Reminiscent
of the
Lion of
Judah
era,
Meles
brings
back the
"Christian
Island"
card.
Will
አረቦች
ይውጡልን
be next?
Meles also repeated claims that Qatar and other un-named Arab Sunni Muslim states were financing Eritrea's covert operations against Orthodox Christian Ethiopia.
He suggested Eritrea was intent on radicalising Ethiopia's Muslims, particularly in the eastern Somali regional state where a low-level insurgency has been underway for the past two years. guardian.co.uk, Friday January 25 2008
"He
told me
the Tor
Serawit
(Ethiopian
Army)
slaughtered
him,
like a
Sheep or
goat.
Had they
done it
like a
Camel he
could
not have
survived.
It took
me long
time to
understand
what he
meant.
I am
therefore
an eye
witness
that the
Ethiopian
Army
Slaughters
Civilians
when it
encounters
military
setbacks."
Read
More
100
Ethiopians
killed in
Somalia
PressTV
Thu, 08 May
2008
01:05:51
At least a
hundred
Ethiopian
soldiers
have been
killed in
two separate
attacks on
their
vehicles in
war-torn
Somalia.
Somalia: Troops killing
people 'like goats' by slitting throats-new
Amnesty report
Amnesty International's Africa
Deputy Programme Director
Michelle Kagari said:
'The people of Somalia are being
killed, raped, tortured; looting
is widespread and entire
neighbourhoods are being
destroyed.'
Witnesses described to Amnesty
International an increasing
incidence of Ethiopian troops
killing people by what is
locally termed 'slaughtering' or
'killing like goats' - referring
to killing by slitting the
throat.
Those killed are often left
lying in pools of blood in the
streets until armed fighters,
including snipers, move out of
the area and relatives can
collect their bodies.
In one case, a 15-year-old girl
found her father with his throat
cut when she returned home from
school after Ethiopian security
forces had swept through her
neighbourhood.
Mon, May 5, 2008
12:00 AM EST
Employers trying
to recruit
skilled
immigrants may
have to
undertake a
complete review
of their hiring
practices in
order to attract
new Canadians to
their
organizations,
said members of
a group aimed at
integrating
immigrants into
Ottawa's labour
force.
A draft report
recently created
by the Employer
Council of
Champions (ECC),...
A
Political
Bombshell
on the
Eve of
the
Eritrean
Opposition
Meeting
in Addis
Ababa,
Ethiopia
.
Meskerem
05-05-08:
An
internal
memo/circular
distributed
earlier
to
members
of one
of the
Eritrean
opposition
organizations
attending
the
meeting
in Addis
Ababa
exposed
the
interference
of the
Ethiopian
government
in the
internal
affairs
of the
Eritrean
opposition.
The
information
was
revealed
on
Sunday
05-04-08
during
an
interview
by Radio
Voce of
Eritrea
out of
Halifax,
Canada.
A member
of the
Eritrean
opposition
camp,
who was
interviewed
by the
Tigrinya
radio
program,
read
excerpts
from the
circular
which,
in
pertinent
part,
stated
that the
Ethiopian
government
acknowledged/
confessed
of its
interference
and its
biased
treatment
of some
of the
opposition
organizations.
This
information
confirms
the
suspicions
by the
majority
of the
Eritrean
people
and will
further
damage
the
dwindling
credibility
of those
meeting
in Addis
Ababa.
Leadership
of the
Eritrean
opposition
and
Ethiopian
officials
have
vehemently
been
denying
such
interference
and
biased
treatments.
Although
the
document
indicated
that the
Ethiopian
officials
promised
they
would
stop
such
interference,
it will
be hard
for any
Eritrean,
besides
those
few who
have
sided
with
Ethiopia,
to
believe
Ethiopia
after
the
mistrust
created
on
account
of the
violation
of the
border
ruling.
Meskerem
will
post the
document
( in
Tigrinya)
as soon
as it is
made
available.
Ethiopian
authorities
have
expressed
dissatisfaction
with
Norway's
conduct
in
relation
to
Ethiopian
interests
in
the
Horn
of
Africa.
The
Ethiopian
authorities
have
therefore
requested
Norway
to
withdraw
six
diplomats...
If the
report
is
propaganda,
then
Ethiopia
should
expose
Al-jazeera
by
inviting
rival
media to
Ogaden
region,
not by
simply
issuing
a
letter.
I see
Ethiopia
shot at
its leg
this
time.
International
Diplomacy:
Ethiopia
shot its
leg this
time,
Dr.Abdullahi
Mohamed
(Deputy
Editor
Geeska
Afrika
Online)
Djibouti
(HAN)
April
23, 2008
The
Ethiopian
Foreign
Minister
Seyoum
Mesfin
accuses
Norway
of
supporting
"terrorist
groups"
in
Somalia,
Eritrea
and
Sudan.
"False
allegations,"
replies
Norwegian
Parliament
Shabait.com
Asmara,
30 April
2008 –
The
Eritrean
Foreign
Minister,
Mr.
Osman
Saleh,
today
delivered
a
message
from
President
Isaias
Afwerki
to
President
Bashar
Al-Assad
of
Syria.
The
message
focuses
on
developing
bilateral
relations
and
regional
as well
as
international
issues
of
mutual
concern
to
Eritrea
and
Syria.
The
Eritrean
Foreign
Minister,
Mr.
Osman
Saleh,
today
delivered
a
message
from
President
Isaias
Afwerki
to
President
Bashar
Al-Assad
of
Syria.
The
message
focuses
on
developing
bilateral
relations
and
regional
as well
as
international
issues
of
mutual
concern
to
Eritrea
and
Syria.
..Ethiopian
troops
that are
supporting
the
Somali
government
in its
fight
against
insurgents
also
forced
their
way into
the SOS
clinic
and
looted
fuel and
medication
stocks.
..
Ethiopian
Soldiers
Kill 12
Civilians
30/04/08
18:39
from
AllAfrica
News:
Somalia
Ethiopian
armed
forces
deployed
in
Somalia
indiscriminately
opened
gunfire
on
unarmed
civilians
Wednesday
in the
middle
of
Baidoa,
an
inland
city
250km
northwest
of the
capital
Mogadishu,
witnesses
reported.
Asmara,
28 April
2008 -
President
Isaias
Afwerki
returned
home in
the
evening
hours
today
following
a
working
visit to
Saudi
Arabia
at the
invitation
of King
Abdalla
Bin
Abdel-Aziz.
In the
course
of his
two days
visit,
the
President
held
talks
with the
Saudi
monarch.
Asmara,
28 April
2008 –
President
Isaias
Afwerki
called
on Saudi
investors
to take
the
initiative
of
seizing
the
opportunity
of
investing
in
different
sectors
in
Eritrea
in view
of the
fact
there
exist
beneficial
and
reliable
opportunities.
"Deliberately
killing
civilians
is a war
crime,"
the
statement
said.
Amnesty
statement
The
London-based
rights
campaign
group,
citing
several
sources,
explicitly
blamed
Ethiopian
troops
for the
April 19
killings,
although
Addis
Ababa
has
flatly
rejected
the
claims.
Eritreadenies
Djibouti
incursion charge AFP via
Yahoo! News
Fri, 25 Apr 2008
5:51 AM PDT Eritrea
on Friday denied
accusations that
its troops had
crossed the
border into
neighbouring
Djibouti and
begun building
defences.
Somalia: Government SoldiersSurrender to the Islamists - Spokesman
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 9 hours ago
"..unnumbered soldiers with gunship vehicle have give in to the Islamic courts and he added that would be parts of the Islamic fighters fighting against Somali government and Ethiopian troops in Somalia. "
DOHA,
Qatar (AP) -
Qatar says it is
«astonished» by
Ethiopia's
cutting of
diplomatic
relations and is
denying Addis
Ababa's
accusations that
it is hurting
Ethiopia's
security.
The Qatari
Foreign Ministry
says Ethiopia's
accusations are
«baseless» and
dangerous,» and
that Ethiopia is
trying to
justify its own
«wrong policies.
The ministry
comment,
reported Tuesday
night on the
Qatari state
news agency,
comes a day
after Ethiopia
announced it was
cutting ties
with the Arab
Gulf nation.
Ethiopia cited
Qatar's
relationship
with archenemy
Eritrea and
accused Qatar of
fomenting
instability.
GCC chief:
Ethiopian move
based
on
wrong
allegations
Published:
Friday, 25
April, 2008,
03:16 AM Doha
Time
...HE
Abdulrahman bin
Hamad al-Attiyah
said in a
statement Qatar,
which at present
presides the
Supreme Council
of the GCC,
pursued a wise
policy and
played a
pioneering role
in bolstering
ties with
fraternal and
friendly
countries and it
was not in its
policy or
attitudes
orientation to
disrupt
stability in any
part of the
globe....
He said
Ethiopian
accusations
against Qatar
‘’have triggered
astonishment and
amazement among
GCC states’’ and
pointed out to
the role of
patterned
aggression
Ethiopia plays
in the Horn of
Africa which
entails real
dangers
represented in
the Ethiopian
military
intervention in
Somalia and its
faulty practices
in the Ogaden
which Addis
Ababa turned
into a closed
field of war to
which even the
humanitarian
organisations
have no access.
Apr 23, 2008,
16:04
On 21 April
2008, the TPLF
regime issued a
press release in
connection to
its severing of
diplomatic
relations with
the State of
Qatar.
The measure
taken was indeed
shocking and
caused all who
followed closely
to inquire as to
why the
‘measure’ came
to be.
Furthermore, the
State and
Government of
Eritrea are
mentioned in the
press release.
Therefore, as it
is compulsory
that observers
have a clear and
in depth
understanding of
the whole
matter; the
relevant truth
is stated as
follows:
It
quoted witnesses
as saying that
many of the dead
were unarmed
civilians, and
that some had
had their
throats cut
Amnesty
International
accuses
Ethiopian
troops
of
capturing
40
Somali
children
during
a
raid
on a
mosque.
The
rights
group
condemned
the
killing
of
more
than
20
people,
including
some
religious
scholars,
during
the
raid.
The fight for the Ogaden region, populated mainly by
ethnic Somalis, known as the Ogadeen, has been going on
for more than 19 years. Al Jazeera's Mohammed Adow
reports on their battle for independence.
Eritrea's covert 
operations against Orthodox Christian Ethiopia.
Al-jazeera
by
inviting
rival
media to
Ogaden
region,
not by
simply
issuing
a
letter.
I see
Ethiopia
shot at
its leg
this
time.
Asmara,
28 April
2008 –
President
Isaias
Afwerki
called
on Saudi
investors
to take
the
initiative
of
seizing
the
opportunity
of
investing
in
different
sectors
in
Eritrea
in view
of the
fact
there
exist
beneficial
and
reliable
opportunities.
DOHA,
Qatar (AP) -
Qatar says it is
«astonished» by
Ethiopia's
cutting of
diplomatic
relations and is
denying Addis
Ababa's
accusations that
it is hurting
Ethiopia's
security.
