Category: Eritrea
UNSC: The Somalia and Eritrea Sanctions Committee Revises its Guidelines
New York (HAN) On 26 March 2014,REVISES ITS GUIDELINES SECURITY COUNCIL 751 AND 1907 COMMITTEE ON SOMALIA AND ERITREA – the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea adopted revised Guidelines for the Conduct of its Work. These latest Guidelines reflect Security Council resolution 2142 (2014). The…
Eritrea: Funeral ceremony of late Eritrean Generals, Died in Car Accident
Asmara, March 26, 2014 – The funeral ceremony of the late Eritrean veteran freadom fighters Brig. General Mebrahtu Tekleab (Vaynac), Brig. General Amanuel Haile (Hanjema) and Mr. Desu Tesfatsion would be conducted tomorrow, Wednesday 26 March at Asmara Patriots Cemetery. The veteran freedom fighters passed away in a car accident last Thursday at Ab-Dirbabu area…
Eritrea: President Isayas Afwerki Appoints New Chief of Staff
Djibouti (HAN) March 20, 2014 – Eritrea Appoints New Chief of Staff. President Isayas Afwerki named Major General Philipos Woldeyohannes as the Eritrea’s Chief of staff. The appointment followed after the late Chief of Staff of the Eritrean Defense Forces, Major General Gerezgheri “Wuchu” passed away two weeks ago. General Philipos is one of the…
Eritrea: Australia's illegal tax used to fund Al-Shabaab
Djibouti (HAN) March 20, 2014 -By.Santilla Chingaipe-sbs- Members of Australia’s Eritrean community claim they are being forced to pay an illegal tax, which is being used to fund al-Shabaab. The Eritran diaspora community Members in Australia claim they are being forced to pay a tax which has been banned by the United Nations. According to…
Eritrea: Global Ties and Diplomacy
Asmara (HAN) March 20th 2014 -Fikrejesus Amahazion- In recent years, a number of commentators have regularly referred to Eritrea, a young, developing country located in the volatile Horn of Africa, as isolationist, the “North Korea” of Africa, or the “hermit kingdom.” While such statements suggest Eritrea remains detached from the global community, closer analysis reveals…
Eritrea: Diplomatic Efforts to Enhance Resistance Against External Conspiracies
Asmara (HAN) March 20th 2014 – At a meeting they conducted by Eritrean community members with Eritrean Diplomats residing in the city of Utrecht, Holland, and its environs have asserted readiness to enhance staunch resistance against Eritrea’s external conspiracies and live up to expectations to contribute their part in the development endeavors in the Homeland.…
Eritrea: Scenarios for Future Transition is still Active
Events in the last twelve months indicate growing discontent inside Eritrea’s tightly controlled regime, as well as deepening political and social divisions. While the mounting number of incidents suggests that President Isaias Afwerki’s regime is vulnerable, with increasing concerns over its ability to stay in power, the country would face numerous institutional, socio-economic and geopolitical…
Ethiopian forces stop Eritrean arms smuggling Through Central Somalia
Baledweyne (HAN) March 6th, 2014 – An Ethiopian Military intelligence and security source told HAN & Geeska Afrika Online that, the Ethiopian military in Central Somalia intercepted an Eritrean attempt to smuggle powerful rockets to the Southern Somalia as well as Somali territory in Ethiopia on a Yemeni commercial small boat off the coast of…
