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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
ESAT Radio reports Dictator Meles Zenawi's Death at age 57 - 07/31/2012
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 Group won a 100 million USD contract, the “Eritrea Equipment Procurement Logistic Contract”, that aims boosting the new economic development drive.
The various machinery include excavators, motor graders, rollers, loaders, cranes, pumps, tractors and some other construction and agricultural equipment were provided by Liu Gong, XCMG, SANY Heavy Industry and some other large Chinese domestic enterprises.
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 chaos in Kismayo and southern Somalia after the big attack. The code phrase for chaos the Kenyans are using is an administrative vacuum. Some of the talks have taken place in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital. At least three major clans were involved in the discussions in Nairobi: the Marhan, Ogden and Harti. If a power-sharing arrangement with the southern Somali clans has been made, no one is talking about it.
In July Ethiopian officers indicated that Ethiopian Army units would participate in the assault on Kismayo. The speculation then was that Ethiopian armor would be valuable in the assault. There is another column marching toward Kismayo from the north, however official reports do not mention Ethiopian forces as being part of the column, only Ugandan and Burundian military forces.
A composite force consisting of African Union peacekeeping troops and Somalia Transitional National Government (TNG) troops took the fishing town of Merca on August 27. Merca is about 70 kilometers north of Kismayo.
Source: http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/ethiopi/articles/20120828.aspx
Source: http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/ethiopi/articles/20120828.aspx
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 in Mandera and Takaba towns as the a peace talk to end the bloody violence that erupted last week was led by Mandera County Commissioner Michael Tialal in Mandera County Council hall.
Speaking to Xinhua, the Banisa District Commissioner Samuel Martin however said those killed in the Sunday morning attack were only two people and one was injured.
"As local government officer who is in charge of security in the district, I can only confirm two people and another seriously injured on the thigh," Martin said on Sunday.
"We suspected the assailants to be militiamen from the Garreh clan were revenging for the killing of the people in Rhamu and Wajir prior in the week," he added.
Both Garre and Degodia have communal presence and have sophisticated armed militia in Ethiopia who has been used in clan fighting in the Horn of Africa country.
The fighting pitting the pastoralists Somali sub-clans of Garre and Degodia reignited on last Monday after suspected Garre clan militia believed to have crossed from the neigbouring Ethiopia killed six people, wounded three others and escaped with 500 herds of cattle after they raided a Degodia village in Banisa district in Mandera West constituency.
Hundreds of families from the warring clans have fled from far- flung areas dominated by their rival clan for fear of being caught in the recurring reprisal attacks.
The latest attack that comes as negotiation to settle the conflict was spearheaded by the government and the local religious leaders has heighten tension in the wake of the escalating killing that has political bearing.
Livestock herding is the main livelihood and source of income in northern and some parts of eastern Kenya, and the hike in cattle thefts threatens to ignite cross-community reprisals and raids that could set the stage for a surge in ethnic fighting in the region.
Clashes between the rival cattle herding pastoralists in the region are common, with herders often carrying guns to protect their animals, but the recent fighting has been unusually heavy.
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 ኣደም
ስነ-ስርዓት ቀብሩ፡ ኣሸሓት ኣብ ዝተረኸብሉ ብሰሉስ ኣብ ኣስመራ ተፈጺሙ
ብ 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።
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