Sudan president pledges fair and free elections
Sudan Tribune
He hailed the positions of Eritrea and its president noting that his first visit after being indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) was to Asmara. “This was the nail in the tomb of the court [ICC]” Bashir said. Afewerki on his e...
At least 837 US military deaths in Afghanistan region since 2001 ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
The military lists these other locations as Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba; Djibouti; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Jordan; Kenya; Kyrgyzstan; Philippines; Seychelles; Sudan; Tajikistan; Turkey; and Yemen. There were also four CIA officer deaths and ...
Yemen summons Eritrean ambassador for alleged arms supply to rebels
English_Xinhua
SANAA, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Yemeni Foreign Minister Tuesday summoned Eritrean ambassador to Yemen following alleged tips that Eritrea provides weapons to anti-government rebels in Yemen, a diplomat at the Yemeni Foreign Ministry said. "The M...
Eritrea's negative role in Somalia is unacceptable [Editorial]
Garowe Online
Often, the Ethiopian government is blamed for its military interventions in parts of Somalia. Rightfully so, since Ethiopian troops occupied Mogadishu in a period (2007-2008) marked by some of the worst violence witnessed during the ongoing...
US nominates new envoy to Nepal
Investors Business Daily
A career diplomat DeLisi has worked in important positions at US missions in various countries including Eritrea, Botswana, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and India. DeLisi's appointment as ambassador to Nepal will be confirmed after a senate hearing.
Over 20 million people need food aid in east Africa: U.N
Reuters
In its latest report on food and crop prospects (www.fao.org), FAO said delayed rains and dry spells often followed by floods had hurt crops and pastures in Kenya, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Uganda. In Somalia and Sudan, poor weather has worsene...
Peacekeeping School Nairobi
Prince Edward Island Guardian
In fact I wish I had been on this course before I'd been on the UN mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea," he said. More than 350 African officers have graduated so far from the program that many say is crucial to the future security of the conti...
Minding The Iran Weapons Pipeline
Strategy Page
November 11, 2009: Eritrea has a deserved reputation as an arms depot for various radical and rebel groups around the world. Sri Lanka's government has accused Eritrea of providing arms to the recently defeated LTTE rebels (who fought for o...
Saudi bombs inside Yemen again: rebels
YAHOO!
An Eritrean opposition leader Sunday alleged that Iran is using Eritrea as a base to provide weapons to the Yemeni insurgents. "They (rebels) are receiving their arms from Iran through Eritrea," Bashir Eshaq, head of external relations for ...
Meles Unites 52 Nations to Exert Clout at UN Summit (Update1)
Bloomberg
Meles, a father of three who has run the nation of 80 million people for 18 years, is fluent in Amharic spoken across Ethiopia, Tigriyna spoken in the country’s north and Eritrea, as well as English. Born in Adwa, site of a 19th century Eth...
Obama names ex-vice counsel in India as Nepal's new envoy
IndiaTimes
KATHMANDU: American President Barack Obama has named a former US ambassador to Eritrea and ex-vice counsel in India as the new ambassador to Nepal. Scott H. DeLisi, a career diplomat, has been plucked from the career development and assignm...
