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Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
In its “A Week in the Horn” report, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) raised issues on the Saudi Arabia – East African Partnership Forum, the preparation of Africa's Committee for the Copenhagen Conference, Ethiopia-Djibouti High Level Joint Commission, a controversial conference on Eritrea and the need of action in Somalia. Source: (Ethiopia) Waltainfo.com - Government statement...
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Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
Finally, someone is doing something about Eritrea’s support of terrorism. Uganda has written a draft United Nations resolution calling for sanctions on the country for financing and arming the al-Shabaab terrorist group in Somalia. If passed, arms sales to Eritrea would be outlawed, the assets of members of the government and military would be frozen, and travel bans on officials would be instituted....
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JURIST (Free subscription) | yesterday
[JURIST] The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) has begun lobbying for the UN General Assembly to pass an international treaty protecting religious beliefs and symbols from defamation, according to an AP report Friday. The efforts of the OIC are being led by Pakistan and Algeria with full support of the organization's 54 remaining members. The proposal is strongly opposed by western countries...
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Delaware Liberal (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Hah, just kidding. Neocons don’t even know where Eritrea is. Afewerki announced in May 2008 that elections would be postponed for “three or four decades” or longer because they “polarize society.” All forms of media are controlled by the government. At least 10 local journalists remain in prison since their arrests in 2001. (Link: Parade) Remember, the Neocon [...]
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Mineweb - Daily news headlines (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Canadian junior, Nevsun has spent $93 million of the planned $250 million to bring its Bisha gold mine in Eritrea on stream by late next year.
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KURDISH BLOG (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Iran has sent warships to the Gulf of Aden, ostensibly to combat Somali pirates preying on major shipping lanes. But the deployment, announced Saturday in Tehran, could bring closer the prospect of a confrontation with Saudi Arabia, its regional rival, amid rising tension in the Gulf and Red Sea regions, both vital oil arteries. The Iranian move coincides with a Saudi naval blockade in the Red Sea...
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Anne Corder's Recruitment Blog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
We were delighted to find ourselves on the international stage at the Green Apple Awards for Environmental Best Practice and Sustainable Development . Our paperless office project saw us pick up a silver award in the Services Industry category. With over 500 entries this year to be one of just 80 companies receiving awards made us rather proud of ourselves! Our paperless office project has been a huge...
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The Lazy Environmentalist (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The winds of change, they are a blowing. Values are suddenly the currency of the day. Time magazine believes we have the beginnings of a Responsibility Revolution . But to establish what those responsibilities are, the values that underpin them have to be determined first. Values are the bedrock of the new world that we are creating. So what of these values? Interestingly, it is not just the talk of...
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Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
by Ryan Mauro Iran is now waging a proxy war against Saudi Arabia and Yemen by supporting a radical sect of Zaydi Shiites described as the Houthis, after the founder of their movement. The Iranians aren’t merely trying to destabilize Arab countries that are aligned too closely to the U.S.; they are trying to create a Shiite empire extending from Iran through southern Iraq to Syria — where...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Stockholm - More than 90 Swedish newspapers united Thursday in publishing a joint appeal on behalf of a Swedish-Eritrean journalist held in Eritrea for eight years without trial. Dawit Isaak was arrested on September 23, 2001 after the Eritrean gover...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Leading figure in respiratory medicine and the treatment of tuberculosis Sir John Crofton, who has died aged 97, was a world leader in respiratory medicine for more than 60 years and was at the forefront of the modern treatment of tuberculosis, smoking control and medical education. Born in Dublin, where his father was a doctor, he went to Tonbridge school, Kent, and then Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge,...
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Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
From Sudan Radio Service , Monday, 16 November 2009: Al-Bashir Urges Sudanese to Register - In God's Name (Port Sudan) - President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir has called on people to turn out in large numbers and register in order to vote in the elections scheduled to take place in April 2010. Al-Bashir was speaking during his visit to Port Sudan in Red Sea state, on Monday. He was accompanied by the President...
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NewWest.Net Boise (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Washington, D.C. is a town where an arcane government and a logical street grid are muddled by overlap and diagonal lines. But the reverent preservation and displays of America's history have a clear and tangible path, and the town seems straightforward that way. In a town where the ghosts of American history wait for you to discover them, your hosts are cabdrivers, waiters, and doormen from Eritrea,...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
"On 20 August 2009, off the Italian island of Lampedusa, the Italian coastguard rescued five of the remaining 78 Eritrean passengers aboard a rickety boat set sail from the Libyan capital, Tripoli. While a number of European sailing vessels had passed their boat in the three weeks it had spent at sea, only one stopped to give them life jackets, bread and water. But it soon went on its way ...
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