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Hippos Face Eritrea in Quarter Final
AllAfrica.com - Africa
THE national junior football side Hippos face Eritrea in the first quarter final of the East and Central Africa U-20 Karume Challenge Cup tonight in Zanzibar. ...
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UN SG Special Envoy to visit Eritrea
ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva,Switzerland
... August 2005 -- The UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for the Humanitarian Crisis in the Horn of Africa, Mr. Martti Ahtisaari arrives today in Asmara, Eritrea ...
Aug 20, 2005, 19:07
USDA's CCC buys 100,000 MT white wheat for Eritrea
Eritrea Daily - Perth Amboy,NJ,USA
KANSAS CITY - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 100,000 metric tons (MT) of wheat for shipment to Eritrea. ...
ERITREA: MFA ALLOCATES 3 MLN EURO FOR WAR ORPHANS
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia, Italy -
(AGI) - Rome, Italy, Aug. 19 - The goal of the MFA's 'Mahzel' programme is to recover the 90,000 orphans of the Eritrea War, which ended in 1992. ...
Sunridge Gold Corp.: Results of Exploration Program Confirm Several Additional High Priority Drill Targets, Asmara Project, Eritrea, AUGUST 17, 2005 - 08:30 ET
Eritrea says Ethiopia border stalemate hits tourism
Eritrea Daily, NJ -
17 August 2005, ASMARA, ERITREA (Reuters via AOLnews) - Eritrea said on Wednesday its border stalemate with Ethiopia was hindering a drive to develop tourism ...
Two Ministers conduct tour in Southern region    shabait.com  Aug 16, 2005, 18:29
Ethiopian PM in talks with US Congressman Smith on row with Eritrea.....ADDIS ABABA, Aug 15, 2005 (ENA)
Terror response center opens in Kenya
World Peace Herald Mon, 15 Aug 2005 12:41 PM PDT
NAIROBI, Kenya -- The United States and 11 African countries Monday opened a terror response center in Nairobi.
ERITREA: Food aid held for taxes to be released, says gov't ...
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
ASMARA, 16 August (IRIN) - Hundreds of tonnes of food relief held up since July at Eritrea's Massawa port under new laws that require aid to be taxed are to be ...
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New questions asked in London bombings
International Herald Tribune Mon, 15 Aug 2005 9:01 AM PDT
The investigation into the lethal July 7 attacks and the failed July 21 attacks seems to have undergone some less-publicized changes that have left important questions, in public at least, unanswered.
Eritrea denies aid held up over new tax
Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa
ASMARA (Reuters) - Eritrea denied on Monday reports by relief
Radical Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa 

12 August 2005
Integrated master plan drafted for Mendefera town
 shabait.com Aug 12, 2005, 18:14
Eritrea food uncertain despite good rains Independent Online - 13-08-2003 Good rains are expected to improve Eritrean food production this year but labour shortages, flash floods and locusts could still undermine the country's food security.
IMMIGRANTS: INTERIOR MINISTRY OVER 4000 EXPELLED IN 2005
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia, Italy - Aug 10, 2005
... Last year 71 charter flight carried 2,653 clandestine people to Egypt, 1,576 to Romania, 354 to Nigeria, 203 to Sri Lanka, 84 to Eritrea and 30 to Ecuador ...
Peace rhetoric must become reality in Sudan
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - 3 hours ago
... then. The US, Eritrea and other countries with influence over the SLM must put pressure on the rebels to resume peace talks. UN ...
Eritrea: Opposition raps local Islamist group for killing four soldiers  Requires subscription
BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom, Aug 11, 2005
The BBC, based on news gathered from the website of the "the Eritrean Islamic Islah Movement" (http://www.islaher.org...
Barentu, 11 August 2005
Somali leader plans war, MPs say
 BBC NEWS: 2005/08/11 16:14:31 GMT
Somalia remains in the grip of gunmen Somalia's president is planning to start an internal war with Ethiopian help, a group of rebel MPs has said.
US lawmaker to visit Sudan, Ethiopia
AFP via Yahoo! News Wed, 10 Aug 2005 2:37 PM PDT
A US lawmaker with a history of pushing for human rights will visit Sudan and Ethiopia next week to discuss regional stability as well as the future of democracy in East Africa, his office announced.
Harnessing Wind Energy in Eritrea
AScribe - USA
10 (AScribe Newswire) -- At the southern tip of the Red Sea, a constriction formed between two mountain ranges funnels wind onto the shores of Eritrea, a small ...
Jihadist group reportedly kills four Eritrean soldiers in west 
BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom, Aug 08, 2005
The Eritrean Jihad organization, the Eritrean Islamic Islah Movement, has posted in its website report of the killing of...
President receives German State Minister By Shabait  Aug 8, 2005, 18:48...

President Isaias Afwerki today received and held talks with German State Minister, Ms. Christian Muller. The talks focused on the Eritrean-Ethiopian peace process, Eritrean-German relations and other issues of regional interest.
Chinese government for development of Army to Army relations with Eritrea By shabit Aug 8, 2005, 18:44
Yemen under threat of locusts invasion
Yemen Times, Yemen - 4 hours ago
... The unstable situation in the African Horn is a sign of dangerous locusts spreading on the western coasts of Yemen as they may come from Eritrea where locusts ...
DLCC vehicles still hijacked in Marib Experts warn of possible ... Yemen Times
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meskerem 08-23-05: Silence of the voices of reason and moderation concerns the Eritrean Public. EDA's credibility at risk.

The recent killings of the four members of the Eritrean Defense Forces by the Eritrean Jihadist’s organization and the video release by the Italian government that depicted the Eritrean government as “crusader” has greatly alarmed the Eritrean public, especially coming after the attempt by  terrorists  in  London where  an individual of an Eritrean origin  was named as a suspect.
 
The Eritrean public looked for leadership in such a trying times and expected reaction by the leadership of the Eritrean opposition organizations, EDA, , Eritrean human rights organizations and concerned citizens.  Expression of concern, to say the least, was expected. To date,  only EDP issued a statement condemning the attack.  Some concerned individuals, sadly only with Christian names, have expressed concern. The rest have been mute , silent or have been muted, silenced. Articles written in Arabic language have only shown support for the actions of the Jihadist organization. Some have  attacked meskerem for the coverage of the news and some have even called for ejection of EDP from EDA.

Such reaction and the silence  has raised a major concern as to whether the political clout of the Jihadist and Islamist in the opposition in general and the EDA in particular is such that the voices of reason have been silenced and muted. 

The next meeting of the EDA that will be held at the end of this month will tell the Eritrean public where the EDA stands on this matter. Will the EDA succumb to the pressures from the fundamentalists, their supporters and their foot-soldiers and do a window treatment on this matter or will it courageously  distance itself from the actions of the Jihad organization and stop the machinations that want to place EDA on the West’s list of terrorist organizations.
 
Mobile telephone service goes operational in Segeneity  Shabait.com Segeneity, 20 August 2005 -
 
Successful accomplishment of Students in Summer Work Campaign

Asmara, 20 August 2005 -..Over 1,000 students participating in the Summer Work Campaign in Desk 2 of the Central region constructed 212 Km.-long terraces.
 






18/08/2005

ELF heading to its Congress and  at cross-roads. Will it change  and lead or regress and squander a golden opportunity?
meskerem 8-17-05  ELF is the only prominent Eritrean opposition organization that has stayed united and shamed the forces that, even on the eve of its congress, are sleeplessly conspiring  to destroy its unity.
The  ELF is expected to  hold its Congress sometime early September. There is a lot of anticipation. There is high expectation from the congress as the outcome  of the congress  will indicate whether the ELF will change to meet the challenges of the changing times and  take its deserved leading role or whether it will be stuck in the old days, regress and be deprived of the role it could play in advancing the goals of the National Democratic Revolution. Well wishers are hoping  to see a new  ELF,  firm on its   National Democratic principles, goals and its traditions. The Eritrean political reality prays for and calls upon the ELF to show willingness to change. It is also the hope and wish of all to see ELF , the only organization that has maintained its unity, to  come out united with injection of new democratic blood and  be a bridge for unity of our people.


 


                   nharnet.com
 
meskerem 8-11-05:
Sudanese and Ethiopian government officials attend a regular meeting of the  leadership of an Eritrean opposition organization  in Khartoum while an  Ethiopian ambassador is cheered at Kassel by the EDA,  according to GIC and Kunama website reports.

    In in-your -face act of disregard to the Eritrean public's discomfort with the  too-close- for-comfort relationship of the Eritrean opposition with the Ethiopian and Sudanese governments, a regular  meeting of an Eritrean opposition organization in Khartoum was attended and blessed by  Ethiopian and Sudanese government  representatives. This is the first time that such a direct involvement of  both the regimes has been allowed. It is to be remembered that the Ethiopian ambassador to Germany was invited to a public gathering at the  Kassel Festival and cheered by the EDA .  Are these unseen before acts of defiance signs of giving up on the Eritrean public?
meskerem 8-8-05:  Mr. Adolay Kornelios, Chairman of Democratic Movement for the Liberation of Eritrean Kunama,  accused by BADEN- KUNAMA.COM. of politically motivated murders of five prominent Kunamas.

"...DMLEK ´s leader Mr. Adolay Kornelios Osman Aggar, since 1998-2005 killed 5 prominent Kunma ...most probably more.... according our sources...."



 

                Not in Our Name
 Jemel Said Ibrahim E.L.F chairman UK branch
"...I condemn all the terrorists whoever they are. They should not hide behind Islam as this is a peaceful faith. I believe that these terrorist are sick just using Islam as a front to hide their criminal nature...."
 


 

The blood in Wi’a and the pain and tears in Debub will not be in vain
Eritrean Liberation Front July 28, 2005.
 
Government Supporter takes a jab at Opposition.
The Eritrean opposition vs. the Ethiopian opposition (by Dr. Mussie Msghina) Berhan Sium (Mon Jul 25 2005 - 12:19:05 EDT) source,  Dehai
 


 



 

 

 
EDP North America Council Meeting

EDP North America Regional Council Meeting in Atlanta EDP will be holding its North America Regional meeting in Atlanta this coming Labor Day weekend- September 3, 4 and 5, 2005. Members from Canada and USA are expected to attend this crucial meeting.  full text

Meseretawi Hitotat , Part IV:  Succession & Institutions, Berhan Hagos August 20, 2005
 

على خطى الأبرار نمضي (1) حشاشو إرتريا والبحث عن دور جديد بقلم علي محمد سعيد بين يدي الموضوع
Wednesday, August 17, 2005 4:19 AM
 

Meseretawi Hitotat , Part III:  Reformers’ Dilemma   ‘Ab Wigi’e zeywua’le belih’  
Berhan Hagos August 17, 2005  
 


 

 

 



 

 

 



 
Propaganda by deed!, 
Mussie Ephrem,
Friday, August 12, 2005 9:23 AM
 

 


 

Meseretawi Hitotat Part II: PFDJ, Antithesis of EPLF..
Berhan Hagos August 10, 2005
 

      


 


Monday, August 08, 2005 11:30 AM
 

How Long Oppression?.
.Bereket Tekle, Sweden, Monday, August 08, 2005 6:18 AM
 
Meseretawi Hitotat Part I:  Fundamental Issues,
  Berhan Hagos,  August 7, 2005
 
 A dream World?
Habteab Tesfamichael ,
Sunday, August 07, 2005 5:27 PM
 

 
What is there not to understand?
Naz Yemane August 1, 2005
 

መግለጺ ዘድላዮ ቃለማሕተት ዶክተር በየነ
ወልደሚካኤል ገብረ   አባል ኤርትራዊ ህዝባዊ ምንቅስቃስ
 Thursday, July 28, 2005 4:27 PM
 

 Eritrea’s Orange Revolution Has Begun....Berhan Hagos July 27, 2005



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