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Violence and fear: Welcome to the Horn of Africa
It looked like many of the dhows that sail the Gulf of Aden, a nameless boat identifiable only by its registration number — 11S2. This dhow, however, was not carrying fish, or even engaged in the lethal people smuggling trade conducted across these waters.
Tracked by Yemeni intelligence officials, it was laden with a quite different cargo that had been loaded at Hes Bes on Somalia's arid...
Yemeni-Eritrean talks on commercial cooperation
SANA'A, (Saba) – Yemen and Eritrea held Sunday talks on the importance of following-up meetings of the joint technical committee on commercial fishing.
The talks, co-chaired by Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi and his Eritrean counterpart Osman Saleh, dealt with the bilateral cooperation relations in various fields between the two countries and ways of enhancing them.
Al-Qirbi and...
Eritrea’s information minister says Eritrea is “inherently” opposed to all forms of terrorism (VOA)
January 10, 2010 – VOA
Eritrea’s information minister says President Isaias Afewerki’s government is “inherently” opposed to all forms of terrorism.
Ali Abdu denied Eritrea armed and trained terrorist who allegedly plotted to attack top Ethiopian government officials.
“It has two purposes; one to get some attention from some big powers and at the same time to divert...



