Ethiopia: Abducted, Held For Ransom, Octogenarian Eritrean Hostage Released
After being held in captivity for more than 14 months, Mr. Yohannes Shoba’a, a 90-year old Eritrean, was…
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Eritrea’s National Council Suspends Qernelios’ Membership
In its annual meeting in Addis Abeba, Eritrea’s National Council (aka Bayto or Mejlis) has suspended the membership…
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Eritrea Requests Turkish Mediation
At the request of Eritrea, the Turkish Foreign Minister, Ahmed Ogle, is expected to arrive in Asmara soon…
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A First: Qatari Prime Minister Visits Ethiopia
– The Qatari Prime Minister: “Ethiopia is important to us and we seek to enhance cooperation with it.”…
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Sudanese Police Free 17 Eritrean Children From Human Trafficking Gangs
On Tuesday, Sudanese security authorities in Kassala State freed 17 Eritrean detainees from human trafficking gangs, according to…
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Egypt Trades Four Eritreans For One Egyptian Captain
A ship captain, Mohammed Esmat AlHlaisi, who has been detained in Eritrea since February and accused of being a…
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Is This The Beginning Of The End For The Eritrean Regime?
Gedab News: Although Eritrea has been ruled under an undeclared state of emergency for 14 years, recent developments…
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Qatar Appoints Its Ambassador To Ethiopia
Ethiopia, which had severed its diplomatic relations with Qatar in April 2008, is renewing them by accrediting a…
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Saudis Intercept “Horn of Africa” Aircraft
On Tuesday, two Saudi F-15 fighter planes intercepted “an unidentified aircraft coming from the Horn of Africa [and]…
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80 Eritrea-Bound Lorries With Contraband Intercepted By Sudanese Officials
Sudanese law-enforcement officials in Kassala State bordering Eritrea foiled a smuggling operation that involved around 80 vehicles, including…
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Ethiopia’s Ruling Coalition Elects New Chairman
The Central Committee of Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), a coalition of parties which dominates Ethiopia’s parliament,…
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi Is Dead
awate.com has learned from its sources in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia that Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is dead. The…
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Eritrean Students Conference Commences In Ethiopia
The Eritrean students conference opened on Monday August 13, 2012 in Addis Ababa at the Arat Kilo university…
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Ethiopia Organizing (Yet) Another Eritrean Conference
Gedab News has learned that an Eritrean students conference is expected to be held in Ethiopia beginning on…
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Sudanese Consul To Eritrea Dies In Asmara in Mysterious Circumstances
Major Qutbi Ali Tahir, Sudan’s Consul to Eritrea, has died in Asmara. Sudanese and Egyptian news sources are…
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Security Council Extends Mandate Of Monitoring Group On Eritrea
Condemning the continuing flow of “weapons and ammunition supplies to and through Somalia and Eritrea”, the Security Council…
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UN Monitoring Report: Eritrea Still Violating UN Resolutions
The Eritrean regime is behind a “clandestine exercise” of a “criminal networks” to smuggle weapons and people out…
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Special Rapporteur On Eritrea: The Cause and The Likely Outcome
Repeating the same indifference it showed to the UN arms monitoring group resulting in two Security Council sanctions,…
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Eritrea-Ethiopia Cold War Heats Up, But War Drums Silent
In contrast to their 1998-2000 “border war,” where intermittent but deadly clashes were preceded by long taunts, the…
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The Case Of Stateless Arabs With Eritrean Passports
Ten years ago, in early 2001, the Eritrean Embassy in Kuwait advertised the availability of Eritrean passports. The…
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