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Eritrea’s president Isaias Afewerki breaks silence over army mutiny incident

February 11, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Eritrean president Isaias Afewerki on Friday spoke for first time about last month’s mutiny incident in Asmara after remaining silent for three weeks. On 21 January around 200 mutinous soldiers with two tanks stormed the information ministry and forced the … read more »

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Ethiopia: Eritrean Showdown – Coup or Showbiz?

February 5, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Daniel Berhane, Addis Fortune (Addis Ababa) column Yemane Gebremeskel, director of the Office of the President of Eritrea, reflected, last Tuesday, on the showdown of last Monday, saying, “all is calm today as it all was yesterday.” The well-known spin-doctor … read more »

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Eritrean migrants in Paris rally in support of compatriots

February 1, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By BEN HARTMAN, jpost Around 150 migrants gather outside embassy in Ramat Gan in solidarity with political prisoners, army officers in Eritrea. Around 150 Eritrean asylum seekers protested outside the Eritrean embassy in Ramat Gan on Friday morning, in a … read more »

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Eritrea: To coup, or not to coup?

February 1, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Eritrea (MNN) ― The buzz word people are using to describe Eritrea’s events over the last 48 hours is “coup,” but do the signs match an actual coup d’état? By the government’s admission, it was a takeover effort, however small, … read more »

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Eritrea: PFDJ’s pick and mix response to Forto 2013

January 30, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

by Selam Kidane When I was a primary school my teacher from grade one was my favourite teacher… one day during lunch hour, we all saw her being led away across our play ground wailing whilst being held by some … read more »

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Interview: Eritrea Information Minister Ali Abdu Confirms He Left The Regime

January 30, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

First Interview With Eritrea’s Ali Abdu: Information Minister Confirms: Has Left The Regime Expressen newspaper interview translated by Google Translate from Swedish. BEIRUT. Eritrean dictator Isaias Afewerkis Information Minister Ali Abdu Ahmed has fled the country and is living today … read more »

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A Glimpse into a Mysterious African Dictatorship: Is Eritrea on the Verge?

January 28, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Eritrea made a rare foray into international headlines on Monday Jan. 21, as news agencies and social media sites disseminated speculation of a coup attempt. Reliable information on events in Asmara is hard to come by, however, with the tiny … read more »

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The Eritrean “Coup” That Never Was

January 28, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

The New York Times and its cult followers in the American media, amongst others, manufactured an attempted “coup” that never happened in the small East African country of Eritrea.   The story of this “attempted coup” began last Monday morning, … read more »

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Senior diplomat denies there was attempted coup in Eritrea, describes such reports as wishful

January 26, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – A senior Eritrean diplomat denies there was an attempted coup early this week in the Horn of Africa nation and says reports to the contrary are a deliberate disinformation campaign. Girma Asmerom, Eritrea’s ambassador to the … read more »

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The Beginning Of The End Of Eritrean President Isayas Afeworki

January 26, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Ezana sehay There is a remarkable consistency over the course of human history: every repressive regime perishes not because of destiny’s blows or external onslaught, but because of internal disease. The imminent slow motion collapse of Isayas Afeworki is no … read more »

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In Eritrea, Whispers Of A Quiet Protest Challenge Years Of Suppression

January 26, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Jacey Fortin Something strange happened Monday morning in Asmara, the capital city of Eritrea, an African nation of about 5.5 million people on the southwestern shores of the Red Sea. Reports emerged of a coup attempt at the Ministry of … read more »

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What really happened at Asmara’s ministry of (dis)information ?

January 25, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Reporters Without Borders; The Eritrean capital, Asmara, saw an uprising on 21 January that was both unexpected and short-lived. Around 100 soldiers staged a mutiny and stormed the information ministry. The army responded by surrounding the building with tanks. … read more »

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Coup Attempt reveals Eritrea’s Instability

January 25, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

The short-lived tumult carries deep implications for Iran’s desire to lock down the Middle East. Dissident Eritrean soldiers seized the country’s Ministry of Information on Monday, and briefly took over Eritrea’s state-run television service in an apparent attempt to overthrow … read more »

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The military Coup in Eritrea was led by Colonel Saleh Osman

January 24, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Peter Heinlein | VOA A day-long siege at Eritrea’s information ministry Monday ended in a stalemate, with disgruntled soldiers retreating to a strategic location outside the capital, Asmara. That the incident provides rare insight into the inner workings of one … read more »

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Eritrea: The Illusion of Independence-Liberation Dichotomy

January 23, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Zekre Lebona As soon as I was released, the French Embassy asked me to translate a booklet on the “Political Program of the United National Front of Kampuchea” that I had brought from the bush. Its contents foreshadowed the horror. … read more »

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Seething discontent in the Horn of Africa: Eritrea’s strange “coup”

January 23, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Martin Plaut At around 10am on 21 January a contingent of Eritrean troops stormed the state television station. They rounded up the staff – all employees of the Ministry of Information – and forced the director of Eritrea TV, … read more »

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Eritrean Siege Stalemate Sheds Light on an Opaque Society

January 23, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Peter Heinlein,VOA A day-long siege at Eritrea’s information ministry Monday ended in a stalemate, with disgruntled soldiers retreating to a strategic location outside the capital, Asmara. That the incident provides rare insight into the inner workings of one of the … read more »

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Eritrean troops lay siege to ministry

January 21, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Eritrean soldiers with tanks laid siege to the information ministry on Monday and forced state media to call for political prisoners to be freed, a senior intelligence official said. The renegade soldiers had not gone as … read more »

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Western Mining Companies and Slave Labor in Eritrea

January 20, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Yosief Ghebrehiwet Western Mining Companies and Slave Labor in Eritrea [On April 21, 2010, I wrote an article addressing only one aspect of what has been going on in the mining projects – the slave labor used by the subcontracted … read more »

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Voodoo Economics – The Eritrean Version

January 17, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Seyoum Tesfaye My opinion The Eritrean regime is an expert in smoke and mirrors art.  It is a shameless regime that could dare to market hemotoxic venom as milk fit for children consumption.  Leaving the fancy words aside once … read more »

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Rights Group: Eritrea Forces Workers to Build Mine

January 15, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

An international human rights group is accusing the Eritrean government of using forced labor to construct a gold mine it jointly owns with a Canadian company worth billions of dollars. Human Rights Watch said in a report Tuesday that workers … read more »

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“Independent Eritrea” A crumbling nation and a tragedy Part.2

January 15, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Ghirmay Yeibio, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The Beginning The bible is not only a spiritual book but also a book of wisdom.   I would like to begin Part 2 of my article “Independent Eritrea” -  A crumbling nation and a tragedy, … read more »

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Opposition conference urges intervention to end Eritrea’s “genocidal” policies

January 14, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Eritrean Afar nationals have held their first Diaspora Conference in Sweden calling on the international community to intervene to end worsening atrocities committed by the regime in Asmara. The Conference which was held in Uppsala under the theme, ‘Towards Political, … read more »

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Eritrea: Knocking 2013 into shape…

January 3, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Selam Kidane I was intending this to be my short reflections on 2012, it turns out the year was too short for me to be doing a proper reflection on (or is that a nifty excuse from my end?)… sensible … read more »

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Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Says No Change of Policy On Eritrea

January 2, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Prime Minister Hailemariam  on January 1st, 2013 responded to questions raised by MPs’ in a special Parliamentary question and answer session. Questions covered a wide variety of subjects including the performance of the Growth and Transformation Plan, transport problems in … read more »

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Israeli minister seeks approval to deport all Sudanese, Eritrean refugees

January 1, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Israel’s Interior Minister has requested for legal approval to allow authorities to carryout the mass deportation of tens and thousands of Eritrean and Sudanese asylum-seekers and migrants. According to Israeli news outlets, interior minister, Eli Yishai, has called on the … read more »

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Israelis protest alleged rape by Eritrean

January 1, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Right-wing demonstrators rally against sexual assault of 83-year-old South Tel Aviv woman by African migrant man. Around 150 Israelis have marched though a run-down Tel Aviv neighbourhood in protest against the alleged rape there of an 83-year-woman by an Eritrean … read more »

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Eritrean Migrant arrested over rape of 83-year-old woman in Tel Aviv

December 31, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Gag order lifted 10 days after man allegedly repeatedly raped an elderly woman near the Central Bus Station in south Tel Aviv. Photo: Ricardo Mallaco An 83-year-old woman was raped for hours in the courtyard of her apartment building near … read more »

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Eritrea: The Last Askari

December 29, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

One of, if not the last, Eritrean askari, aboy Welday Tecle Weldekidan Melkai Tensai of the village of Damba Minche in the Serai region has passed away at the age of 93. Aboy Welday was drafted into the Italian African … read more »

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Ethiopia’s persistence for peace and Eritrea’s belligerence

December 27, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Sani Awol Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegne’s recent statement during an interview on Al-Jazeera that he would go even to Asmara in search for a lasting peace was reported as a new event by the international media and pundits with … read more »

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