Embassy of Eritrea in the US Forwarded to East Africa Forum on August 4, 2011 Permanent Mission of Eritrea to the United Nations, New York Preliminary Remarks by Mr. Yemane Ghebreab Political Adviser to the President of the State of Eritrea Before the United Nations Security Council Committee Pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) and 1907 [...]
Category Archives: Eritrea
Eritrea seeks to rejoin East African body Igad
August 5, 2011 – 12:22 am
www.eastafricaforum.net BBC August 2, 2011 Eritrea’s President Isaias Afewerki has fallen out with most of his neighbours Eritrea’s neighbours say they are still considering its request to rejoin the East African body, Igad, after initially saying they welcomed its bid to end years of isolation. Igad’s Executive Secretary, Mahboub Maalim, told the BBC that the [...]
Fears that Eritrea may be hiding its famine victims from the world
July 30, 2011 – 8:30 pm
Independent July 30, 2011 Daniel Howden AP A Somali boy, just one of the famine’s 11 million victims, is comforted by his father at a refugee camp in Kenya Concerns are mounting of a possible hidden famine in Eritrea while international aid agencies scramble to fill a “black hole” in information coming out of the [...]
EXCLUSIVE-Eritrea behind AU summit attack plot-UN report
July 28, 2011 – 11:01 am
Reuters July 28, 2011 David Clarke * Eritrea threat to whole region * African Union HQ a target of plot * Eritrea channels funds to al Qaeda-linked Somali rebels (Adds plot detail, background) NAIROBI – Eritrea was behind a plot to attack an African Union summit in Ethiopia in January and is bankrolling al Qaeda-linked [...]
East Africa’s famine
July 24, 2011 – 1:36 pm
The Economist July 21, 2011 Disunited in hunger Fighting famine is complicated by old rivalries and alliances FOR the first time since the 1980s, the UN has declared a famine in Africa. An exceptionally severe drought is the main cause. More than 10m people are directly affected. The epicentre is in Somalia and Ethiopia—as aid [...]
Eritrean Navy members defect to Yemen, risk deportation – opposition
July 23, 2011 – 7:26 am
Sudan Tribune July 20, 2011 Tesfa-Alem Tekle (ADDIS ABABA) – Over 30 members of the Eritrean naval forces have deserted to Yemen this month, an exiled Eritrean opposition group have said. Based in Ethiopia, the Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RSADO), said they are at imminent risk of forcible return to Eritrea by authorities in [...]
Young Eritreans in Ethiopia face future in limbo
July 23, 2011 – 5:13 am
UNHCR July 21, 2011 Kisut Gebre Egziabher © UNHCR/K.Gebre Egziabher Assistant High Commissioner Erika Feller and UNHCR Ethiopia Representative Moses Okello with a group of Eritrean unaccompanied minors in northern Ethiopia. . SHIRE, Ethiopia – As the world focuses on the impact of the severe drought in East Africa, a silent crisis is brewing in [...]
US urges Eritrea to reveal scope of drought
July 23, 2011 – 5:02 am
AFP/Terra Daily, Australia July 19, 2011 The United States on Tuesday urged Eritrea to reveal how severely it has been hit by the Horn of Africa’s drought, warning that people may be at risk inside the authoritarian country. Johnnie Carson, the assistant secretary of state for African affairs, said the United States presumed that Eritrea [...]
Eritrean players seek asylum in Tanzania
July 14, 2011 – 11:23 am
Daily News, Tanzania July 13, 2011 IT has now emerged that the 13 Eritrea’s Red Sea footballers who came to compete in the just ended Kagame Castle Cup are now seeking asylum in Tanzania. This was confirmed in a statement released by the Ministry of Home Affairs in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday Tanzanian government [...]
Eritrean footballers go missing in Tanzania after tournament
July 14, 2011 – 11:21 am
Guardian, UK July 12, 2011 Xan Rice Thirteen Red Sea FC players fail to return home after appearing in regional competition, with speculation they will seek asylum Goh Chai Hin/AFP/Getty Images Sportsmen representing Eritrea abroad have often used the chance to disappear or ask for political asylum to escape the regime of President Isaias Afewerki. [...]