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Eritrea says USAid banning is 'irreversible'
Mail & Guardian Online - Johannesburg,South Africa
Eritrea's decision to bar the US Agency for International Development (USAid) from operating in the impoverished Horn of Africa nation is "irreversible," the ...
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Eritrean cookers saving firewood
BBC News - UK
By Ed Harris. An award-winning fuel-efficient cooker is helping Eritrea save its trees by reducing the consumption of firewood by 50%. ...
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Eritrean President in talks with southern Sudanese leader
Sudan Tribune - Sudan
... Recalling the historic and brotherly relations between the people of Eritrea and Sudan, Dr Riek commended Eritrea's positive role in the Sudanese peace ...
 
Eritreans honour foreign minister
BBC News, UK - 41 minutes ago
Eritrea has marked the funeral of Foreign Minister Ali Said Abdella, who died of a heart attack on Sunday. Mr Ali Said, who was ...
Eritrea: Government rejects US aid
Eritrea Daily, NJ - 3 hours ago
30 August 2005, (Embassy Row) -The US ambassador to Eritrea is puzzled by the government's decision to refuse further assistance from Washington to fight ...
 
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Aug 29, 2005, 18:52

U.S. delegation in Eritrea to discuss food aid 
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 18 minutes ago
A U.S. government team has arrived in Eritrea for talks on food aid following Eritrea's request that Washington's main development agency stop working in the Red Sea state, U.S. officials said on Monday

Meles Holds Talks With Ahtisaari, Int'l Crisis Group President
AllAfrica.com, Africa - 1 hour ago
... maintaining peace in the region. They also discussed on finding a peaceful solution to the border dispute between Ethiopia and Eritrea.
US delegation in Eritrea to discuss food aid
Reuters AlertNet, UK - 3 hours ago
... On Friday, US ambassador Scott DeLisi told a public meeting Eritrea had asked USAID to stop its operations here, raising concerns that food aid to Eritrea ...
SA remembers Eritrea's Abdullah
Independent Online, South Africa - 18 minutes ago
Pretoria - Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma extended South Africa's condolences on Monday to the people of Eritrea following the death of her ...
 

Veteran fighter and Foreign Minister, Mr. Ali Seid Abdalla passes away
By Shabait.com Aug 28, 2005, 16:04

Veteran fighter and Foreign Minister, Mr. Ali Seid Abdalla passed away at 06:00 am today, August 28, 2005 after suffering a sudden heart stroke while asleep at his home. Expressing deep sorrow over the martyrdom of Foreign Minister Ali Seid Abdalla, the Government of Eritrea makes the following announcement: FULL STORY

Eritrean foreign minister and ex-rebel dies
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
Asmara - Eritrea's Foreign Minister Ali Said Abdella, a shepherd's son who became a rebel commander during the Red Sea state's fight for independence, died of ...
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Sudan Vice President : More will be done to bolster sudanese ...
Sudan Tribune - Sudan,  Aug 28, 2005 (Khartoum)
... and the United States? How can these relations be improved especially with the United States and Eritrea ? Kiir: There are different ...

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Eritrea: US to dispatch top-level team to tackle row over USAID
Eritrea Daily, NJ - 9 hours ago
27 August 2005, ASMARA, Eritrea (AP) – "A joint (US Agency for International Development) and State Department team will travel the week of Aug. ...
Eritrean embassy refuses to grant entry visa to Sudan’s Beja ...
Sudan Tribune, Sudan - 15 hours ago
... an official of the Beja Congress, Babikir Muhammad Ahmad kandubu [fourth element phonetic] to participate in a technical session organized by the UN in Eritrea ...
Sudan rebels talks postponed to mid September 
ArabicNews.com - Aug 26 7:25 AM
FEATURE-New stove clears air, cuts chores in Eritrea
Reuters AlertNet, UK - 1 hour ago
BIMBILNA, Eritrea, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Grandmother Lemlem Ghilazgi used to spend hours every day hunting for scarce firewood around her small village in ...
Eritrea asks USAID to cease operations
Reuters AlertNet, UK - 7 hours ago
ASMARA, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Eritrea has asked the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to stop work in the Horn of Africa state where it donates ...
Eritrea asks USAID to cease operations Reuters
Eritrea: Government asks USAID to cease operations Eritrea Daily
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Eritrea bundle Uganda out of tourney  By Ernest Ndunda
Eritrea caused a major upset when they bundled out pre-match favourites, Uganda, as the Cecafa under-20 youth championships entered its eighth day yesterday in Zanzibar. full story
AFRICA: Continent needs "home-grown" democracy - Mkapa

Click here to enlarge imageKAMPALA, 25 August (IRIN) - The African continent must discard the political systems it inherited from its colonial masters and develop a "home-grown" democracy that would better reflect conditions on the continent, outgoing Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa said on Wednesday..
Ciao Asmara
The Globalist Wed, 24 Aug 2005 8:59 PM PDT
With tensions mounting between Ethiopia and Eritrea, Justin Hill, a British novelist and aid worker who spent two years working as a teacher in Eritrea, takes a look at a rare moment of peace.
ETHIOPIA: EU observers criticise elections. ... .ADDIS ABABA, 25 Aug 2005 (IRIN)
Sudan’s Darfur rebel group to meet in Eritrea, resolve ...
Sudan Tribune, Sudan - 23 hours ago
Aug 24, 2005 (Khartoum) — A spokesperson for Darfur [rebel group] Sudan Liberation Movement [SLM] has said a meeting of SLM leaders will be held today in the ...
 
ERITREA-ETHIOPIA: UN envoy urges resolution of border dispute
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
ASMARA, 25 August (IRIN) - Eritrea and Ethiopia must resolve the dispute over their common border because it continues to overshadow humanitarian activities ...
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UN appeals for Eritrea vehicles BBC News
"Security obstacles" reason behind deteriorating Sudan, Eritrea ...
Sudan Tribune, Sudan - 3 hours ago
Aug 23, 2005 (Khartoum) — The minister of foreign affairs, Dr Mustafa Uthman Isma’il, has described the ties between Sudan and Eritrea as unique because ...
Eritrea Fall to Burundi
AllAfrica.com, Africa - Aug 17, 2005
... Burundi also registred a convincing 2-1 victory over Eritrea in another group A match at Amani stadium Tuesday night. Today Rwanda
President hold talks with UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for Humanitarian Crisis in the Horn of Africa
5-year development plan of Southern region under discussion
shabait.com
Aug 22, 2005, 18:22
Hippos Face Eritrea in Quarter Final
AllAfrica.com - Africa
THE national junior football side Hippos face Eritrea in the first quarter final of the East and Central Africa U-20 Karume Challenge Cup tonight in Zanzibar. ...
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UN SG Special Envoy to visit Eritrea
ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva,Switzerland
... August 2005 -- The UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for the Humanitarian Crisis in the Horn of Africa, Mr. Martti Ahtisaari arrives today in Asmara, Eritrea ...
Aug 20, 2005, 19:07
USDA's CCC buys 100,000 MT white wheat for Eritrea
Eritrea Daily - Perth Amboy,NJ,USA
KANSAS CITY - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 100,000 metric tons (MT) of wheat for shipment to Eritrea. ...
ERITREA: MFA ALLOCATES 3 MLN EURO FOR WAR ORPHANS
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia, Italy -
(AGI) - Rome, Italy, Aug. 19 - The goal of the MFA's 'Mahzel' programme is to recover the 90,000 orphans of the Eritrea War, which ended in 1992. ...
Sunridge Gold Corp.: Results of Exploration Program Confirm Several Additional High Priority Drill Targets, Asmara Project, Eritrea, AUGUST 17, 2005 - 08:30 ET
Eritrea says Ethiopia border stalemate hits tourism
Eritrea Daily, NJ -
17 August 2005, ASMARA, ERITREA (Reuters via AOLnews) - Eritrea said on Wednesday its border stalemate with Ethiopia was hindering a drive to develop tourism ...
Two Ministers conduct tour in Southern region    shabait.com  Aug 16, 2005, 18:29
Ethiopian PM in talks with US Congressman Smith on row with Eritrea.....ADDIS ABABA, Aug 15, 2005 (ENA)
Terror response center opens in Kenya
World Peace Herald Mon, 15 Aug 2005 12:41 PM PDT
NAIROBI, Kenya -- The United States and 11 African countries Monday opened a terror response center in Nairobi.
ERITREA: Food aid held for taxes to be released, says gov't ...
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
ASMARA, 16 August (IRIN) - Hundreds of tonnes of food relief held up since July at Eritrea's Massawa port under new laws that require aid to be taxed are to be ...
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New questions asked in London bombings
International Herald Tribune Mon, 15 Aug 2005 9:01 AM PDT
The investigation into the lethal July 7 attacks and the failed July 21 attacks seems to have undergone some less-publicized changes that have left important questions, in public at least, unanswered.
Eritrea denies aid held up over new tax
Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa
ASMARA (Reuters) - Eritrea denied on Monday reports by relief
Radical Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa 

12 August 2005
Integrated master plan drafted for Mendefera town
 shabait.com Aug 12, 2005, 18:14
Eritrea food uncertain despite good rains Independent Online - 13-08-2003 Good rains are expected to improve Eritrean food production this year but labour shortages, flash floods and locusts could still undermine the country's food security.
IMMIGRANTS: INTERIOR MINISTRY OVER 4000 EXPELLED IN 2005
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia, Italy - Aug 10, 2005
... Last year 71 charter flight carried 2,653 clandestine people to Egypt, 1,576 to Romania, 354 to Nigeria, 203 to Sri Lanka, 84 to Eritrea and 30 to Ecuador ...

 

 


 



shabait.com Asmara, 30 August 2005 -
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The VKP: (August 29, 2005): The Eritrea Democratic Alliance (EDA)  has to undertake a study of, very critically analyse itself  and bring about a radical change, within its leadership members, with dark back-ground histories, and presently  within those with dictatorial tendencies and corrupt conducts:  The VKP: (August 29, 2005) ( full text)
 



 



 



 

meskerem 08-23-05: Silence of the voices of reason and moderation concerns the Eritrean Public. EDA's credibility at risk.

The recent killings of the four members of the Eritrean Defense Forces by the Eritrean Jihadist organization, the Eritrean Islamic Islah Movement,  and the Jihadist video release by the Italian government that depicted the Eritrean government as “crusader”, has greatly alarmed the Eritrean public, especially coming right after the attempt by  terrorists  in  London where  an individual of an Eritrean origin  was named as a suspect.
 
The Eritrean public looked for leadership in such a trying times and expected reaction by the leadership of the Eritrean opposition organizations, EDA, , Eritrean human rights organizations and concerned citizens.  Expression of concern, to say the least, was expected. To date,  only EDP issued a statement condemning the attack.  Some concerned individuals, sadly only with Christian names, have expressed concern. The rest have been mute , silent or have been muted, silenced. Articles written in Arabic language have only shown support for the actions of the Jihadist organization. Some have  attacked meskerem for the coverage of the news and some have even called for ejection/expulsion of EDP from EDA.

Such divided reaction and the silence referred to above  has raised a major concern as to whether the political clout of the Jihadists and Islamists in the opposition in general and the EDA in particular is such that the voices of reason and moderation have been silenced and muted. 

The next meeting of the EDA that is expected to be held at the end of this month will tell the Eritrean public where the EDA stands on this matter. Will the EDA succumb to the pressures from the fundamentalists, their supporters and their foot-soldiers and do a window treatment on this matter or will it courageously  distance itself from the actions of the Jihad organization and stop the machinations that want to place EDA on the West’s list of terrorist organizations.
 
Mobile telephone service goes operational in Segeneity  Shabait.com Segeneity, 20 August 2005 -
 
Successful accomplishment of Students in Summer Work Campaign

Asmara, 20 August 2005 -..Over 1,000 students participating in the Summer Work Campaign in Desk 2 of the Central region constructed 212 Km.-long terraces.
 






18/08/2005

ELF heading to its Congress and  at cross-roads. Will it change  and lead or regress and squander a golden opportunity?
meskerem 8-17-05  ELF is the only prominent Eritrean opposition organization that has stayed united and shamed the forces that, even on the eve of its congress, are sleeplessly conspiring  to destroy its unity.
The  ELF is expected to  hold its Congress sometime early September. There is a lot of anticipation. There is high expectation from the congress as the outcome  of the congress  will indicate whether the ELF will change to meet the challenges of the changing times and  take its deserved leading role or whether it will be stuck in the old days, regress and be deprived of the role it could play in advancing the goals of the National Democratic Revolution. Well wishers are hoping  to see a new  ELF,  firm on its   National Democratic principles, goals and its traditions. The Eritrean political reality prays for and calls upon the ELF to show willingness to change. It is also the hope and wish of all to see ELF , the only organization that has maintained its unity, to  come out united with injection of new democratic blood and  be a bridge for unity of our people.
Eritrean Politics: Survival of a nation versus the challenges of democratic aspirations ,
By Y Ligiam (Dr) – London 31/08/05





EDA’s Performance Review,  Berhan Hagos August 27, 2005

The Learning Organizations, Berhan Hagos August 23, 2005
 

ELF Congress Started today August 23, 2005

Good Wishes from Yassin
 Tuesday, August 23, 2005 3:45 PM

PFDJ and its Opponents Facing New Challenges With Archaic Methods
 By The ELF-RC Information and Cultural Office
Tuesday, August 23, 2005 3:50 PM
 



 

EDP North America Council Meeting

EDP North America Regional Council Meeting in Atlanta EDP will be holding its North America Regional meeting in Atlanta this coming Labor Day weekend- September 3, 4 and 5, 2005. Members from Canada and USA are expected to attend this crucial meeting.  full text

Meseretawi Hitotat , Part IV:  Succession & Institutions, Berhan Hagos August 20, 2005
 

على خطى الأبرار نمضي (1) حشاشو إرتريا والبحث عن دور جديد بقلم علي محمد سعيد بين يدي الموضوع
Wednesday, August 17, 2005 4:19 AM

Meseretawi Hitotat , Part III:  Reformers’ Dilemma   ‘Ab Wigi’e zeywua’le belih’  
Berhan Hagos August 17, 2005



Propaganda by deed!, 
Mussie Ephrem,
Friday, August 12, 2005 9:23 AM

 
 

 

 

 

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