Tag: Eritrea

  • Sami Said – about obsessions, escape and the power of the pen

    Sami Said – about obsessions, escape and the power of the pen

    Sami Said came to Sweden as a ten-year-old, after his parents originally fled from Eritrea. Once in Sweden, he found reading, and then writing. And when his debut novel Very rarely nice released in 2012 stunned critics and readers alike. Since then, his books have continued to fascinate and be celebrated. He has been awarded…

  • Chaos erupts at African cultural event in Stockholm

    Chaos erupts at African cultural event in Stockholm

    Around 100 rioters were detained following a massive round of clashes in Sweden More than 50 people have been injured in a bout of violence at an Eritrean festival in Stockholm, after a large crowd of anti-government protesters stormed the event and triggered a riot, officials told AFP. Police said they responded to the Eritrea-Scandinavia…

  • Finland becomes NATO member as Russia warns of countermeasures

    Finland becomes NATO member as Russia warns of countermeasures

    Finland officially became the 31st member of NATO on Tuesday, after completing ratification in well under a year – the fastest membership process in the alliance’s recent history. As Western allies strengthen ties, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview published on Tuesday that Russia may get “tough” with a hostile European Union.…

  • The UN Security Council votes against the Russian resolution on Nord Stream sabotage

    The UN Security Council votes against the Russian resolution on Nord Stream sabotage

    New York [US]March 28 (ANI): The UN Security Council did not support the Russian-Chinese resolution on the international investigation into Nord Stream sabotage on Monday, Russian news agency TASS reported. The resolution was supported by 3 countries, with zero votes against and 12 countries abstaining from voting. The resolution thus did not receive the nine…

  • Pakistan in ‘critically water insecure’ category: UN report

    Pakistan in ‘critically water insecure’ category: UN report

    Islamabad [Pakistan]March 25 (ANI): A report published in the United Nations Institute for Water, Environment and Health has placed Pakistan and 22 other countries in the ‘critically water insecure’ category, Dawn reported. The United Nations University on Thursday released the Global Water Security 2023 Assessment, which determined that 33 countries from three different geographic regions…

  • Denmark among top countries for press freedom

    Denmark among top countries for press freedom

    Kim has been wrongSweden, Estonia and Finland completed the top five, while Ireland, Portugal, Costa Rica, Lithuania and Liechtenstein made up the rest of the top 10. Other notables included Germany (16), Canada (19), United Kingdom (24), South Africa (35), Australia (39), United States (42), South Korea (43), Japan (71), Brazil (110). ), Indonesia (117),…

  • Misinformation, censorship, trigger the global retreat of press freedom

    Misinformation, censorship, trigger the global retreat of press freedom

    Washington – Following the Kremlin’s example, a global increase in disinformation and propaganda has a catastrophic effect on independent news around the world, a new report shows. In its 2022 The World Press Freedom Index was released on TuesdayThe Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has contributed enormously to the…

  • Spreading fake news incites divisions, global tensions: RSF

    Spreading fake news incites divisions, global tensions: RSF

    Unregulated online content has spread disinformation and propaganda that has widened political divisions around the world, aroused international tensions and even contributed to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to an annual report by Reporters Without Borders. More commonly known by its French acronym RSF, Reporters Without Borders warned that democratic societies are becoming increasingly fragmented…

  • Nobel Peace Prize critics say the award has deviated from supporting peace

    Nobel Peace Prize critics say the award has deviated from supporting peace

    WASHINGTON – In Oslo, Norway, dignitaries from around the world gathered on Friday to celebrate the awarding of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to Philippine journalist Maria Ressa and Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov. But when speeches were given and medals were handed out, voices outside Oslo City Hall asked if the most prestigious award in…

  • UN: Hunger is used as a weapon in Tigray

    UN: Hunger is used as a weapon in Tigray

    According to the UN humanitarian chief, 90 percent of Tigray’s people need some form of food aid. Recurring reports also speak of systematic sexual abuse in the region where both Ethiopian and Eritrean soldiers are singled out as guilty. There is also no indication that Eritrean forces have withdrawn from the Tigray, something that Ethiopian…

  • Eritrea leaves Tigray

    Eritrea leaves Tigray

    Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiey Ahmed now promises that Eritrean troops will withdraw from Tigray Province and leave the country – a promise that if fulfilled is a small step towards peace in the northern border region. Yet since the conflict broke out between the federal government and the regional party TPLF in November, there has…

  • 12 years in prison for beating wife to death

    12 years in prison for beating wife to death

    A 43-year-old man from Eritrea was sentenced on Monday to 12 years in prison for beating his wife to death in an apartment in Birkerød last year. The man named Domeze Solomon Haile has also been expelled forever. This is the verdict from the Court in Lyngby, the prosecution informs on Twitter. The 31-year-old wife…

  • Investigation closed – “A disappointment”

    Investigation closed – “A disappointment”

    Prosecutor Karolina Wieslander will not launch a preliminary investigation into suspected crimes against humanity against Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak, who has been detained in Eritrea since 2001. She believes that it is not possible to investigate the suspicions on the spot. Reporters Without Borders reported the crimes, and Björn Tunbäck at the organization thinks today’s…