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Eritrea : RSF Launches Probe Over Jamming of Exiled Local Radio Station
on 2012/11/11 17:11:42
Eritrea

n international press freedom advocacy group, said on Thursday that it has launched investigation over the acts of piracy perpetrated against an independent Eritrean satellite Radio broadcaster, ERINA.

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Eritrea : Eritrea leader illness claim is a 'CIA fairytale'
on 2012/4/24 11:11:32
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AFP
Eritrean President Issaias Afeworki is at the "peak of his health" the secretive Red Sea state said Monday, in a statement aimed to quash rumours the authoritarian leader is sick.

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Eritrea : Eritrean volcanic ash cloud threatens air travel
on 2011/6/14 18:45:43
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Reuters
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - A long-dormant volcano has erupted in Eritrea, monitors said on Monday, spewing a huge ash cloud across the Horn of Africa, threatening air travel and curtailing a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

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Eritrea : UK says Eritrea releases 4 detained Britons
on 2011/6/13 16:54:30
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Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - Eritrea has freed four British security contractors who it had accused of spying and terrorism and kept in detention since December, Britain's foreign ministry said on Sunday.

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Eritrea : Eritrea accuses Britons of espionage, terrorism
on 2011/6/10 13:02:51
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Reuters
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Eritrea has accused four British nationals it detained late last year of espionage, terrorism and using one of its islands as a depot for arms.

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Eritrea : Ogaden Rebels Allege Army Killed 100 Civilians And UN Worker
on 2011/5/18 17:09:24
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Sudan Tribune

Addis Ababa — An Ethiopian rebel group, the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) has alleged government forces killed 100 civilians in the Somali region of southeastern Ethiopia, in a week-long military operation.

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Eritrea : Opposition Forces to Launch a United Attack in 2011 - Rebel Official
on 2011/1/5 10:45:10
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Sudan Tribune

Addis Ababa — An Eritrean rebel group, Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RSADO), has vowed to step up military attacks this year to overthrow the east African nation's government led by president Issayas Afeworki.

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Eritrea : President Fears U.S. Plans to Kill Him - Cable
on 2010/12/21 9:15:41
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Sudan Tribune

Addis Ababa — Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki suspects the United States has plans to assassinate him by bombing his residence, according to leaked secret American diplomatic cables.

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Eritrea : Journalist decries clampdown on press
on 2010/7/14 11:20:00
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africanews

Yonas Embye has been holding weekly one man protest in Uganda calling for the release of Eritrean journalists held unjustly in his native country Eritrea. The journalist and rights activist was jailed for four years before he eventually escaped.

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