Eritrea has said it will not retaliate after Ethiopia’s cross-border raid on Thursday, easing fears of a new conflict between the long-time rivals.
“Those who rush to aggression are those who do not know what the life of people means,” Eritrean Information Minister Ali Abdu told the BBC.
Ethiopia said it attacked three military bases where rebel groups were being trained. Continue reading »
NAIROBI, Kenya — The Eritrean government said Friday that an attack on its military outposts by neighboring Ethiopia was carried out with the help of the U.S. and meant to divert attention from a decade-old border dispute between the two countries.
Ethiopia said Thursday it carried out a ground assault on the outposts because Eritrea was training “subversive groups” that carried out attacks inside Ethiopia. Continue reading »
Rome (dpa) – The Italian government on Friday condemned an attack by Ethiopia on neighbouring Eritrea, and appealed to the two Horn of Africa nations to refrain from other violent acts against each other.
The Foreign Ministry in Rome was following with “deep concern” news of the foray launched by Ethiopian troops into Eritrean territory, it said in a statement.
http://en.europeonline-magazine.eu/italy-condemns-ethiopian-attack-on-eritrea_197213.html
Ethiopia said on Thursday it sent troops 16 kilometres into Eritrean territory to attack camps run by “subversive groups.” Ethiopia often accuses Asmara of aiding rebel groups hostile to Addis Ababa. Continue reading »
Compiled in English from Qeerroo News by Daandii Qajeelaa*
March 17, 2012 at 9:27 pm · Gadaa.com
The following is Qeerroo’s report covering the Movement’s activities as well the human rights violations of the TPLF regime, which has been militarily controlling Oromiyaa since 1991. The report covers events from February 9 through March 9, 2012. Continue reading »
Ethiopian troops have carried out more attacks on what they say are rebel bases inside neighbouring Eritrea, a government official said.
The official said the attacks on Saturday, a day after Eritrea called for UN action over a similar incursion earlier in the week, took place in Badme in the north of the Red Sea state.
“We’ve carried out further attacks on targets inside Eritrea. This time it’s in the north section around Badme,” the official told the Reuters news agency. Continue reading »
ሚንስተር ኮሚንኬሽን ኢትዮጵያ ኣቶ በረኸት ስምኦን ንቪኦኤ ኣብ ዝሃብዎ መግለፂ ”መንግስቲ ኢትዮዽያ ኣብ ውሽጢ ኤርትራ ንዝተፈፀመ ወትሃደራዊ ስርሒት ብግልፂ‘ዩ ኣቅሪብዎ።ኣብ ልዕሊ ኢትዮዽያ ብፈጠርቲ ራዕዲ ኣቢሉ ዝካየድ መጥቃዕቲ ተቀቢልና ክንሓድር ኣይንኽእልን ኢና።ነቲ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ዝፍንዎ መጥቃዕቲ ተመጣጣናይ ስጉምቲ ክንወስድ ኢና።በዚ ኣቢልና‘ውን ሰላምን ህድኣትን ኢትዮዽያ ክነኽብር ኢና” ኢሎም። Continue reading »
Ethiopian Muslims are up with serious demands, like replacing the Majlis (governing body) with one elected by the faithful. The current Majlis is believed to be composed of individuals favored by the ruling party. Continue reading »
March 16th, 2012 |
JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA (Saudi Gazette) – Ethiopia is facilitating procedures to send 45,000 maids to the Kingdom every month, an informed source at the Ethiopian Embassy in Saudi Arabia has said. Continue reading »