afrol News, Norway
21 November 2008
The Eritrean Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement has blamed Washington’s alleged policy of “balkanising Somalia” for being the root cause behind piracy off the Somali coast, adding that breakaway Somaliland and Puntland must return to Somalia to create a forceful unit.
Eritrean government statement
According to the official Eritrean statement, [...]
Category Archives: US
Eritrea blames US for Somali piracy
November 22, 2008 – 10:25 am
U.S. Navy says no word on Somali pirate ransom demand
November 21, 2008 – 3:33 pm
Reuters
November 21, 2008
DUBAI - The U.S. Navy and operators of a Saudi oil supertanker hijacked by Somali pirates could not confirm on Friday reports that the hijackers had demanded a $25 million ransom.
“I’ve read the reports but I can’t confirm anything independently on that,” Lieutenant Nathan Christensen, a spokesman for the Bahrain-based U.S. Fifth Fleet, [...]
The lawless Horn
November 20, 2008 – 2:56 pm
The Economist
Anarchy in Somalia
Nov 20th 2008
Pirates are only part of a much bigger problem in east Africa
IT IS tempting to be jaunty about piracy. So what if a few Robin Hoods in skiffs nick the odd tanker off the Horn of Africa? Often enough, the owners pay ransom and nobody gets hurt. Everyone needs a [...]
Islamists poised to seize Somalia again in setback to U.S.
November 20, 2008 – 2:51 pm
McClatchy Newspapers, US
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Shashank Bengali
NAIROBI, Kenya — Al Shabaab, a radical Islamist group that U.S. officials say is tied to al Qaida, has methodically seized much of southern Somalia and is poised to take the capital, Mogadishu, as the country’s internationally backed government nears collapse.
The rise of al Shabaab — from [...]
Abyssinian Baptist Church Celebrates Ties to Ethiopia on the Occasion of Its 200th Anniversary
November 19, 2008 – 7:55 am
Ethiopian Embassy in US
November 12, 2008
WASHINGTON — The Abyssinian Baptist Church yesterday celebrated its 200th anniversary and its deep ties of friendship with Ethiopia. At a white-tie dinner gala at the uptown Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City, Ethiopia’s Ambassador to the United States Samuel Assefa was recognized as a special guest by Abyssinian [...]
Abyssinian Baptist Church Celebrates Ties to Ethiopia
November 17, 2008 – 9:45 pm
Ethiopian Embassy in US
Abyssinian Baptist Church Celebrates Ties to Ethiopia on the Occasion of Its 200th Anniversary
November 12, 2008
WASHINGTON — The Abyssinian Baptist Church yesterday celebrated its 200th anniversary and its deep ties of friendship with Ethiopia. At a white-tie dinner gala at the uptown Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City, Ethiopia’s Ambassador [...]
Eritrean wins election to U. of Colorado Board of Regents
November 12, 2008 – 11:05 am
Rocky Mountain News, US
‘Rock star’ Neguse joins regents
Berny Morson
November 10, 2008
Neguse, 23, is in his third year of law school at CU.
Both sides of aisle have high praise for CU law student
Coloradans will be seeing a lot of Joe Neguse in coming months.
Neguse, a Democrat, was elected last week to represent the 2nd Congressional [...]
EU launches anti-piracy mission off Somalia
November 12, 2008 – 10:55 am
AFP
November 10, 2008
BRUSSELS — The European Union launched Monday a security operation off the coast of Somalia — its first-ever naval mission — to combat growing acts of piracy and help protect aid ships.
Dubbed Operation Atalanta, the mission, endorsed by the bloc’s defence ministers at talks in Brussels, will be led by Britain, with [...]
Eritrea hopes Obama will change US policy in Horn of Africa
November 9, 2008 – 8:15 pm
AFP
November 6, 2008
ADDIS ABABA — Eritrean President Isaias Afeworki on Thursday voiced hope that US president-elect Barack Obama will change his country’s policy in the Horn of Africa, a region blighted by conflicts.
“It is my utmost pleasure to convey to your excellency … my warmest congratulations … for your landslide victory and election as the [...]
NATO Fleet Sails Toward Somalia to Guard Against Piracy
November 6, 2008 – 8:57 pm
AP/IHT
October 22, 2008
BRUSSELS — A NATO flotilla sailing toward the Somali coast will begin antipiracy operations within the next few days, but officials said Wednesday that the alliance was still working out the ships’ rules of engagement.
The seven NATO warships will escort cargo ships carrying United Nations food aid to Somalia and will patrol [...]
