BY EUGENE OKUMU President Uhuru Kenyatta with Deputy President William Ruto at JKIA shortly before he left for the 2015 Milken Global Conference in Los Angeles, USA. Uhuru cancelled the trip after the plane was allegedly turned back over increasing airstrikes in Yemen. Photo/PSCU The request to fly through the airspace was granted within 20
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By RSF Reporters Without Borders calls on the European Union to condition additional aid to Eritrea via the European Development Fund (EDF) on a significant improvement in fundamental freedoms, including freedom of information. The EDF is the main instrument for EU development assistance. Under the 11th EDF, the EU’s Eritrean “partner” is to get 312
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Tsgabu Grmay Africa Championship Pietermaritzburg, South Africa – It was a historic day for the Ethiopian cycling team as Tsgabu Grmay became the first rider from the East African Nation to win an elite gold medal at the continental road championships here today. The host nation was equally elated to see Ashleigh Moolman Pasio who
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The Limits of Reliance on Coercive Institutions By Sokore Waqo The recent defection of Ethiopian Air Force crew with MI-35 helicopter has sent shockwaves to the corridors of power in Addis Ababa. The ruling elites are increasingly displaying pugnacious behavior. They lashed out at the pilot, labeling him a “traitor”. And they lambasted Ethiopia’s enemies
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Ethiopia on Monday accused what it described as the “agents” of the regime in Eritrea of hijacking an Ethiopian helicopter. The Ethiopian Defense Ministry said in a statement that an Ethiopian helicopter – that has disappeared since Friday – was forced to land in neighboring Eritrea. It said the helicopter was on a training mission
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By Matt Petronzio Time is dwindling to meet the Millennium Development Goals, the United Nations’ blueprint to tackle an array of large-scale global problems by a target date of 2015. One of those goals, eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, has seen progress, but there’s still work to be done. According to the International Food Policy
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The New York Times By VITTORIO LONGHI In Europe’s debate about how to deal with the flow of desperate migrants from Africa, there is an important element missing: the crisis in Eritrea. Every month almost 4,000 Eritreans flee to escape oppression, according to a United Nations special rapporteur. A visit to Asmara, the Eritrean capital,
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US Department of State The U.S. Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to Eritrea and strongly recommends U.S. citizens not travel to the country since there is increasing possibility U.S. citizens will not receive the requisite exit permit from Eritrean authorities. This replaces the Travel Warning for Eritrea of November
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By David H. Shinn Inernational Policy Digest Liu Zhen/China News Service Ethiopia was never colonized and along with China has a long imperial history. China’s imperial period came to an end with the fall of the Qing dynasty and formation of the Republic of China as a constitutional republic in 1912. The overthrow of Emperor
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By Tesfa-Alem Tekle Sudan Tribune April 16, 2014 (ADDIS ABABA) – The government of Djibouti says it has handed over 267 Eritrean prisoners of war to the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR), ending an incarceration that began in 2008, when…
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