President Isaias Afewerki conducted an interview with ERITV 04/28/2012

In a brief interview he conducted tonight, 28 April 2012, with the national media outlets, President Isaias Afwerki underscored that the recent rumor regarding his state of health attests to the mounting frustration on the part of its authors.                           (Shabait) HTML Comment Box is loading comments... /**/...

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Shanghai Construction Group Board approves acquisition of Chalice's stake in Zara Gold Project

Chalice on track to finalise US$80m sale by late July Symbol: ASX: CHN TSX: CXNShares outstanding: 250 million Fully diluted: 258 million Chalice Gold Mines Limited (ASX:CHN) (TSX:CXN) is pleased to advise that the Board of Shanghai Construction Group Co Ltd ("SCG") has approved the agreement to acquire Chalice's 60 per cent interest in the Zara Project in Eritrea for US$78 million plus a deferred payment of US$2 million. As a result of the SCG Board approval, a Sale and Purchase Agreement ("the Agreement") has been executed between SCG subsidiary, China SFECO Group ("SFECO") and Chalice. Key conditions precedent to completing the Agreement include: the...

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Eritrea says its president is "fit as a fiddle"

Eritrea has sought to quash speculation about President Isaias Afewerki's health, saying he was "fit as a fiddle" and lambasting the United States for spreading "lies" over his condition. Rumours have been rife in the past few years that Isaias, 66 and in power since 1993 after leading his country to independence from Ethiopia, was in poor health and required regular trips abroad for treatment. Speculation about his health has stirred up debate over who might eventually replace the reclusive leader. Isaias has no obvious successor but the opposition says he might be grooming his son, Abraham, for the top job. U.S. diplomatic cables released...

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Eritrean Government Denies Abduction of Gold Miners in Ethiopia

Eritrea’s government denied accusations by Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi that it was responsible for abducting more than 100 gold miners in northwestern Ethiopia. The incident, which took place “recently,” was one of a series that prompted a counter-offensive by Ethiopian forces on March 15, when they attacked three military bases inside Eritrea used by rebels to attack Ethiopia, Meles told lawmakers yesterday in the capital, Addis Ababa. He didn’t provide a more specific timeframe on when the abductions took place. “It has become the modus operandi of Ethiopia to blame everything on Eritrea,” Girma Asmerom, Eritrea’s ambassador to...

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Ethiopia PM in search of excuse to launch another round of cross-border raid against Eritrea!

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi accused Eritrea on Tuesday of abducting dozens of Ethiopian miners from the country's northwest, in a potential escalation of tension between the arch-enemies. Ethiopian troops crossed into the Red Sea state last month and attacked what they said were military bases used by rebels to stage raids, including a January attack that killed five Western tourists in Ethiopia's remote Afar region. These attacks were the first on Eritrean soil that Ethiopia has admitted to since the end of a devastating 1998-2000 border war, sparking concern that their unresolved frontier spat could escalate into a full-scale war. "They...

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Meriam Shawush first star of Shingrwa!!

The third round Shingrwa contest that commenced on 19th of March 2011and conducted in five stages was finalized on 15th of March 2012 and was live broadcast on EriTV.At the ceremony conducted in Cinema Roma in the presence of Government officials and invited guests, Mr. Arefaine Berhe, Minister of Agriculture, said that the Shingrwa program has multifold advantages for it is a program with which our cultural diversity was reflected, young artists emerged, and gives impetus to the development of our national culture. He further called on the sustainability of the program. The six finalists presented one cultural and one modern song each, and according...

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Yemeni naval soldiers still in custody in Eritrea

Eritrea refused a request by current President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi to release the three Yemeni naval soldiers who have been held in Eritrea for over three years. Hadi made it clear to the Eritrean foreign minister who visited Yemen last month that Eritrea has to release the three naval soldiers who were taken prisoners because they unintentionally entered the African neighbor territorial waters and that it should stop its repeated assaults and attacks on Yemeni fishermen. Apparently, Eritrea ignored Hadi's calls though it promised to follow up the case. The family of the naval officer, Adel Abdullah Haza al-Sharabi, who has been imprisoned in Eritrea for three years, demanded that the government assume its role and spare not effort in making sure that al-Sharabi and his colleagues be released,...

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Sunridge Gold says Asmara contains 1.27 bln pounds of copper, unveils new Gupo resource

Sunridge Gold Corp. (CVE:SGC)(OTCQX:SGCNF) Tuesday received the final resource estimate update for the Gupo gold deposit in Eritrea, the fourth deposit that forms the basis of the Asmara North prefeasibility study. Total contained metal at the Asmara project, on a measured and indicated basis, now stands at 1.27 billion pounds of copper, 2.6 billion pounds of zinc, 930,000 ounces of gold and 28.36 million ounces of silver. Total measured and indicated resources at Asmara amount to 76.09 million tonnes. The Asmara North deposits include the Emba Derho volcanogenic-massive-sulphide (VMS) copper-zinc-gold deposit, the Adi Nefas zinc-gold-copper...

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Eritrea calls for UN inquiry over Ethiopian attacks

Eritrea President Isaias Afeworki has urged the UN Security Council to launch an independent inquiry over recent Ethiopian military attacks against his country. In his letter to the UN, President Afeworki accused the US of financing and providing intelligence support to the Ethiopian attackers. Last month, Ethiopian authorities confirmed a missile strike and a ground military foray inside Eritrean territory. The places attacked were Ramid, Gelahbe and Gimbi, some 16km inside south-eastern Eritrea. Addis Ababa said the attack targeted "military posts that have been used to organise, finance and train terrorist groups". The attack, apparently,...

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Eritrean man gets 20 years for wife's manslaughter

In a ruling published on Sunday, the Jerusalem District Court announced that it had sentenced an Eritrean man to 20 years in prison last week, after convicting him of his wife's manslaughter. Alam Tiama stabbed his wife to death last year. The couple were residing in Israel without a residency permit. According to the original indictment, Tiama met his wife at the bus stop, and the two spoke. As the couple began to walk down the street, Tiama pulled out a knife and stabbed his wife in the throat, then continued to stab and kick her before fleeing the scene and throwing away the knife. Tiama was originally charged with murder, which attracts...

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Yemeni Presi. urges Eritrea to release detainees

Yemeni President Abdo Rabu Mansour Hadi called on the Eritrean authorities to release Yemeni soldiers who are held in Eritrean jails since three years. During his meeting with Eritrean Foreign Minister Othman Saleh, who left Sanaa earlier on Saturday after paying a short visit to Yemen, President Hadi has requested to set free lieutenant colonel Adel Abdullah Al-Shar'abi and the soldiers Ibrahim Saleh and Othman Abdullah, Yemeni News Agency said. The three detainees were arrested when they were sailing in a small boat and lost their way outside the territorial waters inadvertently. Yemeni Minstry of Defense announced that the three personnel...

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