Author: Gedab News
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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 to help reconcile the Eritrean regime with the Somali government. The minister will be flying in from one of the regional countries after Ethiopia denied him permission to fly directly to Asmara through the airspace of its
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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.” – Qatar Affirms its support for the Syrian people – The Ethiopian Prime Minister hails Qatar’s efforts to promote peace in the region Addis Ababa (AlSharq) Nov. 5, 2012, Report by Mohammed Taha Tewekel On Sunday evening,
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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 Adoulis.com. The raid resulted in the arrest of a gang member from the network while the rest fled. The seventeen refugees aged 14 and 15 years, were found in a deplorable conditions. They were bound with chains
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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 CIA agent, was returned to his home country after Egypt agreed to Eritrea’s request to deport back four Eritrean asylum-seekers, according to Al Wafd newspaper. What follows below is largely sourced from Al Wafd: Mohammed Al
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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 lend credence to the view that the Eritrean regime is cracking under the pressure: two Eritrean pilots defected to Saudi Arabia; the militarization of Eritrea’s civilians has intensified; Ethiopia’s March foray into Eritrea resulted in much higher
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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 new Qatari ambassador to Ethiopia. Ambassador Hamad Al Rumeihi, the diplomat appointed to head the Qatari embassy in Addis Ababa has already arrived there. He was received at the airport by Arab Ambassadors and the Dean of
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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] flying at a low level,” according to Saudi Arabian Arabic website, Jazan News. The Saudi website didn’t mention its sources and did not provide additional details but said the authorities will treat the matter as “the situation
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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 lorries and pickups, according to Sudan’s alrakoba.net. The smuggling convoy that was heading to Eritrea was intercepted in West Kassala. When the convoy refused to stop, Sudanese officers fired bullets, punctured the tires of some of the vehicles
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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, has elected Mr. Hailemariam Desalegn as its chairman. Given the overwhelming dominance of EPRDF within Ethiopia’s parliament–it controls all but two of the 547 seats– Mr. Hailemariam Desalegn is expected to be sworn in as Ethiopia’s Prime
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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 Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Hailemariam Desalegen, who is also Ethiopia’s Foreign Minister, has assumed the position of Prime Minister. There are now indications that Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who has not made a public appearance for two
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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 campus. The attendees are estimated to be around 450 . Unlike previous meetings, cell phones were not allowed in the Arat Kilo conference. Dr. Yusuf Berhanu and Mr. Yohannes Asmelash, the chairman and the deputy chairman, respectively,
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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 Monday August 13, 2012. The seminar is expected to be attended by over three-hundred people and it was conceived by, organized by, and will be held under the auspices of, the Ethiopian Government. Until Thursday, it didn’t
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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 reporting that he died in mysterious circumstances. The body was flown for an autopsy to a Khartoum hospital immediately after it arrived in the Sudanese capital on a flight from Asmara. The autopsy was conducted by Dr.
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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 has extended the mandate of the Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea for 13 months—through August 25, 2013—directing all Member States “including Eritrea” to co-operate with the Monitoring Group and instructing the Secretary General to make the
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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 of Eritrea and once the “migrants are routinely taken hostage, tortured, raped or killed” with their kidnappers demanding up to $40,000 in ransom, it facilitates the negotiations and mediation to manage the exchange of funds for people.
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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, the Eritrean regime has ignored repeated entreaties by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), which has resulted in the UN naming a Special Rapporteur on Eritrea. The decision was taken on July 5th by the 47th-member UNHRC.
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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 Eritrean and Ethiopian governments seem to have adopted, for different reasons, a policy of resuming their military clashes silently, while re-aligning each other’s exiled opposition. In the last week of April the Eritrean regime conducted a massive
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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 targeted group for the sales of passports were a sector of Kuwait residents known as Bedoun (Arabic for “without”) who do not have papers to prove their country of origin or citizenship. Now, ten years later, many
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Eritrea’s Tyrant Reappears On TV After A 30-Day Absence
Thirty days to the day, Eritrea’s dictator Isaias Afwerki re-appeared on state TV to counter rumors that he is seriously sick or dying. Heavily made up and wearing an over-sized short-sleeved shirt, light blue pants and sandals, the relaxed-looked Eritrean president was animated in his condemnation of the myriad of enemies who “disseminate cheap fabrications.”
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The Unusual Absence Of Isaias Afwerki
Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki has not made a public appearance since March 28, 2012 when he received the credentials of the incoming ambassador from South Africa. Given that his appearance is the daily diet of the State media, this has, understandably, fueled speculation that he is either seriously ill or even dead. Yesterday, Eritrea’s Ministry of