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A radical Somali Islamist leader has condemned attacks on humanitarian workers in Somalia.

A radical Somali Islamist leader has condemned attacks on humanitarian workers in Somalia.

"I am not harmful to the interest of the US and other western countries, but I will not stop fighting for Somalia in order to be accepted by the west," he said by phone from the Eritrean capital Asmara.

"Towards Asmara" by Thomas Keneally travels through Eritrea's war of independence, a conflict that ousiders interpret.

Towards Asmara by Thomas Keneally was eventually disappointing. As a process, the experience was strewn with beauty, vivid images and arresting phrases. The author, for instance, described desert vegetation ready to burst into life at the first "rumour" of moisture. The writing style has a quirky inventiveness that regularly surprises. Where...

By Jack Kimball

ASMARA (Reuters) - God surveys the world one day, seeing the mountains, valleys, seas and all there is.

Suddenly God stops and exclaims: "Why is Eritrea so green? I specifically made that country dry and yellow!"

The angel Gabriel leans over and whispers: "My Lord, those are army uniforms."

So goes a joke about mandatory national service in Eritrea, a Red Sea state that keeps an estimated 1 in 15 people in the army often for years beyond the obligatory 12 to 18 months.

You can hear the ping of metal striking metal and the gentle buzz of wood being cut before you even enter Medebr market in the Eritrean capital.

The social affairs secretary of the Eritrea-based Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia [ARS], Col Umar Hashi Adan, who is currently in localities near Beled Weyne town in Hiraan Region, central Somalia, ...

July 11th, 2008 Alliance for the Reliberation of Somalia conducted a successful 2nd congress meeting in Asmara, conferring 95% of Somalia under their control.

Ethiopia says it has arrested eight "Eritrean-trained" rebels suspected of carrying out bombings that rocked the capital Addis Ababa and killed eight people earlier this year.

"Over 95% of Somali territory is now under the full control of the ARS fighters" - said by the Acting Chairman of the Alliance, Dr.

Inter Press Service 10 July 2008 David Cronin Brussels Aid given by the European Union to Eritrea may be helping to prop up a hugely repressive regime, human rights activists have claimed.

July 7, 2008 - The whole Horn of Africa, momentarily is instate of delusions. The region is almost in its dysfunction, lucking all the necessities that bring the whole region politically and economically ...

Jul 1, 2008, 13:31 Asmara, 1 July 2008 - A total of 740 Eritrean nationals, of whom 85 are females, who returned home from Egypt expressed satisfaction with the warm hospitality accorded them.

From The Fate of Africa: A History of Fifty Years of Independence, by Martin Meredith , pp.

Shabait.com In openly launching aggression against Eritrea and Somalia, the TPLF regime had not only disrupted the peace and stability of the Horn region, as it had been entrusted by its masters to do so, but ...

On June 21, 2008, Eritreans and Eritrean-Americans who reside in Cincinnati, Ohio, observed Martyrs' Day at Mt.

Yemeni President Ali Abdallah Saleh: Settling differences "through dialogue and understanding, to avoid any escalation... harmful to stability, security and peace in the region" Yemeni President Ali Abdallah ...

The body of murdered London schoolgirl Arsema Dawit was taken back to her African family last week and buried in a heartbreaking ceremony on an ancient hillside where thousands came to weep and pray.

Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, designated a terrorist by the U.S. government, told Arabic newspaper Asharq al Awsat that he will replace current ARS Chairman Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed.

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