eritrea [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Israeli pilots freed after being held in Eritrea for arms smuggling</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/08/27/two-israeli-pilots-freed-after-being-held-in-eritrea-for-arms-smuggling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 01:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ha’aretz August 23, 2011 Barak Ravid Pilots detained on suspicion of smuggling spare weapons parts, return to Israel after one month detention in Eritrean capital Asmara. After a month of intensive diplomatic efforts, two Israeli pilots who were detained in Eritrea for a month on suspicion of arms smuggling, returned to Israel on Tuesday. Yehuda [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eritrea to pay 3m for Bisha stake, Nevsun says</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/08/27/eritrea-to-pay-253m-for-bisha-stake-nevsun-says/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 01:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mining Weekly,South Africa August 23, 2011 Matthew Hill TORONTO – Nevsun Resources, which owns the Bisha gold mine in Eritrea, on Tuesday said the East African country’s government had agreed to pay 3.5-million for its 30% stake in the operation. The state will settle the amount, which two independent international institutions helped determine, with after-tax [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afewerki comes to Kampala to mend fences, but still has stake in Somalia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 04:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters August 12, 2011 KAMPALA - Uganda has invited Eritrea's leader, President Isaias Afewerki, accused by the West of stoking Somalia's Islamist rebellion and destabilising the east African region, to a state visit next week, Uganda's State House said. Eritrea rejoined the East African bloc IGAD last month, four years after it walked out on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>East Africa Forum &#187; Eritrea</title>
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		<title>Amid government denials, Eritreans flee harsh drought</title>
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		<title>Uganda invites reclusive Eritrea leader for visit</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters August 12, 2011 KAMPALA - Uganda has invited Eritrea's leader, President Isaias Afewerki, accused by the West of stoking Somalia's Islamist rebellion and destabilising the east African region, to a state visit next week, Uganda's State House said. Eritrea rejoined the East African bloc IGAD last month, four years after it walked out on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Athletics-Jeilan grabs gold as Bekele limps out</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/09/01/athletics-jeilan-grabs-gold-as-bekele-limps-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters August 28, 2011 Peter Rutherford * Bekele loses for first time over 10,000 * Farah overhauled in sprint finish DAEGU, South Korea - Ibrahim Jeilan of Ethiopia sprinted past Briton Mo Farah to win the men's 10,000 metres world title on Sunday after four-times defending champion Kenenisa Bekele had limped off the track. Jeilan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethiopia’s Deplorable Conduct at IGAD Meeting</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shabait, Government of Ethiopia August 26, 2011 Press Statement In what is almost a familiar pattern now, Ethiopian security agents manhandling Eritrea’s delegate to IGAD’s 40th Extra-ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers which was convened in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Abeba, this Wednesday 24th August. Eritrea’s envoy was harassed, verbally abused, and threatened by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Igad’s new dilemma over Eritrea return</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/09/01/igad%e2%80%99s-new-dilemma-over-eritrea-return/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The East African, Kenya August 27, 2011 Editorial The question facing regional leaders is whether to rehabilitate or isolate Eritrea? The Red Sea country suspended itself from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development in 2007 on the basis that the regional body had given Ethiopia unfettered control over Somali issues. Recently, Eritrea reactivated its membership of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protesters crash Eritrean culture festival in Oakland</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/09/01/protesters-crash-eritrean-culture-festival-in-oakland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 02:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mercury News, USA August 15, 2011 Matt O'Brien (Anda Chu/Staff) Youth soccer teams "Nakfa" from Pittsburg/Antioch and "Red Sea" from San Jose play a match during a tournament at the Eritrean Western USA Festival being held at Oakland Tech High School, in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011. The annual festival is sponsored by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What went wrong in Eritrea?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guardian August 15, 2011 Dawit Mesfin Dawit Mesfin, an Eritrean, principal director of Justice Africa, UK Eritrea's hard-won independence promised much for the future, but instead it brought repression, war, secrecy and international pariah status I recently read an extensive report prepared by the UN Monitoring group on Somalia and Eritrea (pdf), which said Eritrea [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Israeli pilots freed after being held in Eritrea for arms smuggling</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/08/27/two-israeli-pilots-freed-after-being-held-in-eritrea-for-arms-smuggling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 01:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ha’aretz August 23, 2011 Barak Ravid Pilots detained on suspicion of smuggling spare weapons parts, return to Israel after one month detention in Eritrean capital Asmara. After a month of intensive diplomatic efforts, two Israeli pilots who were detained in Eritrea for a month on suspicion of arms smuggling, returned to Israel on Tuesday. Yehuda [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eritrea to pay 3m for Bisha stake, Nevsun says</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/08/27/eritrea-to-pay-253m-for-bisha-stake-nevsun-says/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 01:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mining Weekly,South Africa August 23, 2011 Matthew Hill TORONTO – Nevsun Resources, which owns the Bisha gold mine in Eritrea, on Tuesday said the East African country’s government had agreed to pay 3.5-million for its 30% stake in the operation. The state will settle the amount, which two independent international institutions helped determine, with after-tax [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afewerki comes to Kampala to mend fences, but still has stake in Somalia</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/09/01/athletics-jeilan-grabs-gold-as-bekele-limps-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters August 28, 2011 Peter Rutherford * Bekele loses for first time over 10,000 * Farah overhauled in sprint finish DAEGU, South Korea - Ibrahim Jeilan of Ethiopia sprinted past Briton Mo Farah to win the men's 10,000 metres world title on Sunday after four-times defending champion Kenenisa Bekele had limped off the track. Jeilan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>East Africa Forum &#187; Eritrea</title>
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		<title>Amid government denials, Eritreans flee harsh drought</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Montreal Gazette/AFP August 30, 2011 SHIRE, Ethiopia - In Ethiopia's Endabaguna refugee camp, rows of gaunt Eritreans clad in rubber sandals give vent to their exasperation after days of trekking and dodging soldiers in an attempt to escape failed crops, hunger and an autocratic government. Over 12 million people across the Horn of Africa are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uganda invites reclusive Eritrea leader for visit</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters August 12, 2011 KAMPALA - Uganda has invited Eritrea's leader, President Isaias Afewerki, accused by the West of stoking Somalia's Islamist rebellion and destabilising the east African region, to a state visit next week, Uganda's State House said. Eritrea rejoined the East African bloc IGAD last month, four years after it walked out on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Athletics-Jeilan grabs gold as Bekele limps out</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters August 28, 2011 Peter Rutherford * Bekele loses for first time over 10,000 * Farah overhauled in sprint finish DAEGU, South Korea - Ibrahim Jeilan of Ethiopia sprinted past Briton Mo Farah to win the men's 10,000 metres world title on Sunday after four-times defending champion Kenenisa Bekele had limped off the track. Jeilan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethiopia’s Deplorable Conduct at IGAD Meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shabait, Government of Ethiopia August 26, 2011 Press Statement In what is almost a familiar pattern now, Ethiopian security agents manhandling Eritrea’s delegate to IGAD’s 40th Extra-ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers which was convened in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Abeba, this Wednesday 24th August. Eritrea’s envoy was harassed, verbally abused, and threatened by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Igad’s new dilemma over Eritrea return</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/09/01/igad%e2%80%99s-new-dilemma-over-eritrea-return/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The East African, Kenya August 27, 2011 Editorial The question facing regional leaders is whether to rehabilitate or isolate Eritrea? The Red Sea country suspended itself from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development in 2007 on the basis that the regional body had given Ethiopia unfettered control over Somali issues. Recently, Eritrea reactivated its membership of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protesters crash Eritrean culture festival in Oakland</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mercury News, USA August 15, 2011 Matt O'Brien (Anda Chu/Staff) Youth soccer teams "Nakfa" from Pittsburg/Antioch and "Red Sea" from San Jose play a match during a tournament at the Eritrean Western USA Festival being held at Oakland Tech High School, in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011. The annual festival is sponsored by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What went wrong in Eritrea?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guardian August 15, 2011 Dawit Mesfin Dawit Mesfin, an Eritrean, principal director of Justice Africa, UK Eritrea's hard-won independence promised much for the future, but instead it brought repression, war, secrecy and international pariah status I recently read an extensive report prepared by the UN Monitoring group on Somalia and Eritrea (pdf), which said Eritrea [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Israeli pilots freed after being held in Eritrea for arms smuggling</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/08/27/two-israeli-pilots-freed-after-being-held-in-eritrea-for-arms-smuggling/</link>
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		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ha’aretz August 23, 2011 Barak Ravid Pilots detained on suspicion of smuggling spare weapons parts, return to Israel after one month detention in Eritrean capital Asmara. After a month of intensive diplomatic efforts, two Israeli pilots who were detained in Eritrea for a month on suspicion of arms smuggling, returned to Israel on Tuesday. Yehuda [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eritrea to pay 3m for Bisha stake, Nevsun says</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mining Weekly,South Africa August 23, 2011 Matthew Hill TORONTO – Nevsun Resources, which owns the Bisha gold mine in Eritrea, on Tuesday said the East African country’s government had agreed to pay 3.5-million for its 30% stake in the operation. The state will settle the amount, which two independent international institutions helped determine, with after-tax [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afewerki comes to Kampala to mend fences, but still has stake in Somalia</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Montreal Gazette/AFP August 30, 2011 SHIRE, Ethiopia - In Ethiopia's Endabaguna refugee camp, rows of gaunt Eritreans clad in rubber sandals give vent to their exasperation after days of trekking and dodging soldiers in an attempt to escape failed crops, hunger and an autocratic government. Over 12 million people across the Horn of Africa are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uganda invites reclusive Eritrea leader for visit</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters August 12, 2011 KAMPALA - Uganda has invited Eritrea's leader, President Isaias Afewerki, accused by the West of stoking Somalia's Islamist rebellion and destabilising the east African region, to a state visit next week, Uganda's State House said. Eritrea rejoined the East African bloc IGAD last month, four years after it walked out on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Athletics-Jeilan grabs gold as Bekele limps out</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters August 28, 2011 Peter Rutherford * Bekele loses for first time over 10,000 * Farah overhauled in sprint finish DAEGU, South Korea - Ibrahim Jeilan of Ethiopia sprinted past Briton Mo Farah to win the men's 10,000 metres world title on Sunday after four-times defending champion Kenenisa Bekele had limped off the track. Jeilan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethiopia’s Deplorable Conduct at IGAD Meeting</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shabait, Government of Ethiopia August 26, 2011 Press Statement In what is almost a familiar pattern now, Ethiopian security agents manhandling Eritrea’s delegate to IGAD’s 40th Extra-ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers which was convened in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Abeba, this Wednesday 24th August. Eritrea’s envoy was harassed, verbally abused, and threatened by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Igad’s new dilemma over Eritrea return</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/09/01/igad%e2%80%99s-new-dilemma-over-eritrea-return/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The East African, Kenya August 27, 2011 Editorial The question facing regional leaders is whether to rehabilitate or isolate Eritrea? The Red Sea country suspended itself from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development in 2007 on the basis that the regional body had given Ethiopia unfettered control over Somali issues. Recently, Eritrea reactivated its membership of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protesters crash Eritrean culture festival in Oakland</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 02:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mercury News, USA August 15, 2011 Matt O'Brien (Anda Chu/Staff) Youth soccer teams "Nakfa" from Pittsburg/Antioch and "Red Sea" from San Jose play a match during a tournament at the Eritrean Western USA Festival being held at Oakland Tech High School, in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011. The annual festival is sponsored by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What went wrong in Eritrea?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 02:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guardian August 15, 2011 Dawit Mesfin Dawit Mesfin, an Eritrean, principal director of Justice Africa, UK Eritrea's hard-won independence promised much for the future, but instead it brought repression, war, secrecy and international pariah status I recently read an extensive report prepared by the UN Monitoring group on Somalia and Eritrea (pdf), which said Eritrea [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Israeli pilots freed after being held in Eritrea for arms smuggling</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 01:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ha’aretz August 23, 2011 Barak Ravid Pilots detained on suspicion of smuggling spare weapons parts, return to Israel after one month detention in Eritrean capital Asmara. After a month of intensive diplomatic efforts, two Israeli pilots who were detained in Eritrea for a month on suspicion of arms smuggling, returned to Israel on Tuesday. Yehuda [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eritrea to pay 3m for Bisha stake, Nevsun says</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/08/27/eritrea-to-pay-253m-for-bisha-stake-nevsun-says/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 01:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mining Weekly,South Africa August 23, 2011 Matthew Hill TORONTO – Nevsun Resources, which owns the Bisha gold mine in Eritrea, on Tuesday said the East African country’s government had agreed to pay 3.5-million for its 30% stake in the operation. The state will settle the amount, which two independent international institutions helped determine, with after-tax [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afewerki comes to Kampala to mend fences, but still has stake in Somalia</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The East African, Kenya August 27, 2011 Editorial The question facing regional leaders is whether to rehabilitate or isolate Eritrea? The Red Sea country suspended itself from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development in 2007 on the basis that the regional body had given Ethiopia unfettered control over Somali issues. Recently, Eritrea reactivated its membership of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>East Africa Forum &#187; Eritrea</title>
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		<title>Amid government denials, Eritreans flee harsh drought</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 04:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Montreal Gazette/AFP August 30, 2011 SHIRE, Ethiopia - In Ethiopia's Endabaguna refugee camp, rows of gaunt Eritreans clad in rubber sandals give vent to their exasperation after days of trekking and dodging soldiers in an attempt to escape failed crops, hunger and an autocratic government. Over 12 million people across the Horn of Africa are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uganda invites reclusive Eritrea leader for visit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 04:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters August 12, 2011 KAMPALA - Uganda has invited Eritrea's leader, President Isaias Afewerki, accused by the West of stoking Somalia's Islamist rebellion and destabilising the east African region, to a state visit next week, Uganda's State House said. Eritrea rejoined the East African bloc IGAD last month, four years after it walked out on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Athletics-Jeilan grabs gold as Bekele limps out</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters August 28, 2011 Peter Rutherford * Bekele loses for first time over 10,000 * Farah overhauled in sprint finish DAEGU, South Korea - Ibrahim Jeilan of Ethiopia sprinted past Briton Mo Farah to win the men's 10,000 metres world title on Sunday after four-times defending champion Kenenisa Bekele had limped off the track. Jeilan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethiopia’s Deplorable Conduct at IGAD Meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shabait, Government of Ethiopia August 26, 2011 Press Statement In what is almost a familiar pattern now, Ethiopian security agents manhandling Eritrea’s delegate to IGAD’s 40th Extra-ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers which was convened in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Abeba, this Wednesday 24th August. Eritrea’s envoy was harassed, verbally abused, and threatened by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Igad’s new dilemma over Eritrea return</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The East African, Kenya August 27, 2011 Editorial The question facing regional leaders is whether to rehabilitate or isolate Eritrea? The Red Sea country suspended itself from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development in 2007 on the basis that the regional body had given Ethiopia unfettered control over Somali issues. Recently, Eritrea reactivated its membership of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protesters crash Eritrean culture festival in Oakland</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mercury News, USA August 15, 2011 Matt O'Brien (Anda Chu/Staff) Youth soccer teams "Nakfa" from Pittsburg/Antioch and "Red Sea" from San Jose play a match during a tournament at the Eritrean Western USA Festival being held at Oakland Tech High School, in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011. The annual festival is sponsored by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What went wrong in Eritrea?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guardian August 15, 2011 Dawit Mesfin Dawit Mesfin, an Eritrean, principal director of Justice Africa, UK Eritrea's hard-won independence promised much for the future, but instead it brought repression, war, secrecy and international pariah status I recently read an extensive report prepared by the UN Monitoring group on Somalia and Eritrea (pdf), which said Eritrea [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Israeli pilots freed after being held in Eritrea for arms smuggling</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ha’aretz August 23, 2011 Barak Ravid Pilots detained on suspicion of smuggling spare weapons parts, return to Israel after one month detention in Eritrean capital Asmara. After a month of intensive diplomatic efforts, two Israeli pilots who were detained in Eritrea for a month on suspicion of arms smuggling, returned to Israel on Tuesday. Yehuda [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eritrea to pay 3m for Bisha stake, Nevsun says</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mining Weekly,South Africa August 23, 2011 Matthew Hill TORONTO – Nevsun Resources, which owns the Bisha gold mine in Eritrea, on Tuesday said the East African country’s government had agreed to pay 3.5-million for its 30% stake in the operation. The state will settle the amount, which two independent international institutions helped determine, with after-tax [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afewerki comes to Kampala to mend fences, but still has stake in Somalia</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mercury News, USA August 15, 2011 Matt O'Brien (Anda Chu/Staff) Youth soccer teams "Nakfa" from Pittsburg/Antioch and "Red Sea" from San Jose play a match during a tournament at the Eritrean Western USA Festival being held at Oakland Tech High School, in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011. The annual festival is sponsored by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>East Africa Forum &#187; Eritrea</title>
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		<title>Amid government denials, Eritreans flee harsh drought</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 04:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Montreal Gazette/AFP August 30, 2011 SHIRE, Ethiopia - In Ethiopia's Endabaguna refugee camp, rows of gaunt Eritreans clad in rubber sandals give vent to their exasperation after days of trekking and dodging soldiers in an attempt to escape failed crops, hunger and an autocratic government. Over 12 million people across the Horn of Africa are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uganda invites reclusive Eritrea leader for visit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 04:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters August 12, 2011 KAMPALA - Uganda has invited Eritrea's leader, President Isaias Afewerki, accused by the West of stoking Somalia's Islamist rebellion and destabilising the east African region, to a state visit next week, Uganda's State House said. Eritrea rejoined the East African bloc IGAD last month, four years after it walked out on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Athletics-Jeilan grabs gold as Bekele limps out</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/09/01/athletics-jeilan-grabs-gold-as-bekele-limps-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters August 28, 2011 Peter Rutherford * Bekele loses for first time over 10,000 * Farah overhauled in sprint finish DAEGU, South Korea - Ibrahim Jeilan of Ethiopia sprinted past Briton Mo Farah to win the men's 10,000 metres world title on Sunday after four-times defending champion Kenenisa Bekele had limped off the track. Jeilan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethiopia’s Deplorable Conduct at IGAD Meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shabait, Government of Ethiopia August 26, 2011 Press Statement In what is almost a familiar pattern now, Ethiopian security agents manhandling Eritrea’s delegate to IGAD’s 40th Extra-ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers which was convened in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Abeba, this Wednesday 24th August. Eritrea’s envoy was harassed, verbally abused, and threatened by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Igad’s new dilemma over Eritrea return</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/09/01/igad%e2%80%99s-new-dilemma-over-eritrea-return/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The East African, Kenya August 27, 2011 Editorial The question facing regional leaders is whether to rehabilitate or isolate Eritrea? The Red Sea country suspended itself from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development in 2007 on the basis that the regional body had given Ethiopia unfettered control over Somali issues. Recently, Eritrea reactivated its membership of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protesters crash Eritrean culture festival in Oakland</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 02:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mercury News, USA August 15, 2011 Matt O'Brien (Anda Chu/Staff) Youth soccer teams "Nakfa" from Pittsburg/Antioch and "Red Sea" from San Jose play a match during a tournament at the Eritrean Western USA Festival being held at Oakland Tech High School, in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011. The annual festival is sponsored by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What went wrong in Eritrea?</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/09/01/what-went-wrong-in-eritrea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 02:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guardian August 15, 2011 Dawit Mesfin Dawit Mesfin, an Eritrean, principal director of Justice Africa, UK Eritrea's hard-won independence promised much for the future, but instead it brought repression, war, secrecy and international pariah status I recently read an extensive report prepared by the UN Monitoring group on Somalia and Eritrea (pdf), which said Eritrea [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Israeli pilots freed after being held in Eritrea for arms smuggling</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/08/27/two-israeli-pilots-freed-after-being-held-in-eritrea-for-arms-smuggling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 01:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ha’aretz August 23, 2011 Barak Ravid Pilots detained on suspicion of smuggling spare weapons parts, return to Israel after one month detention in Eritrean capital Asmara. After a month of intensive diplomatic efforts, two Israeli pilots who were detained in Eritrea for a month on suspicion of arms smuggling, returned to Israel on Tuesday. Yehuda [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eritrea to pay 3m for Bisha stake, Nevsun says</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/08/27/eritrea-to-pay-253m-for-bisha-stake-nevsun-says/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 01:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mining Weekly,South Africa August 23, 2011 Matthew Hill TORONTO – Nevsun Resources, which owns the Bisha gold mine in Eritrea, on Tuesday said the East African country’s government had agreed to pay 3.5-million for its 30% stake in the operation. The state will settle the amount, which two independent international institutions helped determine, with after-tax [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afewerki comes to Kampala to mend fences, but still has stake in Somalia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 02:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guardian August 15, 2011 Dawit Mesfin Dawit Mesfin, an Eritrean, principal director of Justice Africa, UK Eritrea's hard-won independence promised much for the future, but instead it brought repression, war, secrecy and international pariah status I recently read an extensive report prepared by the UN Monitoring group on Somalia and Eritrea (pdf), which said Eritrea [...]]]></description>
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		<title>East Africa Forum &#187; Eritrea</title>
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		<title>Amid government denials, Eritreans flee harsh drought</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 04:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Montreal Gazette/AFP August 30, 2011 SHIRE, Ethiopia - In Ethiopia's Endabaguna refugee camp, rows of gaunt Eritreans clad in rubber sandals give vent to their exasperation after days of trekking and dodging soldiers in an attempt to escape failed crops, hunger and an autocratic government. Over 12 million people across the Horn of Africa are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uganda invites reclusive Eritrea leader for visit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 04:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters August 12, 2011 KAMPALA - Uganda has invited Eritrea's leader, President Isaias Afewerki, accused by the West of stoking Somalia's Islamist rebellion and destabilising the east African region, to a state visit next week, Uganda's State House said. Eritrea rejoined the East African bloc IGAD last month, four years after it walked out on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Athletics-Jeilan grabs gold as Bekele limps out</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/09/01/athletics-jeilan-grabs-gold-as-bekele-limps-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters August 28, 2011 Peter Rutherford * Bekele loses for first time over 10,000 * Farah overhauled in sprint finish DAEGU, South Korea - Ibrahim Jeilan of Ethiopia sprinted past Briton Mo Farah to win the men's 10,000 metres world title on Sunday after four-times defending champion Kenenisa Bekele had limped off the track. Jeilan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethiopia’s Deplorable Conduct at IGAD Meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shabait, Government of Ethiopia August 26, 2011 Press Statement In what is almost a familiar pattern now, Ethiopian security agents manhandling Eritrea’s delegate to IGAD’s 40th Extra-ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers which was convened in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Abeba, this Wednesday 24th August. Eritrea’s envoy was harassed, verbally abused, and threatened by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Igad’s new dilemma over Eritrea return</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/09/01/igad%e2%80%99s-new-dilemma-over-eritrea-return/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The East African, Kenya August 27, 2011 Editorial The question facing regional leaders is whether to rehabilitate or isolate Eritrea? The Red Sea country suspended itself from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development in 2007 on the basis that the regional body had given Ethiopia unfettered control over Somali issues. Recently, Eritrea reactivated its membership of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protesters crash Eritrean culture festival in Oakland</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/09/01/protesters-crash-eritrean-culture-festival-in-oakland/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mercury News, USA August 15, 2011 Matt O'Brien (Anda Chu/Staff) Youth soccer teams "Nakfa" from Pittsburg/Antioch and "Red Sea" from San Jose play a match during a tournament at the Eritrean Western USA Festival being held at Oakland Tech High School, in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011. The annual festival is sponsored by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What went wrong in Eritrea?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guardian August 15, 2011 Dawit Mesfin Dawit Mesfin, an Eritrean, principal director of Justice Africa, UK Eritrea's hard-won independence promised much for the future, but instead it brought repression, war, secrecy and international pariah status I recently read an extensive report prepared by the UN Monitoring group on Somalia and Eritrea (pdf), which said Eritrea [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Israeli pilots freed after being held in Eritrea for arms smuggling</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/08/27/two-israeli-pilots-freed-after-being-held-in-eritrea-for-arms-smuggling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 01:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ha’aretz August 23, 2011 Barak Ravid Pilots detained on suspicion of smuggling spare weapons parts, return to Israel after one month detention in Eritrean capital Asmara. After a month of intensive diplomatic efforts, two Israeli pilots who were detained in Eritrea for a month on suspicion of arms smuggling, returned to Israel on Tuesday. Yehuda [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eritrea to pay 3m for Bisha stake, Nevsun says</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/08/27/eritrea-to-pay-253m-for-bisha-stake-nevsun-says/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 01:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mining Weekly,South Africa August 23, 2011 Matthew Hill TORONTO – Nevsun Resources, which owns the Bisha gold mine in Eritrea, on Tuesday said the East African country’s government had agreed to pay 3.5-million for its 30% stake in the operation. The state will settle the amount, which two independent international institutions helped determine, with after-tax [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afewerki comes to Kampala to mend fences, but still has stake in Somalia</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/08/27/two-israeli-pilots-freed-after-being-held-in-eritrea-for-arms-smuggling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 01:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ha’aretz August 23, 2011 Barak Ravid Pilots detained on suspicion of smuggling spare weapons parts, return to Israel after one month detention in Eritrean capital Asmara. After a month of intensive diplomatic efforts, two Israeli pilots who were detained in Eritrea for a month on suspicion of arms smuggling, returned to Israel on Tuesday. Yehuda [...]]]></description>
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		<title>East Africa Forum &#187; Eritrea</title>
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		<title>Amid government denials, Eritreans flee harsh drought</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 04:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Montreal Gazette/AFP August 30, 2011 SHIRE, Ethiopia - In Ethiopia's Endabaguna refugee camp, rows of gaunt Eritreans clad in rubber sandals give vent to their exasperation after days of trekking and dodging soldiers in an attempt to escape failed crops, hunger and an autocratic government. Over 12 million people across the Horn of Africa are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uganda invites reclusive Eritrea leader for visit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 04:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters August 12, 2011 KAMPALA - Uganda has invited Eritrea's leader, President Isaias Afewerki, accused by the West of stoking Somalia's Islamist rebellion and destabilising the east African region, to a state visit next week, Uganda's State House said. Eritrea rejoined the East African bloc IGAD last month, four years after it walked out on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Athletics-Jeilan grabs gold as Bekele limps out</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/09/01/athletics-jeilan-grabs-gold-as-bekele-limps-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters August 28, 2011 Peter Rutherford * Bekele loses for first time over 10,000 * Farah overhauled in sprint finish DAEGU, South Korea - Ibrahim Jeilan of Ethiopia sprinted past Briton Mo Farah to win the men's 10,000 metres world title on Sunday after four-times defending champion Kenenisa Bekele had limped off the track. Jeilan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethiopia’s Deplorable Conduct at IGAD Meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shabait, Government of Ethiopia August 26, 2011 Press Statement In what is almost a familiar pattern now, Ethiopian security agents manhandling Eritrea’s delegate to IGAD’s 40th Extra-ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers which was convened in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Abeba, this Wednesday 24th August. Eritrea’s envoy was harassed, verbally abused, and threatened by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Igad’s new dilemma over Eritrea return</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/09/01/igad%e2%80%99s-new-dilemma-over-eritrea-return/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The East African, Kenya August 27, 2011 Editorial The question facing regional leaders is whether to rehabilitate or isolate Eritrea? The Red Sea country suspended itself from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development in 2007 on the basis that the regional body had given Ethiopia unfettered control over Somali issues. Recently, Eritrea reactivated its membership of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protesters crash Eritrean culture festival in Oakland</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/09/01/protesters-crash-eritrean-culture-festival-in-oakland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 02:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mercury News, USA August 15, 2011 Matt O'Brien (Anda Chu/Staff) Youth soccer teams "Nakfa" from Pittsburg/Antioch and "Red Sea" from San Jose play a match during a tournament at the Eritrean Western USA Festival being held at Oakland Tech High School, in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011. The annual festival is sponsored by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What went wrong in Eritrea?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 02:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guardian August 15, 2011 Dawit Mesfin Dawit Mesfin, an Eritrean, principal director of Justice Africa, UK Eritrea's hard-won independence promised much for the future, but instead it brought repression, war, secrecy and international pariah status I recently read an extensive report prepared by the UN Monitoring group on Somalia and Eritrea (pdf), which said Eritrea [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Israeli pilots freed after being held in Eritrea for arms smuggling</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/08/27/two-israeli-pilots-freed-after-being-held-in-eritrea-for-arms-smuggling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 01:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ha’aretz August 23, 2011 Barak Ravid Pilots detained on suspicion of smuggling spare weapons parts, return to Israel after one month detention in Eritrean capital Asmara. After a month of intensive diplomatic efforts, two Israeli pilots who were detained in Eritrea for a month on suspicion of arms smuggling, returned to Israel on Tuesday. Yehuda [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eritrea to pay 3m for Bisha stake, Nevsun says</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/08/27/eritrea-to-pay-253m-for-bisha-stake-nevsun-says/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 01:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mining Weekly,South Africa August 23, 2011 Matthew Hill TORONTO – Nevsun Resources, which owns the Bisha gold mine in Eritrea, on Tuesday said the East African country’s government had agreed to pay 3.5-million for its 30% stake in the operation. The state will settle the amount, which two independent international institutions helped determine, with after-tax [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afewerki comes to Kampala to mend fences, but still has stake in Somalia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 01:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mining Weekly,South Africa August 23, 2011 Matthew Hill TORONTO – Nevsun Resources, which owns the Bisha gold mine in Eritrea, on Tuesday said the East African country’s government had agreed to pay $253.5-million for its 30% stake in the operation. The state will settle the amount, which two independent international institutions helped determine, with after-tax [...]]]></description>
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		<title>East Africa Forum &#187; Eritrea</title>
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		<title>Amid government denials, Eritreans flee harsh drought</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Montreal Gazette/AFP August 30, 2011 SHIRE, Ethiopia - In Ethiopia's Endabaguna refugee camp, rows of gaunt Eritreans clad in rubber sandals give vent to their exasperation after days of trekking and dodging soldiers in an attempt to escape failed crops, hunger and an autocratic government. Over 12 million people across the Horn of Africa are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uganda invites reclusive Eritrea leader for visit</title>
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		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters August 12, 2011 KAMPALA - Uganda has invited Eritrea's leader, President Isaias Afewerki, accused by the West of stoking Somalia's Islamist rebellion and destabilising the east African region, to a state visit next week, Uganda's State House said. Eritrea rejoined the East African bloc IGAD last month, four years after it walked out on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Athletics-Jeilan grabs gold as Bekele limps out</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters August 28, 2011 Peter Rutherford * Bekele loses for first time over 10,000 * Farah overhauled in sprint finish DAEGU, South Korea - Ibrahim Jeilan of Ethiopia sprinted past Briton Mo Farah to win the men's 10,000 metres world title on Sunday after four-times defending champion Kenenisa Bekele had limped off the track. Jeilan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethiopia’s Deplorable Conduct at IGAD Meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shabait, Government of Ethiopia August 26, 2011 Press Statement In what is almost a familiar pattern now, Ethiopian security agents manhandling Eritrea’s delegate to IGAD’s 40th Extra-ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers which was convened in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Abeba, this Wednesday 24th August. Eritrea’s envoy was harassed, verbally abused, and threatened by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Igad’s new dilemma over Eritrea return</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/09/01/igad%e2%80%99s-new-dilemma-over-eritrea-return/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The East African, Kenya August 27, 2011 Editorial The question facing regional leaders is whether to rehabilitate or isolate Eritrea? The Red Sea country suspended itself from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development in 2007 on the basis that the regional body had given Ethiopia unfettered control over Somali issues. Recently, Eritrea reactivated its membership of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protesters crash Eritrean culture festival in Oakland</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/09/01/protesters-crash-eritrean-culture-festival-in-oakland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 02:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mercury News, USA August 15, 2011 Matt O'Brien (Anda Chu/Staff) Youth soccer teams "Nakfa" from Pittsburg/Antioch and "Red Sea" from San Jose play a match during a tournament at the Eritrean Western USA Festival being held at Oakland Tech High School, in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011. The annual festival is sponsored by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What went wrong in Eritrea?</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/09/01/what-went-wrong-in-eritrea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 02:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guardian August 15, 2011 Dawit Mesfin Dawit Mesfin, an Eritrean, principal director of Justice Africa, UK Eritrea's hard-won independence promised much for the future, but instead it brought repression, war, secrecy and international pariah status I recently read an extensive report prepared by the UN Monitoring group on Somalia and Eritrea (pdf), which said Eritrea [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Israeli pilots freed after being held in Eritrea for arms smuggling</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/08/27/two-israeli-pilots-freed-after-being-held-in-eritrea-for-arms-smuggling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 01:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ha’aretz August 23, 2011 Barak Ravid Pilots detained on suspicion of smuggling spare weapons parts, return to Israel after one month detention in Eritrean capital Asmara. After a month of intensive diplomatic efforts, two Israeli pilots who were detained in Eritrea for a month on suspicion of arms smuggling, returned to Israel on Tuesday. Yehuda [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eritrea to pay 3m for Bisha stake, Nevsun says</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/08/27/eritrea-to-pay-253m-for-bisha-stake-nevsun-says/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/08/27/eritrea-to-pay-253m-for-bisha-stake-nevsun-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 01:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mining Weekly,South Africa August 23, 2011 Matthew Hill TORONTO – Nevsun Resources, which owns the Bisha gold mine in Eritrea, on Tuesday said the East African country’s government had agreed to pay 3.5-million for its 30% stake in the operation. The state will settle the amount, which two independent international institutions helped determine, with after-tax [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afewerki comes to Kampala to mend fences, but still has stake in Somalia</title>
		<link>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/08/24/afewerki-comes-to-kampala-to-mend-fences-but-still-has-stake-in-somalia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2011/08/24/afewerki-comes-to-kampala-to-mend-fences-but-still-has-stake-in-somalia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 05:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shlomo Bachrach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The East African, Kenya August 20, 2011 JULIUS BARIGABA in Uganda and ARGAW ASHINE in Ethiopia “Get it out of your mind. Somalia isn’t about Al Shabaab. The main issue is reconstitution of Somalia” President Isaias Afewerki of Eritrea Long accused of aiding and abetting the Al Shabaab insurgency in Somalia, Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki’s [...]]]></description>
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