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VIDEO: President Isaias Afwerki's trip to Qatar for the Darfur peace signing
President Isaias stresses need for mediators to enhance their role so as to achieve a lasting solution to the Darfur problem
Asmara, 24 February 2010 – President Isaias Afwerki stressed the need for mediators or facilitators to enhance their role so as to achieve a lasting solution to the Darfur problem. He made the remarks during the signing ceremony of the First Framework Agreement in Doha...
AU wants Somalia declared no fly zone
Sunday, 28th February, 2010
By Cyprian Musoke
THE Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU) has asked the UN to impose a no-fly zone on Somalia and block sea ports through which foreign groups supply logistics to the insurgents.
Eritrea, in particular, has been accused of serving as a conduit for arms, logistics and foreign fighters to the Islamist group Al Shabaab in Somalia.
On December...
Video: More migrants seek refuge in Egypt
Egypt's Sinai border is a major transit route for African migrants and refugees fleeing to Israel. Tens of thousands of refugees come to Egypt every year, from countries including Iraq and Sudan, in search of a better life. But in recent years, dozens of Africans have been shot dead by the Egyptian police as they tried to cross into Israel. As Al Jazeera's Barnaby Phillips reports from Cairo,...
VIDEO: Over 10,000 Eritreans Merge at the White House for demonstration
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Jennie reaches destination after epic train journey in the Horn Africa
By Peter Kay
MANY men are interested in railways, and some have written books about them, but Jennie Street has gone down a virtually unknown line.
A woman writing about a publication about trains? And about the rail network in a country in the Horn of Africa?
Jennie – renowned for her enthusiastic rallying of the community in Totley, where she lives – has spent the past ten years compiling...
VIDEO: 2010 Eritrea Shingrwa competition – Final Top three qualifiers announced | Sidra Movie
Eritrea Shingrwa: Final Top three qualifiers announced | Sidra Movie (Feb 27, 2010)
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Eid Al-Maulid Anebi celebrated across Eritrea
Asmara, 26 February 2010 – Eid Al- Maulid Anebi was today celebrated across the nation in a colorful manner.
At the celebration held at the Al-Khulafa Al-Rashideen Mosque here in the capital, ministers, regional administrators, Army commanders, Government and PFDJ officials, as well as religious leaders, Ambassadors accredited in Eritrea and thousands of the faithful took part. The Eritrean...
