Category: Gedab News
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Eritrean Security Arrests Hundreds Of Citizens
In late May and early June, security officials of the Eritrean regime rounded hundreds of Eritreans in Asmara and the southern Red Sea provinces of Eritrea. Among those confirmed to have been arrested in Asmara are: Abdu Abduselam (well-known football player), Abdurahman Huruy, Abdurehim Abdulwasie, Hussein Said, Selahadin Abdulhay, Suraj Nurhussein, and Sammy Abdulkaleq. The
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Qatari Forces Deployed On The Eritrean-Djibouti Border
Gedab News,(June 2, 2010): Qatari mediators brokered an agreement between the Djiboutian and the Eritrean governments after months of shuttle diplomacy. Qatar has deployed its forces on the border between the two countries starting late Tuesday night; and by Wednesday morning, the forces had been deployed on the entire disputed areas between the two countries.
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Eight EDA Member Organization Agree To Unite Their Military Wings
Gedab News,(May 9, 2010): On May 4, 2010, eight member organizations of the Eritrean Democratic Alliance (EDA), an umbrella organization of Eritrean opposition forces, signed a memorandum of understanding to unify their military wings under one command. . The eight signatories are: (1) Eritrean Federal Democratic Movement (EFDM); (2) Eritrean Islamic Party for Justice
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Ambassador Yamamoto Heading To Eritrea
Gedab News has learned that Ambassador Donald Yamamoto, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary to the US Secretary of State, will fly to Asmara next week to meet with Eritrean authorities. If accurate, this would be a turning point in the relationship between the governments of Eritrea and the United States which has been going from bad to worse
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Eritrea Annuls All Passports; Issues New Ones
Gedab News (April 18, 2010): Cash strapped and facing sanctions and asset-freezes, the Government of Eritrea has issued an order to its embassies to annul all Eritrean Passports and to require Eritrean passport-holders to apply for new ones by paying USD $200 (for expatriates) and Nakfa 3000 for Eritrean residents. Unlike the old passports, which
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Another Eritrean Delegation Member Absconds In Sudan; Arab League Ignores Isaias’s Pleas
Semere Russom, the Eritrean minister of education visited Sudan leading a delegation from his ministry. According to shabait.com, the government website, the minister was on a working visit to Sudan on a mission to share with his Sudanese counterparts the “experience on the provision of educational opportunities to youths who failed to attend classes at
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EDA, Civil Society Set Date For National Conference
On February 23rd, a preparatory committee composed of representatives of the Eritrean Democratic Alliance (EDA) and representatives of Eritrean civil society groups concluded a week long session in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, and set July 30, 2010 as the National Conference date. EDA is an umbrella group of 13 Eritrean opposition groups, and the preparatory committee
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“Abu Rejela”, A Giant of The Eritrean Revolution, Has Died In Sudan
On the night of February 13th, Mohammed Ali Idris, better known as “Abu Rejela”, a hero of Eritrea’s Revolutionary struggle, died in the Eastern Sudanese town of Kassala. Abu Rejela was a comrade of Hamid Idris Awate, the leader of Eritrea’s revolution, and his acclaim was established in the Battle of Togoruba. On the 15th
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Names Of The Two Eritrean POWs Captured On New Year’s Day
Gedab News has ascertained the names of the two Eritrean combatants who were captured by the Eritrean government in the New Year’s Day battle in the Senafe and Tserona fronts. They are Mr. Nur Mussa Nakuda, a combatant from the Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RSADO), and Mr. Michael Antonio, a combatant from Eritrean National
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Names Of The Two Eritrean POWs Captured On New Year’s Day
Gedab News has ascertained the names of the two Eritrean combatants who were captured by the Eritrean government in the New Year’s Day battle in the Senafe and Tserona fronts They are Mr. Nur Mussa Nakuda, a combatant from the Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RSADO), and Mr. Michael Antonio, a combatant from Eritrean National
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EEPA’s Director Discloses What The Eritrean “Task Force” Wouldn’t: The Selection Criteria
In an interview with awate.on-forge.com, Dr. Mirijam Van Reisen has answered one question that had thus far been made vague by the Eritrean attendants of the Brussels Conference: what was the selection criteria that her organization, the European External Policy Advisory (EEPA), used to assemble the Eritrean “reference group”? According to Dr. Van Reisen: the
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General Sebhat Ephrem’s Schedule Fuels Speculation In Asmara
On November 12, General Sebhat Efrem, Eritrea’s minister of defense, left Eritrea accompanying a military team that included a cartographer, communication officer (code operator) and an intelligence officer. The destination or the purpose of the visit is unknown: it was not announced in the state-owned media and even senior military officers are unaware. But he has,
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Eritreans Attending UPR Session In Geneva
Between November 30 and December 11, 2009, the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, will conduct the 6th session of its Universal Periodic Review (UPR). As with all other countries, the UPR will review human right reports submitted by the government of Eritrea and other stakeholders, including Awate. The independent report on Eritrea
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Engagement and Exclusion: US, EU & Eritrea
For several years now, the United States and the European Union have been using divergent approaches to coax the regime of their once-staunch ally, Eritrea’s Isaias Afwerki, to come to the fold. For the most part, Europe was offering the carrot of unconditional development aid and the United States was waving the stick of sanctions.
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Saleh Meki Dies Of A Heart Attack
Mr. Saleh Meki, Eritrea’s Minister of Fisheries, died on Saturday morning (October 3) local time of heart failure. He was 62. Saleh was in his office in the port city of Massawa when he started experiencing chest pains. His colleagues called an ambulance to drive him to Asmara. He passed away in Gindae, a small town
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An Upheaval In The Mountains Of Akele Guzai
An upheaval that traces its origins to mid-April of 2009 when a captain challenged his commander’s use of a female recruit as his concubine has expanded to a military skirmish between a rebellious group of 70 gunmen and the army, requiring the intervention of President Isaias Afwerki. The clash is centered around the Deke’a and
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Eritrea: PFDJ Loses Another Senior Cadre
Mr. Kibrom Dafla , the former manager of Himbol and the Inland Revenue, has failed to return from Italy where his wife resides. Kibrom was a facilitator for the Red Sea Trading Corporation (“09”), the financial arm of the People’s Front for Democracy & Justice (PFDJ), the ruling and only legal party in Eritrea.
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Kuwait’s IPG Suing Eritrea For unpaid Bills
The Independent Petroleum Group (IPG) is suing Eritrea for Kuwait Dinars 19 million (apx. $65 million) due payments for petroleum delivered to Eritrea. IPG resorted to the Court of Arbitration in London hoping “to obtain an arbitration award confirming that Eritrea and the Petroleum Corporation of Eritrea… should immediately pay IPG the value of delivered
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“Eritrea Has Lost 25-30 Soldiers” In Djibouti
News about the escalating tension between Eritrea and Djibouti has caught Eritreans, including strong supporters of the ruling regime, off-guard. Here’s what we know so far: On January 2008, on two occasions, President Isaias Afwerki paid a visit to the port city of Asab and had a meeting with Djibouti officials at a military club
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Eritrean Security Head Survives Assassination Attempt
October 17, 2007 (ASMARA) — Eritrea’s security chief was shot four times on Friday evening by unknown gunmen. He is alive but in critical condition. Simon is the number two man in the Department of National Security, which is headed by Wedi Kassa. The gunmen fled immediately and Asmara is full of the military totting their