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How is it possible that a state itself a victim of
Jihad
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 Uganda Sends Diplomats to Help Mediate Somalia
Peace
By Alisha Ryu, Nairobi,
09 October 2007
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Uganda has
sent diplomats to Somalia to help mediate a peace deal between
the country's embattled transitional government and its
opponents. As VOA correspondent Alisha Ryu reports from our
East Africa Bureau in Nairobi, the diplomatic initiative is
occurring amid Ugandan warnings that the country's 1,500
troops may withdraw from Somalia unless other nations
contribute peacekeeping forces to help stabilize the country.
Awori says the delegation held extensive
talks with the president of Somalia's Ethiopian-backed interim
government, Abdullahi Yusuf. But the delegation has not met
Islamists and other members of a recently-formed
anti-government coalition, based in Asmara, Eritrea.
"We are trying to broker peace between the
transitional government and Islamists in Eritrea. So far, the
response from both sides has been positive, although they are
cautious and you can understand why they are being cautious,"
he said. |
Ethiopia threatens Eritrea with
pre-emptive strike
..08 Oct 2007 15:29:46 GMT Source:
Reuters
 ...Girma
Wolde-Giorgise, whose six-year term expires this month, said
Eritrea was training and deploying terrorists to destabilise
Ethiopia, forcing Addis Ababa to take pre-emptive steps and
make ready their defences.
..Asmara says Addis Ababa should accept the 2002 ruling, and
accuses the international community of unfairly siding with
Ethiopia for geo-political reasons.
Analysts and diplomats say neither country really wants to go
to war, in spite of the inflammatory rhetoric on both sides.
But they worry an unplanned skirmish could trigger conflict.
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President Isaias Afwerki today left for
Tripoli on a working visit at the invitation of the Libyan
leader Brother Muammar Al-Khadafi.
In the course of the two-day visit, President Isaias and
Brother Muammar Al-Khadafi will hold discussions on bilateral
relations and the efforts that need to be taken to deepen
Eritrean-Libyan relations.
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TPLF Regime’s Jamming of Eritrean Media Outlets a Futile
Attempt, Official Underlines
By Shabait, Oct 8, 2007, 13:05
Asmara, 8 October 2007 - Mr. Ali Abdu, from
the Ministry of Information, underlined
 that the TPLF
regime’s resort to extensively jamming Eritrean media outlets
is a futile attempt that would only further aggravate its
frustration. He also stressed that such an attempt could not
stifle the voice of the truth. |
 "The
meditation effort will involve those who are fighting the
government inside the country and opposition groups
that are based in Asmara," the capital of neighbouring
Eritrea, he explained.
Uganda:
Ugandan envoy brokers peace in Somalia
Sat. October 06, 2007 03:14 pm.- By Bonny
Apunyu. - Send this news article
(SomaliNet) In yet another bid to
restore stability in the shattered Horn of Africa nation , a
Ugandan envoy to Somalia on Friday said Kampala was brokering
peace between the country's embattled government and its
opponents.
"We are
facilitating negotiation between the Somali Transitional
Federal government and those opposing the institution," Ingine
told a press conference in Mogadishu. |
Somalia: Al Shabaab not linked to Eritrea based opposition,
MOGADISHU,
Somalia Oct 3 (Garowe Online) - A senior military official
with Somalia's ousted Islamic Courts movement distanced his
group from a recent conference in Eritrea where Somali
opposition groups merged.
Abu Mansur
Robow, who was the Islamists' deputy defense secretary, told
Mogadishu radio Wednesday that his group, al Shabaab, has
"nothing to do" with
opposition
figures in the Eritrean capital Asmara. |
 Ibrahim
Index of African Governance
(Mentioned by The Honorable Donald M. Payne )
The Ibrahim Index measures the
degree to which essential political goods are provided within
the forty-eight African countries south of the Sahara. The
2007 Ibrahim Index uses data from 2005, the last year with
reasonably complete available data for nearly all sub-Saharan
African nation-states.
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Hill Testimony on
Ethiopia, Somalia
Asst. Secretary Frazer
Oct. 2, 2007
Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health
▪The
Honorable Donald M. Payne , ▪The
Honorable Jendayi Frazer, ▪Saman
Zia-Zarifi, Esq., ▪Ms.
Fowsia Abdulkadir, ▪Ms.
Bertukan Mideksa, ▪Berhanu
Nega, ▪Ph.D.,
J. Peter Pham, Ph.D. |
Darfur Rebels Find Refuge in Eritrea, but Little Hope
Published: October 5, 2007By
JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
....The State Department says Eritrea has been
shipping arms to Islamist fighters in Somalia, an allegation
that the Eritrean government denies. At the same time,
American diplomats have been quietly working with the
Eritreans to push Darfur’s ever expanding galaxy of rebel
groups to peace talks scheduled for the end of October in
Libya.
.....The Eritreans have a decent track record, American
officials say, when it comes to Sudan. Last year, the
president of Eritrea, Isaia Afewerki, brokered a peace deal
between the Sudanese government and rebels in a separate
conflict in eastern Sudan that had ground on for 15 years and
that cost thousands of lives.
.....African
Union officials said Eritrea wields even more influence in
Darfur, because of its longstanding contacts with the rebel
groups there.
The Eritreans “have control over some of these movements,”
said Sam Ibok, a senior adviser of the African Union. “And the
Eritreans have played a constructive role.” |
If you are going to put Eritrea
on the terror list, put Ethiopia on the terror list also
or don't put any of them on the list.. .
(The Honorable Donald M. Payne at 1:12:00 on video)
Asst. Secretary Frazer
challenged
Watch
Webcast:
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 US
targets Ethiopia for sanctions
Last Updated: Thursday, 4 October 2007,
US congressmen are defending a bill threatening to impose
sanctions on Ethiopian officials and stop military aid unless
democratic reforms are made.
Legislator Donald Payne told the BBC the House
of Representatives passed the bill "because there has been a
serious problem with democracy in Ethiopia". |
Somalia: Al Shabaab not linked to Eritrea based opposition,
MOGADISHU,
Somalia Oct 3 (Garowe Online) - A senior military official
with Somalia's ousted Islamic Courts movement distanced his
group from a recent conference in Eritrea where Somali
opposition groups merged.
Abu Mansur
Robow, who was the Islamists' deputy defense secretary, told
Mogadishu radio Wednesday that his group, al Shabaab, has
"nothing to do" with opposition figures in the Eritrean
capital Asmara. |
Press
Release by the Ministry of Energy and Mines concerning
License award
By Shabait.com, Oct 2, 2007,
...Eritrea has a
significant endowment in minerals exploration and in recent
years notable exploration successes have been made with world
class gold, copper and zinc discoveries. To hasten the
continued development of exploration opportunities in Eritrea,
the Ministry of Energy and Mines has been reviewing
applications for the award of exploration Licenses for gold,
base metals and industrial minerals. |
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 Q
& A with President Isaias Afwerki
By Edmund Sanders, Los Angeles Times
Staff Writer
October 2, 2007
The Eritrean president sat down recently with the Los Angeles
Times to share his views about U.S. relations, a
long-simmering border dispute with Ethiopia and progress in
Africa toward democracy and human rights. |
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer, By Edmund
Sanders
ASMARA, Eritrea ? This struggling,
low-profile nation...enslaved" by international donors,
Eritrea, a small, secretive nation on the Horn...build
roads and deliver healthcare. Eritrea can scarcely
afford to say no. As one... / Los Angeles Times Staff
Writer
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Eritrea's struggle for independence shaped ambitions
October 2, 2007
Aid shunned Eritrea's fervent pursuit of
self-reliance...backed dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam.
Eritrea's president, Isaias Afwerki, an engineer...leader
since its independence in 1993. Eritrea's distrust of
foreigners and sense. |
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The Ethiopian
government is source of instability in the region and one of
the most repressive regimes in Africa.
 
For Immediate Release
September 27, 2007
..The government of Ethiopia and its representatives here in
Washington often claim that Ethiopia is promoting regional
stability in the Horn of Africa and democratic rule in
Ethiopia. "The fact is the Ethiopian government is a source of
instability in the region and one of the most repressive
regimes in Africa. In the view of the regime, it is democratic
and acceptable to imprison elected members of parliament and
to kill innocent civilians", said Payne |
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United
States has consistently taken Ethiopia's side against Eritrea!
Representative Donald
Payne, Democrat of New Jersey and chairman of a House
subcommittee on Africa. |
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Letter to
UNSG; President of the UNSC; UNSC Member States;
Witnesses, EU
By
Sep 27, 2007, 15:29
To: UNSG; President of the UNSC; UNSC Member States;
Witnesses, EU
It has come to Eritrea’s attention that, by
letter dated 22 September 2007,
the Ethiopian Foreign Minister has indicated Ethiopia’s
intention to attempt to renounce the two Algiers
Agreements by which the Eritrea-Ethiopia border war of
1998-2000 was put to an end. |
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Mr. Ambassador-designate would be
well served if he would go up to the hill and have a talk with
the Honorable
Representative Donald Payne, Democrat of New Jersey and
chairman of a House subcommittee on Africa. |
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19 September 2007
Ambassador-designate Ronald McMullen
to Eritrea
Bush nominee’s statement at Senate
confirmation hearing
(begin text)
Statement of Ronald
K. McMullen
Ambassador-designate to the State of Eritrea
Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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President holds talks with WHO Regional Director
By Shabait.com
Sep 25, 2007, 15:24
In the meeting, the WHO official lauded
 Eritrea’s
efforts to ensure basic health services, provide basic health
care to mothers and children, and on its disease prevention
measures. He further stated that Eritrea’s achievement in the
health sector offers valuable experience. In addition, Dr.
Sambo assured the President that the WHO would cooperate with
Eritrea in diverse health programs, especially in
collaborating with the country’s health colleges so as to
further improve their effectiveness. |
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 Electricity
Supply to Villages to Begin, Says Electricity Corporation
Sep 19, 2007, 14:04
By Shabait.com
The Eritrean Electricity Corporation disclosed
that the program to supply villages with electricity has been
finalized and will begin shortly. The managing director of the
corporation, Mr. Abraham Woldemichael, told the Eritrean News
Agency that a total of 67 villages have already received
electricity supply. |
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 The Failure of 'Reconciliation' and 'Reconstitution' Opens
Up a Political Vacuum in Somalia
Drafted By: Dr. Michael A. Weinstein
http://www.pinr.com
There are several scenarios for Somalia's
political future. In PINR's judgment, the most likely one is
continued devolution intensified by a possible spread of wider
and more unified armed resistance against the Ethiopian and
T.F.G. forces, and augmented by a loss of interest in Somalia
by external actors, which will leave the country in the state
of neglect that it suffered in the decade between 1994, when
an international presence ended, and 2004, when the T.F.G. was
formed. Expect the Ethiopians to be worn down by attrition,
the African states to become cooler to AMISOM, and the great
powers to be unwilling to commit the resources necessary to
make a political process attractive and to provide security. |
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Eritrea defiant on U.S. diplomatic pressure
Published: September 18, 2007
U.S. diplomats helped broker a truce but
then backed off after Ethiopia decided to ignore a commission,
supported by the United Nations, that said Badame belonged to
Eritrea.
"We expected the
Americans to be fair," said Yemane Gebre Meskel, the chief of
staff for Isaias Afwerki, Eritrea's president. "They weren't."
The
Bush administration sees Ethiopia, with its 77 million people
and one of Africa's largest armies, as the best bulwark in the
Horn of Africa against Islamist extremism, so the United
States has consistently taken Ethiopia's side against Eritrea,
population 5 million, said Representative Donald Payne,
Democrat of New Jersey and chairman of a House subcommittee on
Africa.
"And that's not
productive," he said. "Right now we're boxing Eritrea into a
corner." |
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ሎማቕነ አብ ባይቶ መስከረም
ምቛም እስላማዊ ምሕዝነት (ልፍንቲ) ኤርትራ
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ሃይማኖታዊ ውደባ ዝደገፈ አዋጅ ሰውራዊ ባይቶን
አብ ባይቶ መስከረም ዘለዓዓሎ አገዳሲ ክትዕን፡
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How is it possible that a
state itself a victim of terrorism can be a sponsor of
terrorism?
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An incomplete statement by
Ambassador-designate Ronald K. McMullen to the Senate
Foreign
Relations Committee. |
Statement of Ronald K. McMullen, Ambassador-designate to the
State of Eritrea, before the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee was incomplete and one-sided. Ambassador-designate
Ronald K. McMullen omitted an important issue in his
statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He
forgot to mention that Jihad has been declared against the
state of Eritrea and its peace-loving people. Whether this
was intentional or not will be up to the
Ambassador-designate to explain.
Since the Government of Eritrea has not come out publicly to
inform the International Community or the State
Department about the terrorist activities
against the people and nation of Eritrea, we, hereby,
in defense of the people and the nation of Eritrea, are
making available indisputable evidence that the nation of
Eritrea and its people are victims of terrorist attacks
perpetrated by Eritrean Jihadists. We believe that
such evidence should be put on record as part of the
testimony of our Ambassador-designate.
The evidence as presented below raises a very important
question. How is it possible that a state itself a
victim of terrorism can be a sponsor of terrorism?
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መንግስቲ አሜሪካ፡ አብ
ልዕሊ ሃገርን ህዝብን ኤርትራ ስጉምቲ ክትወስድ አለዋ ዝብሉ ዘለዉ ፡ ነዛ ሃገር
እንታይ ዝሓሰበሉ አሊዎም እዩ?
Iraqi prime minister criticizes US Senate proposal to split
Iraq into regions
BAGHDAD:
Iraq's prime minister told The
Associated Press that a U.S. Senate proposal to split the
country into regions according to religious or ethnic
divisions would be a "catastrophe."
The Associated Press Published:
September 28, 2007
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The United States has
consistently taken Ethiopia's side against Eritrea,
population 5 million, said Representative Donald Payne,
Democrat of New Jersey and chairman of a House
subcommittee on Africa. "And that's not productive," he
said. "Right now we're boxing Eritrea into a corner."
Eritrea defiant on U.S. diplomatic pressure
By Jeffrey Gettleman
Published: September 18, 2007
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SHOULD ERITREA BE INCLUDED ON A
TERRORIST LIST?
Naz Yemane Voice Of Eritrea Halifax,Canada
Wed, 19 Sep 2007 |
Why I reject the Petition II: a response,
10 Sep, 2007
Make the
London Demonstration an International one
Why I reject the Petition II: A Response
By Habtom Yohannes September 7, 2007
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