Stockholm -Sweden: International Women’s Day Celebration Report

By Organizers

 The Eritrean Women for Integration and the Swedish Eritrean Partnership for Democracy Colourfully celebrated 100th  years anniversary of the International Women’s Day in the City of Stockholm.
A series of events have conducted during the evening of 6th March and early morning of 7th march 2010.
The Theme of this year’s celebration was on Women’ and children’s rights- challenges and opportunities that they face at this time in Eritrea under the brutal regime of one-man rule.
The keynote speakers were Mrs. Elsa [...]

ደምዳሚ መግለጺ

ኣሰናዳኢት ሽማግለ ሃገራዊ ዋዕላ ንደሞክራስያዊ ለውጢ
ጽኑዕ ሓፋሽ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ !
ኵሉ ፈታው ነጻነትን ዲሞክራስን ሰላምን !
ኣብ ሃገርና ዘሎ ተኣፋፊ ኵነታት ንዓኻትኩም ስዉር ኣይኰነን፡፡ እቲ ዘሎ ሽግራት ኣብ ቊጠባዊ ምዝመዛን፣ ኣልቦነት ሕገ መንግስትን፣ ምጭፍላቕ መሰላትን ወ.ዘ.ተ. ጥራሕ አይተሓጽረን፡፡ የግዳስ ኵኔው ጭብጥ ጸገም ሓሊፉስ ኣብ መሰረታዊ ዝኾነ ሕቶ ህላወ ሃገራዊ ሓድነት አንጸባሪቑ፡፡ እዚ ሽግር’ዚ ድሕሪ ውድቀት ስርዓት ህ.ግ.ደ.ፍ. እንዀነ’ውን ብቐጥታ ክመዓራረ ዝኽእል ጉዳይ ኣይዀነን፡፡ ናይዚ ምኽንያት ከአ፣ ሓደ ካብቶም መሰረታዊ ዓንድታት ህዝቢ ስለ ዝተሃርመ፡፡ ብኡ መሰረት ድማ ኣድላይነት ሃገራዊ ዋዕላ ንዅሎም ክፍልታት ህዝብና፡ [...]

Eritrea seeks Nigeria’s help over UN sanctions

From Oghogho Obayuwana, Abuja

THE state of Eritrea is seeking Nigeria’s intervention in the wake of the imposition of sanctions on it by the United Nations (UN).

Nigeria assumed a seat as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in January this year.

Describing the set of sanctions as a travesty of justice, Eritrea’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Mohammed Ali Omaro said yesterday at a briefing in Abuja that the eastern African country wants Nigeria “as an African leader and our [...]

UNICEF wants $24.8 million for Eritrean fund

By Jeremy Clarke

ASMARA (Reuters) -

 The U.N. children’s agency UNICEF is appealing for $24.8 million to expand its programmes in Eritrea, where aid agencies say drought is causing widespread food shortages and child malnutrition.

UNICEF says it will help more than 1 million Eritreans in 2010 — approximately a quarter of the population — with supplementary and therapeutic feeding to “prevent further deterioration in their already poor nutrition status”.

Some $13 million is earmarked for nutrition, UNICEF said in its 2010 humanitarian action [...]

Australia will implement the UN resolution 1907

Eritrea

On 23 December 2009 the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted resolution 1907, imposing sanctions against Eritrea in response to the ongoing border dispute between Djibouti and Eritrea, as well as Eritrea’s support to armed groups destabilising and undermining peace and reconciliation in Somalia, which the UNSC determined constituted a threat to international peace and security.

As a consequence, Australian law now prohibits the following conduct:

1. The supply, sale or transfer to Eritrea of arms and related materiel

Charter of the United [...]

Ethiopia famine aid ‘spent on weapons’

Millions of dollars earmarked for victims of the Ethiopian famine of 1984-85 went on buying weapons, according to a BBC investigation.

EU imposes travel and arms embargo on Eritrea

BRUSSELS, March 1 (KUNA) — The European Union Council adopted a decision here today imposing sanctions against Eritrea in line with the United Nations Security Council resolution (UNSCR) 1907 of 2009.
The sanctions consist of an arms embargo, travel restrictions and a freeze of assets against persons and entities designated by the UN sanctions committee as: having acted in violation of the arms embarggo; providing support from Eritrea to armed opposition groups which aim to destabilise the region.
It also consist of [...]

Welcome Organizing Committee for National Conference for Democratic Change

  “ A meeting of different minds “

By Fesseha Nair

First and foremost I welcome the election of  preparatory committee of the national conference, which has been adopted at the EDA conference in 2008. It has been announced in the media that the recently held meeting in Addis- Ababa by the EDA member political organizations representatives and civil society organization’s representatives from Europe, Canada, Australia, Gulf States, Sudan and Ethiopa has concluded its meeting successfully by giving responsibility to [...]

Lanka-Eritrea ties break-down

By Dianne Silva

The Sri Lankan government’s attempt to establish diplomatic ties with the state of Eritrea have diminished due to certain media reports published in recent times, Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa told Daily Mirror online.

“It came out in the papers and now Eritrea has completely shut down everything; they don’t talk to us and they completely cut us off,” the Defense Secretary said in an interview with the website.

Further all plans to establish a Sri Lankan consulate in Eritrea, in [...]

ሰልፊ ደሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ

ኣብ ሃገራዊ ፍታሕ ስጉምቲ ንቅድሚት
ብኣንቶንዮ ተስፋይ
ዕለት 28 ለካቲት 2010
ሰ.ደ.ህ.ኤ ኣብ ሃገራዊ ፍታሕ ንቕድሚት ሰጕሙ ኣሎ፡ እዚ ሰልፊ እዚ ብዘይዕግበትን ተባዕ ድሌት ሓድነትን  ናይ ኣባላት ሓድነት ዝዀኑ ውድባት ከኣ ክውን ኣይምነበረን።
ንጉዳይ ፖለቲካዊ ፍታሕ ኤርትራ፡ ኣብ ሓደ ዝተተቀረበ ኣረኣእያን፡ ብዝሓየለ ስርዒትን ኣተሃላልዋን ኣረጋጊጽካ፡ ናይ ቃልሲ እጃም ብምብርካት፡ ንስርዓት ህ.ግ.ደ.ፍ ኣሊኻ፡ ሰላምን ራህዋን፡ ፍትሕን ሕግን ዝነገሳ ኤርትራ ክትህሉ ኣለዋ ዝብል ኣውራን እዋናውን ኣተሓሳስባ ራእይ መጻኢ መላእ ተቃውሞ ብፍላይ ከኣ እተን ብዕለት 1 ጥሪ 2010 ኣብ ሓደ ሰልፊ ዝሰመራ’ዩ፡ ኣብ ሓደ ፖለቲካዊ መደብዮን፡ ኣብ [...]