Eritrea

Online journos 'jailed more than others' (AAP)

In a reflection of the digital age, more online journalists are jailed around the world than journalists from any other medium, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reported on Thursday. Print reporters, editors, and...

Pirates on seized freighter shared with hostages

A Kenyan police officer, second left, stands guard among crew members of the Greek vessel Centauri, hijacked by Somalia pirates off the Somali coast and released Thursday Nov. 27, 2008 with all 25 Filipino crew unharmed after...

Eritrea: President Isaias Returns Home After Attending the UN Conference On Financing for...

AsmaraPresident Isaias Afwerki returned home today after attending the UN Conference on Financing for Development that was held in Doha, Qatar, from November 29 to December 2. The conference in which about 40 Heads of State...

Eritrea: Various Programs Worth Over 63 Million Nakfa Implemented Towards Promoting Social...

In line with efforts to promote the provision of social service and improve the living standard of internally displaced persons (IDPs), various programs worth over 63 million Nakfa have been implemented in support of the...

Ethiopia: ICRC Repatriates 718 Civilians

Addis Abeba — The International Committee of the Red Cross last week repatriated 693 persons from Eritrea to Ethiopia. Another 25 civilians were also repatriated from Ethiopia to Eritrea under the same operation. ICRC said it...

Eritrea: A Future Free From Aids - One of the Crucial National Security Goals

Ever since its emergence in 1981, HVI/AIDS has so far claimed the lives of 25 million people worldwide. At present there are 33 million people living with HIV and the highest prevalence of the disease is the Sub Saharan Africa....

Eritrea: Government Exerting Efforts to Provide Equitable Service to Disabled Nationals - Ministry

In a statement it issued in connection with the International Day of the Disabled on December 3, the Ministry of Labor and Human Welfare pointed out that the Eritrean government is exerting vigorous efforts to provide equitable...

Cluster munitions treaty is a victory for humanity

British Red Cross Society - UK Today in Oslo, Norway, over 100 nations will sign an historic agreement banning the use of those cluster munitions that have caused decades of suffering for civilians. For too long these weapons ...

Landlocked Ethiopia's ship earnings rise 34 pct

ADDIS ABABA, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Landlocked Ethiopia's nine state-operated freight vessels, operating from Djibouti to the Far East, will produce a 34 percent rise in revenues to $258 million in 2008, an official said on Wednesday.

Interlocking Crises In The Horn of Africa - Part of a Research Paper (Authored by the British...

Summary of main points: There are a number of protracted and interlocking crises at work in the Horn of Africa. The nationalist and Islamist insurgency against the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Ethiopian forces in...

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