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Sunday, July 29, 2012
Chinese investment group, SFECO won machinery supply and power plant extension projects in Eritrea - 07/29/2012
Chinese investment group SFECO disclosed in its website today that they won a second phase of supplying various machinery and equipment in the fields of mining, agriculture, transport and infrastructure to Eritrea. The deal is worth of 61.54 million USD.
In addition, the company also won another multi-million dollar EPC contract for Hirgigo Power Plant 2*23 MW Extension project.
Hirgigo Diesel Power Plant is located 5 km southwest of Massawa.
Vice-President of China SFECO Group, Mr. Zheng Yufeng and Mr. Tsegai Tesfazion Eritrea’s ambassador to China signed the contract in Beijing on behalf of the two sides.
Last year, SFECO...
Saturday, July 28, 2012
London Olympic 2012 Cycling Men's Road Race Result - 07/28/2012
First place in the 155-mile road race went to the 38-year-old Kazakh rider Alexandr Vinokourov, who beat out the Colombian Rigoberto Uran in a grinding final sprint to the finish. The Norwegian rider Alexander Kristoff claimed the bronze, edging out the young American Taylor Phinney by a nose....
Looking For The Exit In Somalia - 08/28/2012
Kenyan forces in Somalia still say they intend to launch an assault on the port of Kismayo.
August, however, is almost over and August was supposed to be the month of the big attack on the Al Shabaab-held seaport. Kenyan naval forces have launched several gunfire attacks over the last three weeks. The attacks appear to be little more than raids intended to rattle the militiamen defending the port. One attack, however, allegedly killed several civilians.
This past Spring Kenyan government officials and military commanders began meeting with clan leaders in southern Somalia with the intent of getting the clans help hammer out a political agreement for governing Kismayo and southern Somalia after Al Shabaab is evicted from the area. Kenya doesn’t want Blackhawk Down Mogadishu-type...
Kenya: Ethnic Clashes Claims Four More Lives in Northern Kenya - 08/28/2012
Death toll from tribal clashes in Mandera County of northern Kenya has risen to 15 after four more people were killed in renewed attacks early on Sunday.
The killing of the four from the Degodia community occurred at Guraderow village in Guba location in Banisa district of Mandera West constituency bordering the Ethiopian border by suspected Garreh armed militia at about 8:30 a.m. local time.
Ahmed Muhumed Hussein, an elder from Guba location said the attackers who were heavily armed and numbering 20 killed the four - A woman, a young boy and two men near a watering point in the area.
Hussein said another person was also injured in the attack that come a barely four days after 6 people from the Garreh clan were killed by the suspected Degodia bandits.
On Saturday, scores of houses were burnt...
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Audio: Interview with Artist Kedija Adem, the wife of Isaias Tsegai – VOA - 07/26/2012
Interview with Artist Kedija Adem, the wife of Eritrean Film producer Isaias Tsegai with VOA Tigrinia. Isaias and Kedija are the parents of three kids..
ረቡዕ, 25 ሓምለ 2012`ኢሳያስ ሃገር`ዩ፡ ኮኸብ`ዩ ወዲቑ` ትብል በዓልቲ ቤት ኢሳያስ ጸጋይ ከዲጃ ኣደምስነ-ስርዓት ቀብሩ፡ ኣሸሓት ኣብ ዝተረኸብሉ ብሰሉስ ኣብ ኣስመራ ተፈጺሙብ Tewelde Weldegebriel | Washington
ብርክት ዝበላ ዓበይትን ነዋሕትን ፊልምታት ብምድራስን ብምእላይን፡ ከምኡ`ውን ዝተፈላለዩ ድርሰታትን ወሓለ ግጥምታትን ብምብርካቱ ዝፍለጥ ኢሳያስ ጸጋይ፡ ሞቱ ንብዙሓት ዘሰንበደ ኾይኑ`ሉ።
በዓልቲ ቤቱ ኣርቲስት ከዲጃ ኣደም፡ “ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኩሉ ጽንዓት ይሃብኪ ይብለኒ`ሎ፡ ኣነ`ውን ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ጽንዓት ይሃብካ ክብሎ እደሊ፡ ንኤርትራ ኮኸብ`ዩ ወዲቕዋ” ዝብል ርኢቶ ንቪኦኤ ሂባ`ላ።
ምስ ከዲጃ ዝተገብረ ሓጺር ቃለ-መጠይቕ ኣሎ፡ ኣብ ምልክት ድምጺ ጠውቑ፡
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Mandate of UN monitoring group on Somalia and Eritrea extended for another year - 07/25/2012
The Security Council today extended for another year the mandate of the United Nations panel of experts monitoring compliance with the embargoes on the delivery of weapons and military equipment to Somalia and Eritrea.
In a resolution adopted unanimously, the Council decided to extend until 25 August 2013 the mandate of the Monitoring Group on Eritrea and Somalia, which also investigates all activities – including in the financial and maritime sectors – which generate revenue that is then used to break the arms embargoes.The Group is also tasked with examining any means of transport, routes, seaports, airports and other facilities used in connection...
Video: UNSC President says SEMG report is delayed – the Secretary to make a decision on Matt Bryden
UNSC President Nestor Osorio (Colombia) says that SEMG report is delayed because "problems were incurred during the preparation or delivery" of the report He also says that The Secretary will make a decision whether to fire the Monitoring Group's co-coordinator (Matt Bryden) or not...
Allied forces move closer to the port city of Kismayo, militants flee - 08/25/2012
Somali and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) forces are moving closer to rebel-held port city of Kismayo, to wrest control from Al shabab, reports said on Saturday.
Residents in the border town of Dhobley, told Shabelle Media by telephone that Somali and Kenyan military forces backing by tanks and artillery left from the town to Kismayo, 500 Km south of Mogadishu.
Sources said The joint forces are massing in villages located few Kilometers away from the strategic coastal town of Kismayo and the Al shabab fighters began Saturday, vacating from the city to their nearby strongholds in Lower Jubba region.
The move by coalition forces is seen as a step forward in the fight against Al-Shabaab rebel group and also a significant step towards taking over of Kismayo from the Al Qaeda-linked...
South Sudanese soldiers responsible of killing, torture and rape - UN - 08/25/2012
Government soldiers committed murder, torture and rape in the largest and troubled South Sudanese state of Jonglei said the United Nations mission in the new country (UNMISS) on Friday.
South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit launched last March a large disarmament operation in Jonglei following violent tribal attacks between the Nuer Lou and Murle tribes.
In a speech delivered at this occasion he warned his soldier against committing crimes and urged them to run a responsible operation, to be disciplined and to avoid tribalism.
UNMISS, nevertheless in a statement released on Friday, spoke about "serious human rights violations" allegedly committed "undisciplined" soldiers who are part of the contingents participating in the disarmament programme in Jonglei.
Between 15 July and 20...
Dozens killed in US-led drone strike in southern Somalia - 08/25/2012
Dozens of people have been killed in an attack carried out by a US assassination drone in southern Somalia, Press TV reports.
The attack, which took place in the strategically important port city of Kismayo on Friday, claimed over 37 lives and injured dozens.
Further details regarding the incident have not yet been released.
The US military uses remote-controlled drones in Somalia for reconnaissance operations and targeted killings.Washington has been carrying out assassination attacks using the unmanned aircraft in other countries including Afghanistan, Libya, Pakistan, and Yemen.
The United States claims the CIA-run strikes are aimed at militants. But witness reports and figures offered by local authorities indicate the attacks have led to massive civilian deaths.
The...
Somali, Kenyan forces advance further in southern Somalia - 08/25/2012
Somali government forces and Kenyan troops are advancing into southern Somali areas in a bid to clear the al-Shabab militants from the region, Press TV reports.
Somali government forces and Kenya troops launched an operation on Saturday, aiming to gain control of the town of Kismayo and the remaining key areas of the region.
Kismayo is a strategically important port city on Somalia's Indian Ocean coast located some 500 kilometers (310 miles) south of capital, Mogadishu.
Reports say that the residents of Kismayo have repeatedly accused al-Shabab of forcing civilians to join them.“People are fleeing from their homes while al-Shabab is forcing civilians, especially students to join the fight,” a resident, who requested to remain anonymous, told Press TV.
Kenya dispatched soldiers...
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Eritrea Report Down, Bryden Leaks – Inner City Press - 07/24/2012
UNITED NATIONS, July 24 — The UN's Somalia and Eritrea sanctions are a circus. A report on Eritrea was put online, then taken down after an Ethiopian UN official Taye Brook-Zerihoun spoke with some but not all Security Council members.Meanwhile the coordinator of the Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea, the Canadian Matt Bryden, openly leaked his Group's report and was quoted about it by name, before it was given to Eritrea.Somalia too has criticized Bryden, as supporting the full or formal breakaway of Somaliland.Tuesday in front of the Security Council members from three countries gave Inner City Press exclusive and negative reviews...
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Natnael Berhane (World Cycling Centre) won Sunday's 22nd edition of the Tour du Chablais
Podium of the best young Eduardo Sepulveda (second) and Natnael Berhane (1)
Podium of the Tour du Chablais: Jerome Mainard (2nd), Natnael Berhane (1) and Frederic Brown (3rd)
By Nicolas Gachet
Natnael Berhane (World Cycling Centre) won Sunday's 22nd edition of the Tour du Chablais (Elite National), raced between Thonon and Evian on 161.8 km. The Eritrean ahead of the French Mainard Jerome (CR4C Roanne) and Frederic Brown (Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cycling). Berhane Natnael succeeds winners of the race for Sebastian Grédy (SCO Dijon).
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Friday, July 20, 2012
Meles Zenawi is said to be dead – multiple sources - 07/20/2012
By: EthiopianReview.
An Ethiopian Airlines employee, who wants to remain anonymous, informed Ethiopian Review this afternoon that Ethiopia’s dictator Meles Zenawi has died 4 days ago. But according to our sources, his bodyguards are still at St. Luc Hospital in Belgium. If Meles is dead, what are they doing in Belgium? Is it a diversionary tactic?
When asked how he found out the information, the EAL employee said that he overheard it by accident on Monday from senior airline officials who are members of the ruling party. He added that he receives Ethiopian Review email updates regularly and decided to contact us with this information after...
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Eritrea Demands UN Sanctions Be Lifted - 07/17/2012
Eritrea information minister Ali Abdu
By Peter ClotteyEritrea’s UN envoy said Asmara has petitioned the Security Council to lift sanctions on his country after a monitoring group said it found no evidence that Eritrea supports the Somali-based Islamist militant group Al-Shabab.
Ambassador Araya Desta said Eritrea has yet to officially receive a copy of the UN monitoring group’s report before it was allegedly leaked to some media organizations.
“It’s a pity we have not yet received officially the copy of the report. But, we have seen it in Reuters [news website] today that they have got a copy and they are talking about it,” said Desta.
“We...
Eritrea support for Al-Shabab has evaporated (The Monitoring Group) - 07/16/2012
Eritrea's support for Al Shabab
has evaporated - Monitoring Group
Eritrea has reduced its support for the Al Qaeda-allied al-Shabaab group in Somalia under international pressure but still violates UN Security Council resolutions and remains a destabilising influence, a UN report says.
The UN Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea, which investigates violations of an arms embargo on both nations, said in a report to the Council, seen by Reuters news agency, that it had found no evidence of direct Eritrean support for al-Shabaab in the past year.
The Council imposed the embargo on the tiny east African state of Eritrea in 2009 over concerns...
Saturday, July 14, 2012
US, UN concerned over corrupt Somali transition - 08/14/2012
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — World leaders from Africa to the U.S. and Europe said they are growing increasingly concerned that intimidation and corruption are marring the selection of a new Somali parliament, a task still unfinished less than a week before the government's U.N. mandate expires.
The U.S. Embassy said in a statement Tuesday that it shares the concerns of the African Union and U.N. over "multiple credible reports of intimidation and corruption" in the selection of the country's new 275-member parliament.
James Swan, the U.S. representative for Somalia, continued with his list of concerns: "Inadequate representation of women and in some cases reports of former warlords who are being nominated by their communities."
Since 2004, Somalia has been represented by a U.N.-approved...
AFRICAN cyclist Daniel Teklehaimanot and three young Australians will make their Grand Tour debut with Orica-GreenEDGE in this week's Vuelta a Espana - 08/14/2012
Teklehaimanot will be joined by Victorians Simon Clarke and Mitch Docker and Western Australian Travis Meyer for their first Grand Tour starting in Pampalona on Saturday.
Allan Davis, Cameron Meyer, Julian Dean, Pieter Weening and Wesley Sulzberger are also on the team.Teklehaimanot, 23, is from Eritrea and in his first season on the WorldTour.
He joined Orica-GreenEDGE for its maiden season and his progress has impressed general manager Shayne Bannan.
"We're really happy with him,'' Bannan said.
"He held the mountains jersey until the final day at the Tour of Poland and has been training strongly ever since.
"For him to be selected for a Grand...
Foreign currency shortage hits Ethiopian banks, threatens inflation - 08/14/2012
Foreign currency shortages have forced the Ethiopian Commercial Bank to suspend the issuing of letters of credit, a move that is feared will push the prices of basic commodities up.
A critical shortage in 2008 encouraged the country's decision to devalue the Ethiopian currency, the birr in 2009, by 10 percent againt the US dollar.
The current shortage has been deemed serious by bank officials, following reports that the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) has suspended opening letters of credit to businesses.
A letter of credit is a promise to pay. Banks issue letters of credit as a way to ensure sellers that they will get paid as long as they...
Friday, July 13, 2012
Egypt’s new president replaces army chief Hussein Tantawi - 08/12/2012
By Ines Bel Aiba | AFPEgypt’s Islamist President Mohammed Morsi on Sunday ordered the surprise retirement of his powerful defence minister and scrapped a constitutional document which handed sweeping powers to the military.
Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, who ruled Egypt for more than a year after the revolution that toppled former president Hosni Mubarak, was replaced by Abdel Fattah al-Sissi.
The veteran army leader had served as Mubarak’s defence minister for two decades and headed the country after the strongman’s overthrow, until he handed power to Morsi on June 30.
Armed forces chief of staff Sami Anan was also retired, state television said, a week after a deadly attack on the Egyptian military in the Sinai prompted an unprecedented military campaign in the lawless peninsula.
Both were...
Daniel Teklehaimanot (Orica-GreenEdge) is still in the mountains classification lead - 07/13/2012
Daniel Teklehaimanot (Orica-GreenEdge) is still in the mountains classification leadPhoto: © Tour de Pologne
By Green Edge Cycling
Ben Swift (Sky Procycling) won stage two of the Tour of Poland. Daniel Teklehaimanot who climbed into the mountains classification lead yesterday – and stepped onto his first WorldTour podium to received the leader’s jersey as a result – maintained his lead on the relatively flat day of racing. Mitch Docker checked in following the Polish Tour’s longest stage to tell us about ORICA-GreenEDGE's day.
The stage began with a ten kilometer neutral section. It was a relaxed rolling start ahead of our 240 kilometer...
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
An Ethiopian and Susan Rice Semiannual Ritual at the UN Security Council - 07/11/2012
By: Bereket Tecle Once again; this July the chairman of the so-called U.N. Somalia Eritrea Monitoring group (Matt Bryden), US Ambassador to the UN (Susan Rice) and PM of the genocidal minority regime in Ethiopia (Meles Zenawi) have begun what they have been doing for a while; a joint semiannual ritual at the UNSC.
The goal is to undermine, ridicule and despoil every Eritrean institution, its people and its leadership. It has been obvious when it comes to Eritrea and the Eritrean people, no road is too low or no lie is too bold for the TPLF-run regime in Ethiopia. There is no doubt that the aid-dependent...