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“Aba Shawl: Where the City’s Real Heart Beat Lies…”
By Meron Abraha
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
Just the other day I had the opportunity to accompany, Samuel and Weini, a soon-to-be-married couple to Cherhi, the beautiful restaurant perched on top of a hill, in the Aba Shawl area of Asmara. On our way back, we made a brief detour to one of the ale houses, where my friends enjoyed a melelik of suwa each. Back in the US,...
Eritrea did not fly arms to al Shabaab last Oct: UN
Mon Jan 16, 2012
By Aaron Maasho
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Eritrea did not airlift arms to Islamist militants in the Somali town of Baidoa late last year, a preliminary U.N. report has found, pouring cold water on a charge that sparked a diplomatic row between the two countries.
Kenya accused Eritrea in November of delivering caches of weapons to al Shabaab, an al Qaeda-linked group...
Video: Eritrean Movie “Hiwet” (PART 37)
Eritrean Movie "Hiwet" (Part 37) in [HQ video, mp3 Audio]: An Eritrean TV Sunday Feature movie and a Debessay Woldu Movie production. Mosaic program and Hiwet movie series are an ERI-TV (Eritrean Television) weekly program broadcasted from Asmara, Eritrea.
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Ethiopia accused of jamming Eritrea’s broadcast signals
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle | Sudan Tribune
January 14, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) – Ethiopia is blocking satellite transmissions from Eritrea, the government in Asmara accuses its larger neighbor, this week.
The Eritrean Ministry of information in a statement Thursday warned to take legal action. It further said Addis Ababa has been warned by the Arab Satellite Communications Organization over the illegal acts.
Following...
Meb Keflezighi, Flanagan win U.S. Olympic trials
(Reuters) – Meb Keflezighi and Shalane Flanagan won the men's and women's races at U.S. marathon trials for the London Olympics Saturday.
Eritrea-born Keflezighi, the 2004 Olympic silver medalist overhauled pre-race favorite Ryan Hall in the final four miles to run a personal best two hours, nine minutes and eight seconds on a crisp morning in Houston, Texas.
"To be on my third...
Video: Eritrea Sidra Movie (January 14, 2012)
Sidra Movie (January 14, 2012) [HQ video, mp3 Audio]: An Eritrean TV program and a Debessay Woldu Movie production. Natran program and Sidra shows are an ERI-TV weekly educational program broadcasted every Saturday from Asmara, Eritrea.
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Video: Eritrea Shingrwa (January 14, 2012)
Shingrwa (January 14, 2012) [HQ video, mp3 Audio]: Second Round of Shingrwa competition (Eritrean Idol).The Third phase of Shingrwa (Eritrean Idol) music talent competition will ran in 2011 with an initial star search from a Regional (Zoba) tour to be followed by different final stages. Shingrwa is an ERI-TV weekly TV show that is broadcasted from Asmara, Eritrea every Saturday.
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“Eritrea sent three aircrafts carrying weapons to Baidoa” laid bare as utter lie
The accusation by the Kenyan government alleging that “Eritrea sent three aircrafts carrying weapons to Baidoa” laid bare as utter lie
Asmara, 12 January 2012 – The accusation against Eritrea by the Kenyan government alleging that “Eritrea sent three aircrafts carrying weapons to Baidoa” has been laid bare as utter lie, as well as the non-existence of such activities...
The US Plan to Destabilize Sudan
January 10, 2012
Instigating Ethnic Bloodbaths
by THOMAS C. MOUNTAIN
As South Sudan implodes in a growing mass insanity of ethnic violence and once again tens of thousands have to flee for their lives the warning signs all point towards the US plan to destabilize Sudan having begun to hit its stride.
To start with, the US pays the salaries for the Sudan Peoples Liberation Army (SPLA, the national...



