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Shabait.com Asmara,
18 May 2010 – The
two-day meeting of
the Eritrean Cabinet
of Ministers at the
Denden Hall here in
the capital
concluded today
adopting significant
resolutions and work
directives.
In its yesterday’s
session, the meeting
held deliberations
on the working paper
presented by
President Isaias
Afwerki regarding
national development
programs for the 2nd
half of 2010 and
beyond, as well as
political and
diplomatic
developments. Also
in the afternoon
session of the same
day, the meeting
took note of the
tasks being
undertaken
concerning the
collection of
detailed data and
What does Eritrean children having
fun has anything to do
with HGDF?
What does Eritrean children having
fun has to
do with HGDF?
As part of the “UK
program, May in
Honor of the 19th
Eritrean
Independence Day” an
event for Children
Youth and Family was
colorfully
celebrated. Saturday
15th May 2010 a
bright day that
marked the
resilience and unity
of Eritreans in the
UK.
The event was
attended by H.E.
Tesfamichael Gerahtu
Eritrea’s Ambassador
to the United
Kingdom and Ireland
along with Embassy
officials and
Eritrean community
organizers.
The Eritrean
community in London
enjoyed the event
throughout the day
with a positive and
forward moving
atmosphere, once
again showing their
unity by coming
together and acting
as a big family.
The day started off
with the sun
breaking over an
overcast morning,
bathing the Eritrean
Sports Day UK 2010
in rays of light.
As preparations
conclude many,
parents, youth and
children began to
flock into the Lee
Valley Leisure
Complex and the
games begin with all
the best Eritrean
music being played
through the sound
system.
H.E. Tesfamichael Gerahtu
Eritrea’s Ambassador to the
United Kingdom and Ireland,
began by addressing the 23
December 2009 UN Security
Council Resolution 1907
(2009) that called for
sanctions against Eritrea .
The SC through Resolution
1907 (2009) accused Eritrea
of aiding Somali groups
opposed to ..
“You are entitled
to your own opinion but you
are not entitled to your own
facts.” Senator
Patrick Monahan.
One of the usual cyber
hit man lands a sweeping
article against the Eritrean
Peoples Democratic Party.
Interestingly, that piece
almost escaped my attention;
may be due to its title, I
haven’t read it until today,
may the 14th.
2010. Hence, I decided to go
back and read it because he
has a track record of
trashing EPDP
..Since 2000 there has been an uneasy peace, with Eritrea trying to
rebuild its economy after a devastating period of war. It sits, however,
in a difficult area and every time there were problems in Sudan,
Djibouti or Somalia near its border, Eritrea was held responsible by the
UN. This culminated in the adoption of a package of sanctions against
Eritrea last December. What has to be seen in the background of all this
is the dark art of US diplomacy. The US wanted its favoured candidate
Ethiopia to have access to
the Red Sea and found
Eritrea
The Bisha Project is
positioned to be Eritrea's
first modern day mine,
with production under the
current mine plan to yield
payable metals of 1.06M oz
gold, 734M lb copper, 1B lb
zinc and 9.4M oz silver. It
benefits from the continued
support of the local Eritrea
Government and is fully
financed.
Starve
Eritreans and make their children
look like the starving African child
in the picture to force them to revolt
against their government, calls
West's Religious Right's Report
U.S. should deter foreign mining in
Eritrea-report AlertNet
Thu, 13 May 2010 06:56 AM PDT
Source: Reuters * Accuses Eritrea
of religious freedom abuses * Calls
for hardening of U.S. policy *
Eritrea denies abuses, foreign
miners reject call By Jeremy Clarke
NAIROBI, May 13 (Reuters) - Mining
...
SudanTribuneMay 11,
2010 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan
will launch a mediation
to end the border row
between Djibouti and
Eritrea and
defuse the
current tension between
the two Horn of Africa
nations, the state
minister for foreign
affairs stated today.
Ali Ahmed Karti,
Sudan’s state minister
for foreign affairs met
Tuesday with the
visiting Eritrean
foreign minister. The
two parties discussed
bilateral relations and
ways to boost
cooperation between the
neighboring countries.
May 11, 2010 (ADDIS ABABA) ---
Ethiopian Prime minister Meles
Zenawi has advised arch-foe
Eritrea to refrain from what he
said was a "growing aggression
by Asmara".
PM Meles Zenawi,
also commander in-chief of the
national defense forces,
stressed that his army is
militarily capable of smashing
down any foreign invaders to
safe guard country; however he
said that the Ethiopian
government has preferred to pass
to a number of hostilities by
Eritrea.
"The Ethiopian government and
our defense forces have
refrained from retaliating to
Eritrea’s repeated aggressions."
Zenawi said adding "
On Monday
the International
Association of
Athletics
Federations (IAAF)
ratified the
two world records
set by Zersenay
Tadese at the
EPD Lisbon Half
Marathon on March
21, 2010.
He also set the
record in the 20k,
running a 55:21. He
demolished the
existing world
record set by Haile
Gebrselassie in 2006
by a full 27
seconds.
“I felt very
good, and looking
for a performance
just like that,”
Tadese told a
reporter for the
IAAF immediately
following the race.
Tadese is still
primarily a half
marathon runner.
Coming off of his
world record in
Lisbon, he was a
favorite at
this year's Virgin
London Marathon,
but ended up
finishing in seventh
place with a time of
2:12:03.
He also won the
bronze medal in the
10,000 at the 2004
Athens Olympics,
becoming the first
Eritrean to win an
Olympic medal.
Olympian and New
York City Marathon
champ
Meb Keflezighi
is also from
Eritrea, but he was
a naturalized U.S.
citizen when he won
silver in the men's
marathon in Athens.
As a young teen,
Tadese wanted to
become a
professional
bicyclist, and
didn't switch to
competitive running
until his late
teens.
Tadese is a hero
in Africa, and is
now the first
Eritrean athlete to
hold a world record
in distance running.
From 1970s to 2010, it is not only a jump of
centuries
from the 19th to 20th,
but is a life time,forty
years odd. This is the time the oppositions
existed.Forty
years is ample to have come up with some
solid vision, with real unifications and
with clear practices and aims.
You will find in most of them (the
oppositions), that their programmes
(plagiarized
from each other) only differ on how they
think they will chop, federate, divide the
map of the country, these I call the
‘paintbrush parties’ and they prefer to use
bombs.
Coordinated
National
Resolute
Rebuff By
Eritrean
Nationals At
Global Level
Bearing
Fruitful
Outcome;
Ambassador
Girmai
He
made
the
remarks
during
briefings
he
gave
to
the
participants
of
the
third
meeting
of
Eritrean
nationals
in
Washington
and
its
environs
on
May
2
.Asmara,
5
May
2010
-
The
Eritrean
Ambassador
to
the
United
States,
Mr.
Girmai
Gebremariam,
said
that
the
on-going
coordinated
diplomatic
and
political
effort,
as
well
as
the
vigorous
national
resolute
rebuff
at
global
level
are
bearing
fruitful
outcome. He
made
the
remarks
during
briefings
he
gave
to
the
participants
of
the
third
meeting
of
Eritrean
nationals
in
Washington
and
its
environs
on
May
2.
Following
a
review
of
the
activities
carried
out
over
the
past
four
months
regarding
the
national
resolute
rebuff,
briefings
and
various
lectures
were
given
on
the
objective
situation,
according
to
reports.
In
the
meeting
Dr.
Kiflai
Gebremedihn,
an
Eritrean
intellectual
from
Cornell
University
in
New
York
who
recently
visited
the
Homeland,
presented
a
detailed
account
along
with
pictorial
presentation
on
the
development
drive
in
various
parts
of
the
country.
He
informed
the
participants
that
he
was
deeply
impressed
with
the
tangible
outcome
of
the
nationwide
program
aimed
at
achieving
food
security.
In
addition,
a
separate
lecture
was
presented
under
the
theme:
“Eritrea’s
Struggle
Against
Psychological
Warfare”.
The
participants
of
the
meeting
reiterated
their
readiness
to
live
up
to
the
nation’s
expectations,
besides
reaffirming
resolve
to
combat
all
acts
of
enemy
conspiracy.
Mekhete -
Report & Pictures in Sheffield United Kingdom!
Eritrean
19th Independence Anniversary for Children
and Families in London
NOW WE KNOW
WHY!
Four organizations in Tedamun 4
votes. Three parties in EPDP 1 vote. 10 EDA Votes v One EPDP Vote?
Names and Chairmen of the
organizations that signed the
above press release.
1- E.L.F -
Abdella Idris
(Tedamun)
2- Eritrean
Peoples Democratic Front
- Tewelde Gebresellasie
3- National
Salvation Front - Ahmed
Nassir
4- EFDM -
Beshir Ishak
(Tedamun)
5- Islamic
Reform - Abu-Suhel
(Tedamun)
6- Islamic
Party for Justice &
Development - Mohamed Amer
(Tadamun)
7- Islamic
National Congress - Hassen
Selman
8- Red Sea
Democratic Movement of Afar
- Ibrahim Haroon
9- DMLK -
Kernalious Osman
10- Alnahda
- Nur Idris
When Emotion Rules Facts Are Overlooked Asfaha
Woldemichael Monday, 03
May 2010 22:03 You Bump Into An Eritrean Who Claims He/She
Is Independent Of Any Political Movement, Be
Ware Of... When you bump into an Eritrean who
claims he/she is independent of any
political movement, be ware of that person.
These are the kind of individuals whose bias
you may see one day explode unveiling their
true colors.
shabait.com Asmara, 3 May 2010- President Isaias Afwerki
left today for Qatar and Egypt on a working
visit at the invitation of Sheikh Hamad Bin
Khalifa Al-Thani, Emir of Qatar, and
President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt.
In the course of the visit, the President
would hold talks with the leaders of the two
countries on enhancing bilateral relations
and regional, as well as international
issues of mutual interest.
President Isaias was accorded warm welcome
on arrival in Doha at noon.
In the conference which was held within the
premises of the Eritrean Consulate General,
Mr. Abdallah Jabir, Head of Organizational
Affairs at the PFDJ, pointed out that the
activities conducted by youths in the Saudi
city in a year was commendable. He further
reminded the need for higher awareness and
organizational capability on the part of the
youth, and thereby fulfills the
responsibility entrusted to them.
...Negotiations are supposed to be
painful and unpleasant, because they are
supposed to address issues of conflict.
..The representative teams of each party, on
the other hand, including that of the EFDM
are vested with the power and authority to
represent their constituents in the
negotiations process and to make tentative
agreements. Therefore, Gabeel has the right
to transmit an open message to their leaders
who are there to negotiate in their names
and the name of their constituents. Those
who seem to be complaining about mentioning
the word “commandos” that represents a real
tragic story for the majority of us, should
explain their associations with this past
lethal Eritrean collaborators who destroyed
and eliminated many of our villages in the
early 60’s and 70’s. We are not afraid
to call thing as they are, now or in the
future.
In defense of
Gabeel.com editorial
Y_Yassin,
Jan 15th
, 2005
.. They have the right to raise the
issue of illegal settlements, the continuous
and consecutive oppressive policies, denial
of heritage, and yes the historical
brutality of the “commandos” so as to enter
into a unity with clear vision and awareness
of the facts as they are, not as they wish
them to be. Further, why the tendency to
censorship and the implied “technique of
intimidation” among equals? When Gabeel says
its opinion, it is theirs to keep, not
others to please. As Eritreans they have
every right to come out and say it as it is.
They are either veteran freedom fighters or
children of freedom fighters, they are proud
Eritreans who do not get intimidated by
criticisms, and they do not compromise on
the fundamentals or hesitate to raise the
issues, and for the record are not immediate
decedents of criminals as some of the
complainers are known to be. Those who
are alleging campaign of hate are covering
up their own family history of hate and
crime.
Editorial:
How the EFDM delegation needs to manage the
upcoming opposition meeting Gabeel Team, January 2005
...The above are just few simple questions
that aught to be asked by the EFDM
delegation and answered by any group that
claims to have the interest of the Eritrean
people at heart. Today there are many in the
opposition camp that are not just
indifferent to the plights of our people,
but openly call upon us not to even mention
the atrocities that have been befalling our
people from the days of the so-called
“Commandis” (1960s & 1970s) to the present
day merciless pfdj “commandis”. Aside from
the opportunist gutless individuals and
groups, we should be left in no doubt that
the opposition camp is clearly divided into
those who wish to maintain the status-quo
minus Issayas or with “reformed” Issayas and
those who genuinely favor fundamental
changes that reverses the injustices of the
last 50 years and restore the Eritrean
people’s legitimate rights to autonomous
rule and federally structured system of
governance.
In
Negotiations Threatening Doesn’t Have a
Space
“Change
your thoughts and you change your world.”
Norman
Vincent Peale Desbele Khasai. Friday, January 14, 2005
1:50 AM As the Khartoum conference to find a common
ground in toppling the dictator is underway,
all respective opposition organizations are
expected to come equipped with the best
negotiation tools to leverage their
counterparts. That been the case, EFDM’s
negotiation tone will put it this way; “…Today there are many in the opposition
camp that are not just indifferent to the
plights of our people, but openly call upon
us not to even mention the atrocities that
have been befalling our people from the days
of the so-called ‘Commandis’ (1960s & 1970s)
to the present day merciless pfdj ‘commandis’.
Aside from the opportunist gutless
individuals and groups, ...”.
We warned the
opposition. Even before 2005.
We warned the opposition.
Even before 2005.We called upon the
opposition including our Muslim brothers to
voice opposition and condemnation. Only few
did. Most kept silent out of fear and
opportunism. The tiny scorpion is now a
python of hate and about to swallow the
opposition.
2005,
Déjà vu (Attacks and war against the Christian Highlander, only means left for
them, but wrong path to the throne..)
Meskerem will be posting Tigrinya and
English articles that were written by the
fascist EFDM and it fascist leader Bashir
Yishaq in 2005, before the
Khartoum meeting of the Alliance. You will
see for yourself their ethnic and religious
hate and cowardice and the contamination,
disruption and political civil war they
created in the opposition. In 2005, when the alliance was getting ready
for one of its meetings in Khartoum, a
barrage of assaults against the Eritrean
Christian highlanders in the opposition was
carried by the fascist Bashir Yishaq and his
fascist EFDM . The organization unleashed
ethnic and religious attacks against the
Kebesa, only equaled and no less than the
agitation by those genocidal cadres of the
Rwanda roaming butcher units. Bahisr Yishaq
and his fascist organization attacked the
Kebesas in the opposition accusing them of
committing atrocities against the lowlander
because, as far as these fascists were
concerned, these gallant freedom fighters
were offsprings of Andenet and Commandos
hence responsible too. They tried to justify their action by
shamelessly stating that they wanted to
divert and change the outcome of the meeting
that was going on in Khartoum. And then 5
years later comes the conference, same thing
but now there is Tedamun and the
Terrorist Unit at Awate website and then the
Covenant and the terrorist of the land of Kangaroos and then the Trojan-Horse
professor..
Then the Conference of the EDA becomes the Conference of the
Sectarian Covenant.. and Eritrea becomes
Lebanon.. ..Tsk Tsk Younus. Blebamka...
We warned the opposition. Even before
2005.We called upon the opposition, the
alliance and particularly our Muslim
brothers to voice opposition and
condemnation. Only few did. Most kept
silent out of fear and opportunism.
The tiny scorpion is now a python of hate
calling for war against the Christian
highlanders and about to swallow the
opposition.
..Months before the conference and
they are it again and this time, they have
the Tedamun, the Ali Salim Terrorist Unit at
Awate, then the Covenant, … the
Trojan-Horse professor.
They are carrying terrorist tactics to
intimidate and harass whoever is left of the
opposition and hijack the opposition,
convert the conference into a sectarian
conference and into a religious movement.
Mekete in Australia
YPFDJ Meeting in Sudan
Empowerment
of the youth continues..passing the torch
slowly but surely..
Full report of the
6th YPFDJ conference in Berlin which
was held from April 1-5, 2010 in the
following link
Lebanese
rally to move away from confessional system and the
mentality that led to civil wars and our brothers
want us to embark on this failed, civil-war-prone multiconfessional system?
መለበምን
አይግበርካ መለበምን አይኽላእካ ...
Annulling
mentality that led to civil war
Thousands of
Lebanese march against sectarianism
Protesters march against 'mentality
that led to civil war' 35 years ago in
small country of 18 religious sects
AP
Published:
04.25.10, 18:43 /
At least 2,000
Lebanese marched through central Beirut
on Sunday in a show of support for
secularism in their deeply divided
country.
The "Laique Pride,"
or "Secular Pride," march was organized
by civil society groups.
Participants
headed toward parliament in downtown
Beirut but were prevented from reaching
the compound by Lebanese soldiers.
Lebanon is home to
18 religious sects and is deeply divided
along sectarian lines. The country
experienced a ruinous 15-year civil war
between Muslims and Christians that
ended 20 years ago.
Since Lebanon
gained independence in 1943, the
president has always been a Maronite
Christian, the prime minister a Sunni
Muslim and parliament speaker a Shiite
Muslim. Parliament and Cabinet seats are
equally divided between Christians and
Muslims.
"We are here today
to call for annulling the mentality that
led to a war 35 years ago," said
Marianne Ghattas, a 16-year-old high
school student, referring to the 1975-90
civil war that killed 150,000 people.
The army must not get near parliament.'
(Photo: Reuters)
"In order for us to
accept each other and live equally there
should be no sectarianism," Ghattas
said.
Sectarian rifts are
common between Sunni, Shiite and
Christian communities. Each community
makes up roughly a third of Lebanon's
population of 4 million.
Dozens of
participants danced and played music as
they sang: "No to sectarianism, we are
all Lebanese. Yes to secularism."
But it is not just the country's
politics that are sectarian.
Lebanon's personal
status laws are based on religion-based
issues like marriage and inheritance.
Lebanese can only have religious
marriages. Those who want to have a
civil marriage must do so abroad.
"Civil marriage,
not civil war," read a banner carried by
Ghattas and several others.
Annulling mentality that led to civil war. (Photo:
Reuters)
"The goal is to create a face for a secular
Lebanon," said organizer Kinda Hassan. "We are
demanding that religion and politics stay separate
and politics stay separate from an individual's
religion."
CNN)
--
Thousands
of
Lebanese
are
expected
to take
to the
streets
Sunday
to call
for an
end to
the
country's
deep-rooted
sectarian
system.
Civic
rights
in
Lebanon
currently
function
under a
multiconfessional
system
where
power is
distributed
proportionally
among
religious
communities
and
leaders
within
those
groups
determine
rights
rather
than the
government.
Issues
arise
under
this
system,
where
government
seats
are
allocated
by
religious
affiliation
and
marriage
decisions
are
dealt
with
primarily
in
confessional
courts
BEIRUT
(Reuters) - About
3,000 people marched in Beirut
on Sunday to demand a secular
system in place of the
Muslim-Christian sectarianism
that permeates politics,
employment and family status
matters in Lebanon.
"Civil marriage, not civil
war" was among the banners
carried by the mostly young,
educated protesters who gathered
in response to a campaign on
Internet social networking
sites. It was Lebanon's first
such demonstration in favor of
secularism.
ZENAWI'S
TIME LINE OF PREDICTABLE DECEPTION AND PROVOCATION. Has the
Eritrean opposition become the cover up for
Ethiopia's provocative aggression?
March 21, 2010 (ADDIS ABABA) —
Ethiopian prime minister
fired fresh allegation against
arch-foe
Eritrea ,accusing the red
sea nation of preparing to carry
out sabotage in the upcoming
nation
election using “own
sponsored destructive forces”,
as he referred them.
Prime Minster Meles Zenawi
however said that he doesn’t see
the possibilities of happening.
News
-
Africa news
Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia -
Ethiopia’s
premier Meles
Zenawi on
Tuesday strongly
warned
opposition
parties against
any violence
ahead of the
parliamentary
and presidential
elections in
Ethiopia on 23
May
Nevertheless,
last month, state radio reported that his political
opponents are “covertly and overtly” collaborating
with neighboring Eritrea, Ethiopia’s arch-foe.
MAKELLE, Ethiopia (Reuters)
- Two Eritrean rebel groups
said they killed 11
government soldiers and
wounded some 20 others in a
coordinated attack on
military camps in southern
Eritrea.
The groups -- the Red
Sea Afar Democratic
Organization (RSADO) and
the Eritrean National
Salvation Front (ENSF)
-- said in a joint
statement that they had
briefly taken control of
the camps Thursday and
seized weapons and
military intelligence.
MAKELLE, Ethiopia (Reuters) - An explosion at a
cafe in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray
killed five people Saturday and wounded 20
others, officials said, blaming the attack on
neighboring Eritrea.
Let
Meskerem Post Your
Independence Day
Starve
Eritreans and make their children
look like the starving African child
in the picture to force them to revolt
against their government, calls
West's Religious Right's Report
defuse the
current tension between
the two Horn of Africa
nations, the state
minister for foreign
affairs stated today.
He
made
the
remarks
during
briefings
he
gave
to
the
participants
of
the
third
meeting
of
Eritrean
nationals
in
Washington
and
its
environs
on
May
2
and
political
effort,
as
well
as
the
vigorous
national
resolute
rebuff
at
global
level
are
bearing
fruitful
outcome.
shabait.com
Shabait.comAsmara,
3 May 2010- The first Conference of the
YPFDJ branch in Jeddah was conducted from 28
to 30 April.
Participants
headed toward parliament in downtown
Beirut but were prevented from reaching
the compound by Lebanese soldiers. 
