Posts Tagged ‘eritrea’

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The Salvadoran navy says it has found 76 migrants from as far away as Bangladesh, Nepal and Eritrea aboard a boat in the Pacific. Navy Capt. Maximiliano Corado says the boat was detected about 50 miles (80 kilometers) off the coast, and "without doubt the final destination was to arrive in the United States." The migrants include 25 Bangladeshis, 25 Nepalese, 21 ... Full story

PART II: SOURCES OF INEFFICIENCY In the first part, I have discussed how lack of action perpetuated the crisis within OLF and damaged it beyond repair. I have suggested that growth of  regionalism and incompetent leadership are mitigating factors that are the by-product  of the chaotic life cycle of an organization that lack action.  Now I must answer the legitimate question. Why did the organization lack ... Full story

By writing this article, I understand that I am touching on one of the most closely guarded taboos, the untouchability of the OLF. I also understand that, because so many precious lives were sacrificed under the banner of this organization, emotions run very high at the mention of criticism. But I have the right and the duty to share my views and ideas regarding our ... Full story

A man was accused of stabbing his sister to death while she held her eight-month-old child. Richfield police said Guuci Beyena Mokonnen, 24, stabbed his 22-year-old sister in the parking lot of an apartment complex at 735 E. 77th St. Police were called to the area just before 10 p.m. on Saturday on a report that a woman ... Full story

WASHINGTON POST-Jailed repeatedly for his political views, Ethiopian immigrant Sharew paid smugglers around $10,000 to move him through a dozen countries and leave him a year later in the grubby southern Mexican city of Tapachula. Once on Mexico's southern border, which has grown into a major stepping-stone for hundreds of migrants fleeing conflicts in the ... Full story

President Barack Obama got a taste of what Eritreans around the world have had to deal with for the last 8 years- Astroturf campaigns-where digital media is used to generate "fake grassroots activity". The recent campaign against President Obama was orchestrated by none other than Dick Armey, the former Republican Majority Leader who leads ... Full story

Eritrea (MNN) ― Two more Christians have died in Eritrea's military-styled confinement. Glenn Penner with Voice of the Martyrs Canada says that makes a total of three believers who have died in custody since October. 37-year-old Mogos Hagos Kiflom and 42-year-old Mehari Gebreneguse Asgedom both died in the northeastern Mitire Military ... Full story

Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has fielded questions from journalists on a number of pressing foreign policy issues last Thursday, January 15, 2009. Though the occasion of the first National Climate Change Conference at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) also afforded the opportunity to clarify policy on ... Full story

Eritrean nationals residing in North America contributed solar energy-generating electronic devices in assistance to the Guecha'a Junior and Secondary School in Dubarwa sub-zone. The device that could generate 2.4 kilo watt has the capacity of providing power supply to 18 classrooms and staff offices for about 5 hours. The head of social service in the ... Full story

ASMARA, ERITREA (BosNewsLife)-- Several churches in Eritrea were without their leaders or other believers Sunday, December 21, as a government-backed campaign of mass arrests reached the capital Asmara amid fears several detainees died of mistreatment, Christians said. Over 100 men, women and children from a variety of Christian denominations were jailed in recent ... Full story