Category: Eritrea

  • Eritrea: Islamic State Militants ‘Smuggled to Europe’

    Eritrea: Islamic State Militants ‘Smuggled to Europe’

    Asmara (HAN) May 19, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News. Hundreds of Eritrean asylum seekers are landing on the shores of Italy, but Sources said, the militants of of Islamic  State (IS) fighters are being smuggled into Europe by gangs in the Mediterranean. Abdul Basit Haroun said smugglers were hiding IS militants on boats…

  • Senait Failed to get the Golden Ticket to Canada "She didn't make it."

    Senait Failed to get the Golden Ticket to Canada "She didn't make it."

    Djibouti (HAN) May 18,2015 Public Diplomacy Regional Humanitarian, Security News.  The Eritrean refugee promised his cousin he would apply to sponsor her as soon as he got settled in Winnipeg in 2012. He didn’t know the Canadian government was about to slam the door shut on any new refugee applications. Neither did she. Senait Gabir,…

  • Eritrean diplomat seeks asylum in Ethiopia "rights abuses"

    Eritrean diplomat seeks asylum in Ethiopia "rights abuses"

    Addis Ababa (HAN) May 14,2015 Public Diplomacy, Regional humanitarian, Security News. An Eritrean diplomat from the Red Sea state’s mission to the African Union is seeking asylum in Ethiopia, state-run media said, citing rights abuses at home. Mohammed Idris, a member of the ruling People’s Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), had served with Eritrea’s…

  • Eritrea Blossoming Beautifully at 24

    Eritrea Blossoming Beautifully at 24

    Asmara (HAN) May 10,2015 Regional Investment and Security News. By Yemane Abselom has had a long history of mining industry starting with colonization period when Italy had established mining industry at Karora, Debarewa, and Augaro. After independence, the government of Eritrea passed a mining law that fosters a favorable environment for foreign investment in the sector…

  • Djibouti accuses Eritrea-hired ‘mercenaries’ of crimes

    Djibouti accuses Eritrea-hired ‘mercenaries’ of crimes

    Djibouti (HAN) May 4, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional humanitarian Security News. Djibouti on Sunday accused neighboring Eritrea of using mercenaries to destabilizing the situation in the country. “Armed mercenaries serving the Eritrean government are terrorizing civilians in northern Djibouti on the border with Eritrea,” Interior Minister Hassan Omar Mohamed said in a statement. He accused these…

  • Eritrea: President Isaias Afwerki made a two day visit to Saudi Arabia To improve bilateral relations .

    Eritrea: President Isaias Afwerki made a two day visit to Saudi Arabia To improve bilateral relations .

    Riyadh (HAN) April 30, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional humanitarian Security News. President Isaias Afwerki made a two day visit to Saudi Arabia this week (April 28-29). He held talks with King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud on bilateral relations and regional developments, and also Defense Minister and Deputy Crown Prince, Prince Mohammad bin Salman, and other senior…

  • Eritrea Denies Barring President Uhuru Kenyatta's flight

    Eritrea Denies Barring President Uhuru Kenyatta's flight

    Nairobi (HAN) April 30, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional humanitarian Security News. Eritrea has denied reports that it played a role in events leading to President Uhuru Kenyatta cutting short his trip to the United States midair last Thursday night. The Republic of Eritrea’s Ambassador Beyene Russom said his country had given the Kenya government the…

  • Eritrea: Ambassador Girma Asmerom Presents Credentials

    Eritrea: Ambassador Girma Asmerom Presents Credentials

    Asmara (HAN) April 29, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional humanitarian Security News.Eritrea’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Mr. Girma Asmerom, presented credentials to Vice President Gladys Maria Bejerano Portela as Eritrea’s non-resident Ambassador to Cuba. During the ceremony, Vice President Portela asserted that Eritrea-Cuban relations has been steadily growing.  She further expressed her country’s readiness…

  • Eritrean Leader Warns Foreign Powers Over S. Sudan Conflict

    Eritrean Leader Warns Foreign Powers Over S. Sudan Conflict

    JUBA (HAN) April 27, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional humanitarian Security News. – The Eritrean president, Isaias Efwerki has warned South Sudanese leaders to be cautious about foreign interventions in its ongoing conflict, claiming some unnamed countries had direct interests in the world’s youngest nation. At a meeting with the South Sudanese officials in Eritrea over the…

  • Israel Paid Tesfay Kidane Thousands to return to Africa

    Israel Paid Tesfay Kidane Thousands to return to Africa

    London (HAN) April 23, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional defense and Security News An Eritrean refugee currently detained in Israel has described the moment that he realised one of the 30 migrants executed on a Libyan beach was his friend of more than seven years. Aman Beyene, 38, watched with horror as his close friend was…

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