Category: Gedab News
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Leaders of Banned Churches Hunted, Arrested
The Christian News Network, a US-based news and information provider, reported yesterday that the Eritrean regime has arrested 10 leaders of Christian denominations who were officially banned in 2002. The report says that the arrests started on Thursday the 17th of January and it quotes a source who explains that what makes this campaign different
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Eritreans In London Demonstrate: Call To End Dictatorship In Eritrea
On Sunday, January 27, a coalition of Eritrean opposition members and sympathizers demonstrate in London in front of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
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Brigadier General Tekeste Haile: Background On January 21
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January 21: A Closer Look
It’s much bigger than we thought. The events of January 21st, the takeover of Eritrea’s Ministry of Information by members of Eritrea’s military for twelve hours, cannot be understood properly unless one has been following Eritrea’s exiled opposition media for the preceding 3-4 months. These include the Paltalk rooms in Europe that cater to Eritrean
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Achtung: Forto 2013 in Frankfurt
From Eritrean activists for democracy and human rights in Frankfurt, Germany: “After some heated exchange, the group of activists were asked by police to make their way downstairs into the lobby for a major body search operation (to ensure that the visit had been one of peaceful intent). One activist was asked to remain upstairs
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Down (Literally) With Nevsun
Schadenfreude (ˈʃaːdənfrɔydə) (noun): “malicious joy in the misfortunes of others,” 1922, from Ger., lit. “damage-joy,” from schaden “damage, harm, injury” (see scathe) + freude, from O.H.G. frewida “joy,” from fro “happy,” lit. “hopping for joy,” from P.Gmc. *frawa- (see frolic). Application: I feel a delicious sense of schadenfreude when Nevsun stock goes down. Justification: Human
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Its Not True–But At Least It Is Coherent
Well, when you say nothing happened, you can’t explain what happened. But the world knows something happened and you know you can’t go on saying nothing happened. That’s the quandary of the Eritrean regime. But it is not its first quandary, and it always stumbles around for an answer. It feeds its surrogates some misinformation
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We Missed You Too…
… our loyal readers, writers, commenters… but that is another story, a much, much smaller story compared to what is going on back home. So that story will have to wait. gedabnews.com has been re-purposed and, until awate.on-forge.com returns, it will be our meeting place. 1. To contact us by email–comment, article submission, news, inquiries–
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London Calling: Forto 2013
London Calling… Eritreans in the UK occupy the Eritrean embassy in solidarity with Eritrean soldiers who occupied the Eritrean Ministry of Information at Forto in Asmara. They call their campaign “Forto 2013” and, in symbolic move, remove rule by man (Isaias Afwerki’s picture) and replace it with rule of law (the demands of the young
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The View From The Dark Side
When we last read madote.com, it had told us (on 11/27) that Ali Abdu had returned to Eritrea*. Now, madote.com is saying nothing happened on Monday except that a handful of “terrorists” threatened to kill MoI employees , that the government gave them–the terrorists, that is, safe passage (“they were not apprehended for their terrorist
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Eritrean Regime Rounds Up Suspects Behind The Siege
1. As we reported yesterday, while the Eritrean regime publicly downplays the Monday siege of Eritrea’s Ministry of Information (MoI), it has cast a wide net to arrest anyone it suspects of having anything to do with the one-day occupation of the MoI building, aka “Forto” or “enda zena” and it has started, at its
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The Uprising In Eritrea: A Prologue, Not An Epilogue
A day after young soldiers stormed the Ministry of Information and held in captivity the employees of the ministry, resulting in the state television, Eri-TV, to go off-air, Eritreans have more questions than answers. Who were the soldiers? Did they really hold the Ministry of Information employees captive? Who was responsible for the state television
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The Immediate Family Of Ali Abdu, Eritrea’s MoI, Have been Arrested
Ali Abdu’s father, brother and daughter have been arrested by Eritrean authorities. His father, Abdu Ahmed Younis (87), his brother Hassen Abdu Ahmed (38) and his daughter Ciham Ali Abdu (15) are all in detention. Abdu Ahmed and Hassen Abdu Ahmed were arrested two days ago and are presumed to be in “Carchelli.” His daugher,
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Eritrean Strongman Asks Qatar To Mediate Dispute With Ethiopia
Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki has asked Qatar to mediate his long-standing feud with “arch-rival” Ethiopia. This message was communicated to the new Ethiopian Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalgn, by Qatar, while the Ethiopian prime minister was conducting a state visit. Isaias Afwerki has offered to attend mediation talks without any pre-conditions. In an interview with
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Ethiopia: Abducted, Held For Ransom, Octogenarian Eritrean Hostage Released
After being held in captivity for more than 14 months, Mr. Yohannes Shoba’a, a 90-year old Eritrean, was released last week. The octogenarian was held in a residential building in Addis Ababa by Eritrean abductors believed to be members of an opposition group. Mr. Yohannes Shoba stated that during his captivity he was treated well
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Eritrea’s National Council Suspends Qernelios’ Membership
In its annual meeting in Addis Abeba, Eritrea’s National Council (aka Bayto or Mejlis) has suspended the membership of the Democratic Movement for the Liberation of the Eritrean Kunama (DMLEK) and its chairman, Qernelios Esman. The decision to suspend the membership of DMLEK until the next congress was passed by majority vote. Of the 101
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Eritrea Requests Turkish Mediation
At the request of Eritrea, the Turkish Foreign Minister, Ahmed Ogle, is expected to arrive in Asmara soon to help reconcile the Eritrean regime with the Somali government. The minister will be flying in from one of the regional countries after Ethiopia denied him permission to fly directly to Asmara through the airspace of its
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Sudanese Police Free 17 Eritrean Children From Human Trafficking Gangs
On Tuesday, Sudanese security authorities in Kassala State freed 17 Eritrean detainees from human trafficking gangs, according to Adoulis.com. The raid resulted in the arrest of a gang member from the network while the rest fled. The seventeen refugees aged 14 and 15 years, were found in a deplorable conditions. They were bound with chains
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Egypt Trades Four Eritreans For One Egyptian Captain
A ship captain, Mohammed Esmat AlHlaisi, who has been detained in Eritrea since February and accused of being a CIA agent, was returned to his home country after Egypt agreed to Eritrea’s request to deport back four Eritrean asylum-seekers, according to Al Wafd newspaper. What follows below is largely sourced from Al Wafd: Mohammed Al
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Is This The Beginning Of The End For The Eritrean Regime?
Gedab News: Although Eritrea has been ruled under an undeclared state of emergency for 14 years, recent developments lend credence to the view that the Eritrean regime is cracking under the pressure: two Eritrean pilots defected to Saudi Arabia; the militarization of Eritrea’s civilians has intensified; Ethiopia’s March foray into Eritrea resulted in much higher