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President Isaias receives SPLM president Dr. John Garang
 Asmara,
Feb. 06, 2005 (ERINA) -- President Isaias Afwerki received and held talks in the
morning hours today with the President of the Sudanese People's Liberation
Movement (SPLM), Dr. John Garang. |
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Sun Feb 6, 3:04 PM ET World - AFP ADDIS ABABA (AFP) |
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Sudanese opposition leader heads for Eritera for talks with factions in exile
BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom, Feb 07, 2005
The leader of Ummah Party-Reform and Renewal wing, Mubarak al-Fadil al-Mahdi,
left for Asmara, capital of Eritrea, yesterday... |
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US fear of
Horn of Africa radicals overblown-expert Monday February 7th, 2005 14:30.
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Fears that the Horn of Africa could become an
incubator for international Islamic extremism are overblown, partly because
plans to sow such militancy have already failed, a regional human rights expert
said. |
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Eritrea
accuses Ethiopia of "provocative acts" Monday February 7th, 2005 00:16.
Sudan Tribune
Feb 5, 2005 (ERINA) -- |
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Arts & Entertainment
Durango Herald
Fri, 04 Feb 2005 7:18 AM PST
Two Durango galleries are holding exhibitions concurrently for Betty LaDuke,
whose photo of a Kunama mother from Eritrea is shown above. LaDuke's paintings
will show at the Durango Arts Center and her photos at the Open Shutter Gallery.
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NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
UNHCR responds to petition submitted
on behalf of Eritrean Refugees.
Dr. T.A. Taddesse |
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Sudanese opposition leaders to meet in Eritrea 5 February
BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom, Feb 05, 2005
Meetings of the leadership of the [opposition] NDA [National Democratic
Alliance] are expected to start today in the... |
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FM to arrive in Sana'a on Wednesday SANA'A,(Saba)- Eritrean Foreign Minister Ali
Said Abdullah will visit Yemen next Wednesday to hold talks with the Yemeni
officials over the Yemeni-Eritrean relations. Sabanews.com
03/02/2005 (12:31pm) |
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Beja leaders demand
investigation into Port Sudan deaths - AFP 02/03/05 |
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Eritrean president holds talks with Sudanese opposition leader ) --
sudantribune.com Saturday February 5th, 2005 10:31.
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No
comprehensive peace in Sudan yet - Eritrean president. .sudantribune.com
Saturday February 5th, 2005 00:16. |
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Ethiopia said conscripting youth
to launch war against Eritrea BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom; Feb
04, 2005 |
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CAMEROON-NIGERIA BORDER COMMISSION TO EXAMINE PROPOSALS, UN SAYS New York,
Feb 4 2005 2:00PM.. The Commission has said that the issues before it include
the mutually agreed on demarcation of the 1,600-kilometre border, which passes
through oil-rich land and sea, and the fate of local populations.. |
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Other Sudanese conflicts may harm peace mission for
country's south, Security Council told
4 February – The top United Nations envoy
cautioned the Security Council today that unless solutions are found to the
conflicts plaguing Darfur and other regions of Sudan, the UN peace-support
mission planned for the country's south will suffer.
FULL STORY>> |
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Press-release Stockholm
03-02-2005
Mussie Ephrem, the Swedish-Eritrean human rights activist, appealed to this
colleagues in the EU and to its parties leaderships in Sweden about the
immediate need of international aid to Eritrea to avoid a human disaster.(Swedish
Version) |
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Sudanese opposition NDA says
 unity
of its parties and organizations is stronger ....Asmara, Feb.
03, 2005 (ERINA)-- |
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In imprisoning journalists, four nations stand out,
CPJ Press Freedom Online - New York,NY,USA,
New York, February 3, 2005--Four countries with long records of press
repression--China, Cuba, Eritrea, and Burma--account for more than
three-quarters of ... |
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Eritrean minister commends
Yemen's effort to enhance peace in Horn of Africa BBC Monitoring Service -
United Kingdom; Feb 02, 2005 Text of report in English by Yemeni newspaper Yemen
Observer web site on 1 February |
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CrisisWatch N°18, 1 February 2005
AlertNet Thu,
03 Feb 2005 3:45 AM PST..
Rhetoric also heated up dangerously between Eritrea and
Ethiopia |
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Political And Economic Outlook For East Africa In 2005
Forbes Thu, 03
Feb 2005 3:35 AM PST Political instability in several areas of the region
has undermined progress in |
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Sudan
Foreign Minister to Discuss Bilateral Ties in Italy
Voice of America - 02
February 2005፣
 ... Rome. He is expected to
discuss the process of reconciliation in Somalia and the peace negotiations
between Ethiopia and Eritrea. |
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Eritrea's bikes and bureaucracy,
 BBC
News - London,England,UK, Wednesday, 2
February, 2005, ... |
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Sudanese governor says Eritrea
has "hand" in Port Sudan clashes BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom;
Feb 02, 2005 |
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RADICAL ISLAM IN THE GREATER HORN OF AFRICA
By Gregory Alonso Pirio, Ph.D. ©IAQ, Inc. (asmarino) |
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Amnesty International condemns
police attack on Port Sudan demonstration AP Worldstream; Feb 01, 2005 |
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AU calls for compromise to end Ethiopia/Eritrea row
Xinhua - Beijing,China
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Red
Cross: Eritrean Food Stocks Exhausted After Four Years of Drought Lisa Schlein
report - 442K
Voice of America
Mon, 31 Jan 2005 7:07
AM PST |
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Sudan says UN
report concludes no genocide was committed in Darfur
CBC News, Canada - 48 minutes
ago
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At least 14 killed in riots in Port Sudan
AFP via Yahoo! News
Sat, 29 Jan 2005 8:57
AM PST |
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Information on the Offer
by the Government of Eritrea to Investors of High-value, Prime Land in Asmara
Jan 28, 2005, 21:30 (shabait.com)
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Sudanese foreign minister
says he will stand down within two months - AP 01/25/05 |
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Is
time running out for the Eritrean Opposition ?
SPLA to
Hunt Down Kony
New Vision (Kampala)January 28, 2005
Posted to the web January 28, 2005 |
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Sudan peace deal revives vexed issue of African borders
Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates -
11 hours ago
... Eritrea won independence in 1993 despite
Ethiopia’s longstanding claim that the former Italian colony was historically a
part of its territory. ... |
1/20/05
www.islaher.org:
Mujahdeen
of the EIIM kill 7 members of the Eritrean Defense Force and
destroy a truck carrying supplies around Nacfa.
(Source
Eritrean Islamic Islah Movement website) |
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ضمن معركة الكرامة والشرف التي يخوضها المجاهدون نيابة عن الأمة الإرترية ضد
نظام الجبهة التجرناوي الشيفوني منذ ما يقارب العقدين تمكن المجاهدون من نصب
كمين عسكري ناجح للعدو في منطقة ( معت ) الواقعة جنوب غرب نقفة بالساحل
الشمالي وذلك في (23) ذي القعدة 1425هت الموافق 4 يناير 2005 الجاري حيث تمكن
المجاهدون من تدمير شحنة إمدادات عسكرية ومقتل (7) من جنود العدو . |
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Eritrean food stocks exhausted after four years of drought, Red Cross Red
Crescent warns
AlertNet Fri,
28 Jan 2005 8:16 AM PST |
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Didn't Do It For You, by Michela Wrong Hope and heartbreak of a fledgling state
By Julie Wheelwright
28 January 2005 |
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Eritrean officials accuse Sudan's Garang of "disowning" ties with country
BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom, Jan
26, 2005
Eritrean leaders have accused the leader of Sudan People's
Liberation Movement [SPLM], John Garang, of disowning his.. |
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Meles holds talks with U.S. Deputy Central
Commander (January 26,2005)
www.mfa.gov.et
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Ambassador Donald Yamamoto, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Africa, is expected to arrive in Addis this week-end.
UNMEE 1-27-05
 Ms.
Gail Bindley-Taylor-Sainte Spokeswoman and Chief of Public Information of UNMEE
from Asmara confirmed that Ambassador Donald Yamamoto is expected to arrive in
the Ethiopian capital this weekend. In a response to a question during the
Jan 27,
2005 briefing to reporters, the spokeswoman said that Mr. Donald Yamamoto
".. is expected in the region,". but did not know whether he will be speaking to
the UNMEE or not. |
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Mission Network News
Listen to live interview about the arrest and killing of evangelicals:
President Kevin Turner shares
eyewitness accounts of what's happening to Christians there. Speaking from
Eritrea, where they just got a church leader released from prison, he says the
reports are horrifying |
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No end seen for Eritrea drought
CNN International - USA
ADINEFAS, Eritrea (AP) --
Thursday, January 27, 2005 Posted: 1625 GMT (0025 HKT)
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Why did the EDA
postponed (suspend)
the meeting? |
EDA fails to inform the public
appropriately, in the official languages, concerning its meetings
and related information as promised creating public confusion.
The public was promised that information concerning the Khartoum
meeting was going to be provided through a spokesperson and that
all media outlets would be provided with statements and briefs.
Due to EDA's failure in providing such official information timely
in Arabic and Tigrinya ,the public that is following the meeting
with unprecedented interest, has been disadvantaged. The
present information about the reason for the postponement of the
2nd meeting can be stated as an example. Why did the EDA postponed
(suspend) the meeting? No official statement just different
versions/stories by the media. Is the information posted in
gabeel.com concerning the formation of a new secretariat made up
of only 15 members correct? If so, what organization is not
represented, why.... |
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الديمقراطي يعلق إجتماعاته إلى الثلث الأخير من فبراير الجاري المركز
الإرتري للخدمات الإعلامية (ECMS) –6/2/2005م |
ECMS 2-6-05:
EDA Meeting
postponed upon request of a member organization.
ECMS, in Arabic language, has reported today that the EDA meeting
in Khartoum has been postponed till the third week of February.
The report stated that a member organization had requested the
postponement but did not specify which organization
requested the postponement. Meskerem has learned from reliable
source that the EDP delegation to the first meeting had requested
a longer time period till the 2nd meeting. The request was not
accepted. The meeting was then advised that the delegates of the
meeting, Mr. Mesfun Hagos, the Chairman of EDP and Mohamed
Nur Ahmed, member of Secretariat of EDP and head of EDP's dialogue
delegation, might not be able to make it to the 4th February
meeting. The source did not disclose why EDP requested to prolong
the second meeting. It is not clear whether EDP delegation
had actually participated in the 2nd meeting putting into question
whether the meeting started with all the 16 member organizations
present as reported by ECMS. |
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Islamic Islah Movement issues a response statement (below in
Arabic)
regarding
EDP's Condemnation of
the Killing of 7 members of the Eritrean Defense Forces
by its Mujahideen |
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بسم
الله الرحمن الرحيم بيان توضيحي حول افتراءات مجموعة الحزب
الديمقراطي الإرتري
حركة الإصلاح الإسلامي ألإرتري الأمانة العامة 26/12/1425هـ
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أمامنا تحديات كبيرة ومعقدة
جبهة
التحرير الارترية – المجلس الثوري
مكتب
الثقافة والاعلام
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Pictorial Report: EDA meeting in Khartoum: gabeel.com
02-05-05 |
via Email
Saturday, February 05, 2005 5:39 AM:
Reaction from the
public to Dr. Beyene's statement:
..."It
is accepting the fact that, any person who is entrusted to
represent the public, is himself a public property."
...."I appreciate Meskerem for raising the issue of absence
of prominent figures
from EDA meetings in Khartoum, because the public needs and
deserves to know
the reason. I also appreciate Dr. Beyene for taking his time to
inform the public about his absence, but simply stating those
reasons would have been enough"..
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Eritreana.com 2-3-05:
Dr. Beyene Kidane's, Chairman of ELF-NC, absence
from the Khartoum meeting explained. In a statement
issued by the chairman in Eritreana.com, he stated,"
I had
to hastily leave for Europe in face of the upcoming meeting in
Khartoum because I had pressing private matters to attend that
could not wait."
As a chairman of one of the
main opposition organizations and a public figure, the public does
care and want to know the reason for his absence from such a
historic meeting.
No
more no less.
It is to be remembered that on 2-1-05, meskerem had reported "EDA final meeting will see the
absence of the three Chairmen of three prominent opposition
organizations, Dr. Beyene of ELF-NC, Seyoum Harestay of ELF-RC and
Mesfin Hagos of EDP"..
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Release
EDP Condemns the
Killing of 7 Eritreans
- Press Release
Published - February
02, 2005 |
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Mesfin Hagos may not
attend the final meeting of the EDA scheduled for 2-4-05.
EDA final meeting will see the
absence of the three Chairmen of three prominent opposition
organizations, Dr. Beyene of ELF-NC, Seyoum Harestay of ELF-RC and
Mesfin Hagos of EDP. All other organizations have delegations that
include their chairs. |
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Awate 2-2-05:
Awate has posted a meeting announcement in Berkley,
California for 2-6-05 with Mr. Mesfin Hagos, the Chairman of
EDP. Reached by phone, EDP officials would not confirm or deny
whether Mesfin Hagos will participate in the upcoming final
meeting of the EDA in Khartoum or whether the meeting has been
postponed. However, the distance between Khartoum and California
and the time needed for the meeting in Khartoum makes it
impractical for Mesfin to attend to both engagements. With strong
demand put forward by the ELF-RC editorial yesterday and the
apparent "earlier commitment" absence of the Chairman of one of
the heavy players in the opposition arena from the meeting, the
EDA final meeting has a tough job ahead of it. |
Nharnet.com 2-1-05:
ELF-RC makes public its expectation of the EDA final agreement
with suggestions, appeals and warnings.
In its 2-1-05 editorial in
Tigrinya under the title "The challenges awaiting us are
complicated and tough", the ELF-RC states that, at this time,
the EDA should lead by consensus only and not by voting mechanism
as the organizations need time to develop trust among each other.
Leadership of the EDA should be composed and be based on the
political clout/weight of the organizations not mere existence as
organizations. It also warns that the charter and the
clarifications provided thereof should not be outside the
agreed upon principles and not contradict or harm laid principles
of member organizations. In short, the ELF-RC seems to call upon
the EDA's final meeting on 2-4-05, not to repeat the
blunders of the ENA. |
Asmarino.com 2-1-05:
Asmarino.com calls for the
 condemnation
of the killing of the 7 members of the Eritrean Defense
Force by the Mujahdeen of an Islamist organization. Asmarino.com
has condemned the killing of 7 members of the Eritrean Defense
Force by an Islamist organization . The report of the killing was
posted by the Eritrean Islamic Islah Movement website on 29 Jan
2005
(islaher.org). Asmarino, in its front page and
under the heading "An
Asmarino.com Appeal for 'No more violence!' ",
stated, "..no Eritrean life, whether
one is a conscript or a civilian, should be taken for any reason
because violence will only accelerate the cycle of
misunderstanding, fear, anger and more losses of life." And
concluded its statement by stating "Please join us in condemning
this disturbing act of violence."
full text |
ECMS 1-31.05:
Mr. Hussein Kalifa disputes report and statement on controversial
issues. Mr. Hussein Kalifa,
 Chairman
of the 7-man secretary of the EDA and Vice Chairman of ELF,
in interview with the Media Center (ECMS) disputes report by the
Al Khalij Media Center concerning the controversial issue of
ethnic self rule and the
statement given by Mr. Shengeb concerning the Sharia law
inclusion in Eritrean laws.
Interview in Arabic
translation
by gabeel |
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EPM Congress Declaration in Arabic |
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البيان
الختامي للمؤتمر التأسيسي التوحيدي للحركة الشعبية الارترية
المؤتمر التأسيسي التوحيدي للحركة الشعبية الارترية الخرطوم 30 يناير
2005م |
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Nigeria
Type Sharia
Federal States for
Eritrea? Mr. Yassin of EFDM states: |
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"The outcry
of the tabloid web sties these days about the yet undisclosed
charter of the newly established Eritrean Democratic Alliance (EDA)
that reportedly endorsed rightfully a future decentralized system
of governance based on ethnic or social commonality and the rights
of all ethnic groups to consider a religion based legal code, if
approved by the citizens of a specific group through a legitimate
democratic process, as that of
Nigeria’s
federal states, if confirmed, would be a grand step forward in
ethnic relations, in group and social relations, and promises the
nation with a chance for a peaceful coexistence in a democratic
society, contrary to the contention of the scare mongers that such
an inclusion of legitimate rights will actually embed the process
of national unity, just because it is foreign to their little
enclave of corrupt group. "
Gabeel.com full text |
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EPM CONGRESS ..1/26/2005 |
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Report of EPM
Congress |
EPM CONGRESS
Day 1
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Meskerem 1-25-05:
Khartoum meeting and the Border Demarcation issue.
Meskerem has been informed that the border issue was
forwarded as an agenda at the meeting in Khartoum. The source
declined to share what was agreed on the issue in question.
Surprisingly, no one has written or "leaked" anything on the
subject. Other agendas presented to the meeting include,
the constitution and the form of struggle (by peaceful means
or armed struggle). |
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Khartoum 1-22-05:
Eritrean Democratic Alliance elects a seven-man committee
until the next meeting in early February 2005. The names of the
elected members include:
●Hussien
Kalifa(ELF)
●Ibrahim
Mohamed Ali(EL-RC)
●Abulaziz
Khiar(EDP)
●Ahmad Nasser
(ELF- NC)
●Hamid Turki(
Islamic organizations)
●Tewelde
Gebresellasie(EPDF)
●Karnalious Osman(DMLEK
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Tadesse and Riberio take wins in European Club XC Champs
Saturday 5 February 2005..
Eritrean
Zersenay Tadesse, the Olympic 10,000m bronze medallist took an
easy win in the European Cross Country Club Championships held in
the northern Italian town of Mantova, today. Tadesse contributed
to the win of the strong Spanish team CA Adidas who ranked ahead
of France’s Olympique Marseille and Italy’s Carabinieri Bologna. |
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Medieval Politics
in the Twenty-First Century
Berhan Hagos February 3, 2005 |
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Thursday, February 03, 2005 2:23 PM |
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الحلقة 3/6 اقتحام سجن عدى
خالا عام 1975.. فشل محقق ونجاح غريب بقلم/ عثمان بدوى عمريت |
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رئيس التنظيم
الديمقراطي لعفر البحر الاحمر : لسنا انفصاليين والمؤتمر العام سيعقد
قريبا ولاصحة لما يروج حولنا المركز الإرتري للخدمات الإعلامية
(ECMS) –3/2/2005م |
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Tough and Complex
Challenges Ahead for EDA
By
The ELF-RC Information and Cultural Office
1/2/2005 |
Wednesday, February 02, 2005 3:39 PM |
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Editorial Published -
Jan 30, 2005
Eritrean Political Parties Past and Present |
Updated 01/31/2005
ECMS NEWS IN ARABIC
الأخبـــــار الأخبـــــار
الحركة الشعبية تتختم مؤتمرها |
Open Letter to the Opposition Political leaders in Khartoum
Tuesday, February 01, 2005 9:58 AM
By Nair Fesseha |
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A Brief Personally
Perspective Historical Overview on the ELF and Its Diminutive
Organized Offshoots
Merhawi Mesghina Toronto Canada January 28, 2005 |
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الحلقة
2/6 اقتحام سجن عدى خالا عام 1975.. فشل محقق ونجاح غريب
بقلم / عثمان بدوى عمريت |
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Dehai 1-27-05:
Dehai challenges Eritrean
Opposition!
" Let us work all of
us Eritreans, regardless of our political
orientation,
for its full and unconditional implementation."
Accepting the reality and the
existence of the Eritrean Opposition,
a PFDJ supporter takes to task the
Eritrean Opposition on Border Demarcation:
[DEHAI] The Peace Process and The Eritrean
Opposition! (Dehai)
Date: Wed Jan 26 2005 - 10:16:01 EST |
Eritrea is now home
of Dictatorship But not of Islamic Fundamentalism
Adhanom Fitiwi
Friday, January 28, 2005 10:50 AM |
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اقتحام سجن
عدى خالا عام 1975 .. فشل محقق ونجاح غريب بقلم/ عثمان
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Proposal on
structuring the Eritrean Democratic Alliance?
By Nair Fesseha |
‘Clear
and
Present
Danger’
Berhan Hagos
January 16, 2005 |
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