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Eritrea rejects 'ludicrous' sanctions
UNITED NATIONS: Eritrea has warned the UN Security Council that a draft sanctions resolution would impose 'ludicrous punitive measures' on Asmara for aiding Somali rebels and might further destabilise the Horn of Africa. Comment?
Eritrea Warns United Nations Security Council Not to Pass "Ludicrous" Sanctions
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Eritrea warns U.N. not to pass "ludicrous" sanctions By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS - Eritrea has warned the U.N. Security Council that a draft sanctions resolution would impose "ludicrous punitive measures" on Asmara for aiding Somali rebels and might further destabilize the Horn of Africa. Comment?
From rackets to reportage: Steffi Graf turns photographer
Steffi Graf, the 22-time Grand Slam-winning tennis player, has turned her focus from the net to the viewfinder and published her first photo-reportage on Friday. Comment?
Eritrean footballers request refugee status in Kenya
Twelve Eritreans who disappeared in Kenya last weekend after taking part in a regional soccer tournament are in the process of being granted refugee status, authorities in Nairobi said on Thursday. Comment?
Berlin - Steffi Graf, the 22-time grand slam-winning tennis player, has turned her focus from the net to the viewfinder and published her first photo-reportage. Under the title The Children of Asmara , the 40-year-old mother of two's photographs represent the lives of kids living in slums in the capital of Eritrea, one of the poorest countries in ... Comment?
Eritrea footballers for request refugee status in Kenya
Twelve Eritreans who disappeared in Kenya last weekend after taking part in a regional soccer tournament are in the process of being granted refugee status, authorities in Nairobi said on Thursday. Comment?
12 Eritrean footballers granted asylum
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has granted the 12 members of the Eritrean national soccer team asylum. Comment?
Online Edition :: 12 Eritrean footballers granted asylum
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has granted the 12 members of the Eritrean national soccer team asylum. Comment?
UN Council to put sanctions on Eritrea
U.N. Security Council members have agreed to impose an arms embargo on Eritrea this month, as well as travel bans and asset freezes for government and military leaders aiding Somali insurgents, diplomats said. Comment?
Eritrea national football team vanishes after losing match in Kenya
The entire Eritrean national football team absconded from their hotel in Nairobi after being knocked out of a tournament, becoming the latest of their compatriots to flee their homeland. Comment?
Eritrean footballers vanish after match
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Twelve members of national side go missing and presumed to be hiding in bid to escape authoritarian regime in Asmara The Eritrean national team before the start of the match against Tanzania, which was held in Nairobi. Comment?
Eritrea urges footballers' return
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Eritrea's national football team, who have gone missing in Kenya, are welcome to return home, officials say. Comment?
Official: 12 Eritrea players defect at Kenya event
A senior African football official said Tuesday that 12 Eritrea national team players defected during a tournament in Kenya last week. Comment?
Eritrea's football team absconds after match
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Twelve players of Eritrea's national football team have gone missing in Kenya. The players were expected to fly back to the capital Asmara on Saturday night after the team was knocked out of the quarter-finals of a tournament, but failed to show up at the airport. Comment?
Report: Eritrean football team goes AWOL in Kenya
Kenyan officials were Tuesday reportedly searching for the Eritrean national football team after it failed to return home following defeat in a local tournament. Comment?
Eritrean footballers missing in Kenya
Twelve players of the Eritrean national football squad have gone missing in Kenya, the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations general secretary Nicholas Musonye said The players were expected to fly back to Asmara on Saturday night after the team was knocked out in the quarter-finals of the CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup but failed ... Comment?
As thousands flee regime, Eritrea would go it alone
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Facing the prospect of U.N. sanctions and increasing 'brain drain,' young nation's authoritarian president chooses defiance PHOTOS At the immense workshop called Medeber in Asmara, the Eritrean capital, workers in blue coveralls turn heaps of scrap metal into useful items, such as the blue stoves at left. Comment?
Eritrea: Regime worried about future, says opposition leader W. Ammar
The proposed UN sanctions will be the harshest ever imposed on an African nation in recent memory. Comment?
'It is not good for the players to disappear'
Nairobi - Twelve players of the Eritrean national football squad have gone missing in Kenya, the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations general secretary Nicholas Musonye told AFP on Monday. Comment?
As thousands flee regime, Eritrea goes it alone
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Facing the prospect of U.N. sanctions and increasing 'brain drain,' young nation's authoritarian president chooses defiance PHOTOS At the immense workshop called Medeber in Asmara, the Eritrean capital, workers in blue coveralls turn heaps of scrap metal into useful items, such as the blue stoves at left. Comment?