By Abayomi Azikiwe  Editor, Pan-African News Wire  Published Mar 22, 2012 8:16 PM A major battle outside the Somalian central city of Baidoa on March 10 showed that the imperialist-backed war against Al-Shabaab is far from over. Reports in recent weeks in the corporate media had made it appear that the Islamic resistance forces were in retreat and suffering massive casualties at the hands... 

AS soon as the fog and rain fell over the Volta a Catalunya in Spain on Wednesday, the hopes of Daniel Teklehaimanot finishing started to diminish. As Teklehaimanot, whose 190-centimetre frame has body fat of only 3 per cent in the off-season, conceded to the Herald recently when asked about his reported dislike of cold-weather racing: ”When I first came to Europe it was hard, especially with... 

  Friday, 23 March 2012 13:51 | Written by Daniel S. Some places and some events have more significance in the history of nations. In Eritrea that place is Nakfa. Nakfa was, physically and symbolically, the core of the Eritrean struggle for liberation. It is the only town that never went back to the hands of enemy once liberated on March 23 1977. Just as was declared at that moment, the liberation... 

  Professor to talk about his work to help the hungry   By Will Broaddus Staff Writer   Gordon Sato of Wenham has spent his life trying to solve some of the world’s worst problems. As a professor of biochemistry at Brandeis and the University of California San Diego, his research led to breakthroughs in the treatment of cancer. But at the same time that he was fighting disease,... 

  By: Matthew Hill 22nd March 2012    TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Nevsun Resources, which owns the Bisha gold mine in Eritrea, made $78.3-million in net after-tax earnings in the last three months of 2011, about 12% lower than the previous quarter’s profit, as output and prices shrunk. The company produced 101 000 oz of the precious metal in the fourth quarter, compared... 

  guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 21 March 2012 17.00 EDT It was good to read the analysis piece by Simon Tisdall (20 March) on the apparent silence in the west about the recent military attacks and incursions into Eritrea by Ethiopia. As he points out, the Meles regime in Ethiopia has refused to accept the UN-resolved peace line following the 1998-2000 war, and Eritrean submissions... 

  StarAfrica.com The triumph of Eritrea’s Natnael Berhane at the just ended Algerian cycling tour will be one to remember for the 21-year old cyclist. Pundits are already seeing a bright future and an exceptional future for the young athlete. The triumph of Erythrea’s Natnael Berhane at the just ended Algerian cycling tour will be one to remember for the 21-year old cyclist. Pundits... 

  Over the last 10 years since September 11, 2011, the War on Terror has dramatically changed its meaning particularly when the minority genocidal regime in Ethiopia, with the blessing and financing of the US, is manipulating, using and abusing it. For the minority regime of Meles Zenawi, terrorism and the war on terror has become a blessing giving him freedom to abuse the Ethiopian people and... 

  All Africa DESPITE the on-going internal wrangles in the athletics federation, local athletes defied odds to help Rwanda finish fourth in the 2nd edition of the African Cross Country Championships held yesterday in Cape Town, South Africa. A six-man team of Robert Kajuga, Eric Sebahire, Jean Marie Vianney Uwajeneza, Alex Nizeyimana, Evasritse Nzabonimpa and Godfrey Rutayisire beat hosts South... 

  March 19, 2012 5:48 am   / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Ethiopia, which has benefited for years from American aid, particularly in the military realm, last week raided three military bases in neighboring, tiny Eritrea. The United States needs to tell Ethiopia to keep its troops out of Eritrea, or aid will be cut off promptly. Ethiopia, an East African country with a deplorable human rights...