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AU calls for Eritrea sanctions
afrol News, 6 July - The African Union leadership has pleaded with the United Nations to slap Eritrea with sanctions for allegedly backing Islamist insurgency seeking to overthrow the fragile Somali Transitional Government. Read more
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Politics | Society | Human rights | Media
Eritrea rejects release of Swedish journalist
afrol News, 27 May - Eritrean President has rejected the release of a Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak who has been kept in custody since 2001 without trial or sentence. Mr Isaak was arrested seven years ago when the Eritrean government shut down a number of independent newspapers for publishing articles preaching democracy. Read more
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Human rights | Society | Politics
Ethiopia completes destruction of mines
afrol News, 15 April - The Addis Ababa Ministry for Foreign Affairs has announced that Ethiopia has completed its destruction of stockpiled anti-personnel mines, two months before the 1 June global deadline and despite its ongoing conflict with Eritrea.
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Politics | Society
Asmara shuns Security Council ruling
afrol News, 31 March - The Eritrean government has shun the UN Security council resolution to pull out from a disputed area at the joint border with Djibouti, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki- moon said in a statement. Read more
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Politics | Society
Eritrea rejects mediation effort to end border row
afrol News, 25 February - Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki has rejected mediation efforts to solve border dispute with neighbour Ethiopia. The two rivals have feuded over their border since Eritrea gained independence in 1993 after a 30-year guerrilla war. The border war between the two neighbours is estimated to have killed some 70,000 people. Read more
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Politics
Eritrea blames US for Somali piracy
afrol News, 21 November - The Eritrean Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement has blamed Washington's alleged policy of "balkanising Somalia" for being the root cause behind piracy off the Somali coast, adding that breakaway Somaliland and Puntland must return to Somalia to create a forceful unit.
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Politics
Iran offers Djibouti, Eritrea mediation
afrol News, 4 November - The government of Iran, one of few states being on good terms with both Eritrea and Djibouti, has offered the two Horn neighbours to "promote ties" after troops clashed on the border in June. Djibouti meanwhile is making sure to strengthen its military alliances.
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» 29.07.2008 - Eritrea courts China, Iran for trade
» 21.07.2008 - Eritrea President wants "media war"
» 11.07.2008 - Eritrea debunks overstepping in Djibouti
» 01.07.2008 - AU condemns Eritrea military attack on Djibouti
» 27.06.2008 - AU commission investigations on Djibouti-Eritrea clashes
» 19.06.2008 - UN: "Don't send Eritreans back to torture"
» 17.06.2008 - Eritrea shuns border dialogue
» 13.06.2008 - French army backs Djibouti against Eritrea
» 12.06.2008 - Eritrea condemned over Djibouti border clashes
» 12.06.2008 - Eritreans forcibly returned "to torture"
» 11.06.2008 - Troops killed in Djibouti-Eritrea clashes
» 03.06.2008 - More believers detained in Eritrea
» 02.05.2008 - Equatorial Guinean leader tops Africa's media predators
» 28.04.2008 - Sahel nations lose 1.7m ha land
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