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Eritrea

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 08:56:13 GMT
TPLF - Demise of a Kleptocratic Clique
[Shabait] On 4 November 2020, the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) Northern Command headquarters in Mekelle and throughout Tigray Region came under a meticulously planned, massive, and pre-emptive attack from the armed forces of the Tigray Peo...

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 08:24:18 GMT
Announcement From the Ministry of Health
[Shabait] Nine patients have been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 in tests carried out today at Quarantine Centers in the Central and Northern Red Sea Regions.

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 07:31:32 GMT
Alex De Waal - Herculean Task to Resuscitate the TPLF
[Shabait] This week, Foreign Policy (FP) featured an article entitled, "From Pariah to Kingmaker", authored by Alex de Waal (3 March, 2021).

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 20:30:55 GMT
Anger and Collective Trauma Scar Tigray Region
[DW] The conflict in Tigray, the northern region of Ethiopia, has mostly been unfolding under a media blackout since early November. Thousands of civilians have likely died as a result of the crisis.

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 07:41:56 GMT
UN Officials Allege Possible War Crimes in Tigray
[DW] Senior figures have urged Eritrea to leave the region, saying mass atrocities were being committed and millions of people could go hungry without assistance.

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 11:34:07 GMT
Human Rights Group Claims Eritrean Troops Killed Hundreds in Ethiopia
[RFI] Eritrean forces shot dead hundreds of children and civilians in a November massacre in neighbouring Ethiopia's war-hit Tigray region, according to the international organisation Human Rights Watch. This is the second report on Eritrean abuses t...

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 08:45:22 GMT
Eritrean Forces Massacre Tigray Civilians - HRW
[HRW] Nairobi -- UN Should Urgently Investigate Atrocities by All Parties

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 07:44:00 GMT
UN Rights Chief Calls for Probe in Ethiopia's Tigray
[UN News] Given the persistent reports of serious human rights violations and abuses in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, the UN rights chief on Thursday stressed the urgent need for an objective, independent assessment of the facts on the ground.

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 07:17:55 GMT
Announcement From the Ministry of Health
[Shabait] Twenty one patients have been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 in tests carried out today at Quarantine Centers in Gash Barka and Central Regions.

Thu, 04 Mar 2021 14:33:28 GMT
Seminar to Eritrean Nationals in Germany
[Shabait] Asmara, 04 March 2021- Ambassador Fesehatsion Petros, Eritrean Ambassador in Italy, conducted seminar to Eritrean nationals in Germany.

Thu, 04 Mar 2021 07:47:05 GMT
Encouraging Effort to Empower Women
[Shabait] Asmara, 03 March 2021- Encouraging effort is being exerted with a view to strengthening the economic and educational capacity of women. The comment was made by Ms. Senait Mehari in an interview she conducted with Erina in connection with 8 ...

Thu, 04 Mar 2021 07:47:02 GMT
Announcement From the Ministry of Health
[Shabait] Eight patients have been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 in tests carried out today at Quarantine Centers in the Southern, Gash Barka, and Central Regions.

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 09:03:45 GMT
Alebu General Metal Workshop
[Shabait] The development of water resources for agriculture has been one of the major achievements that have started to impact agro-industrial development in Eritrea. This has been made possible through the development of efficient irrigation system...

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 09:03:42 GMT
Eritrea's Effort to Enhance Mother-Tongue Based Education
[Shabait] Multilingual and multicultural societies exist through their languages which transmit and preserve traditional knowledge and cultures in a sustainable way. Yet linguistic diversity is increasingly threatened as more and more languages disap...

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 09:03:37 GMT
With Every Crisis Comes an Opportunity
[Shabait] Three weeks ago I was a guest at a very close friend's wedding. As far as I can remember there were almost few close relatives invited to the ceremony. The ceremony was colorful and beautiful. The groom and the bride, who was shining out br...

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 05:42:16 GMT
U.S. Urges Withdrawal of Eritrean, Ethiopian Forces From Tigray
[Nation] The US government has urged Eritrea and Ethiopia to immediately withdraw their deployed forces from the war-torn Tigray region.

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 05:21:53 GMT
'This War Has Been Conducted Behind a Steel Wall'
[DW] Ethiopia has claimed that an Amnesty report painting a dark picture of the Tigray crisis supports misinformation. Yet the country has tried to keep international journalists far from witnesses and out of the region.

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 07:49:36 GMT
Announcement From the Ministry of Health
[Shabait] Nineteen patients have been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 in tests carried out today at Quarantine Centers in Gash Barka, Southern Red Sea, Central and Southern Regions.

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 07:49:34 GMT
President Isaias Met Saudi Delegation
[Shabait] Asmara, 01 March 2021- President Isaias Afwerki yesterday, 28 February met and held talks at Adi-Halo with Saudi delegation which is on a three day visit to Eritrea.

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 17:25:49 GMT
Eritrea At the UN - Rebuilding Towards a Fresh Narrative
[Africa Renewal] Ambassador Sophia Tesfamariam from Eritrea is one of only a handful of African female Permanent Representatives of their countries to the UN in New York. In Africa Renewal's series profiling the African women representing their count...

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 08:17:39 GMT
African Union Shouldn't Endorse Eritrea for UN Rights Body
[HRW] Dire Rights Record at Home, Abroad

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 08:05:15 GMT
'Dream Big & Go for It'
[Shabait] Ruth Tsehaye, a 21 year old Eritrean Artist, is a painter, photographer, and cinematographer and working her way to be a director. Introduced to colors, she started water coloring when she was just a little girl. As her imaginations grew bi...

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 08:05:11 GMT
Coping Capacity of Eritrea
[Shabait] Self-reliance in all fields - political, economic and cultural - is a basic guiding principle of the government of Eritrea. According to the national charter of Eritrea, "Self-reliance does not mean to isolate oneself from the international...

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 07:54:01 GMT
Response of the Eritrean Delegation to the Oral Report of the High Commissioner of the OHCHR
[Shabait] 46 Regular HRC Session - ITEM 2

Sun, 28 Feb 2021 18:13:12 GMT
Why Eritrean Refugees Choose the Risky Migration to Europe
[The Conversation Africa] In November 2020, fighting in the Tigray region of Ethiopia destroyed a secondary school which opened in 2018 in the Hitsats refugee camp. The school was attended by both refugees and Ethiopians.

Sun, 28 Feb 2021 01:52:56 GMT
Atrocities in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region - Secretary Blinken Statement
[State Department] Washington, DC -- The United States is gravely concerned by reported atrocities and the overall deteriorating situation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia.  We strongly condemn the killings, forced removals and displacements, sexual...

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 15:49:16 GMT
Govt Human Rights Body Blames Eritrea for Axum Massacre
[Ethiopian Human Rights Commission] Addis Abeba -- Responding to Amnesty International report on allegations of killings of civilians in Axum, Ethiopian Human Rights Commission Chief Commissioner Daniel Bekele said, "Amnesty findings should be taken ...

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 14:21:00 GMT
Eritrea's Isaias Blames Conflict on 'Ethnic Polarisation' - Interview
[Shabait] Question 1: The TPLF's massive attack on the Northern Command of the Ethiopian Defence Forces in early November of 2020 has resulted in the removal of the TPLF from power. What will be the ramifications of this event on Ethiopia, the wider ...

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 05:32:19 GMT
Eritrean Troops Massacred Hundreds of Tigray Civilians - Amnesty
[AI London] Eritrean troops fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray state systematically killed hundreds of unarmed civilians in the northern city of Axum on 28-29 November last year, opening fire in the streets and conducting house-to-house raids in a massacr...

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 14:55:12 GMT
U.S. Says Reports of Eritrean Human Rights Abuses in Tigray Are 'Credible'
[State Department] Statement of the United States of America as delivered by Daniel Kronenfeld to United Nations Human Rights Council 46th Session:



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