Weekly family comedy and educational movie series. An ERI-TV feature movie and a Debesai Woldu Film…

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Keren, 13 March 2010 – A 20-kilo tumor has been removed from the abdomen of a mother by doctors in Keren Hospital.  The 40-year old Ms. Kedija Mahmoud from Mai-Awalid administrative area in Halhal sub-zone has been suffering from the timber for the past 7 years.
She told ERINA following the surgery that she was [...]

VOA Tigrigna reporter Tewelde Weldegebriel talked with the first-place winner, Arafat Hamid, who wants to further the art and culture of Eritrea. Tewelde also interviewed the three judges, Barnabas Mebrahtu, Yemane Kidane and Yoel Gide…

Over 700 Africans sneak into Yemen
[13/March/2010]

SANA'A, March 13 (Saba) – About 750 Africans, including 85 women and 25 children, sneaked into Yemen last February, Interior Ministry has reported.
The security sources said that about 382 of the Africans were Ethiopians, arrested either immediately at their arrivals to the Yemeni coasts or inside cities.
The rest of the [...]

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The Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs and the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Agencies in Rome discussed U.S. policy toward Somalia including the assistance being offered to those being displaced by the fighting between government-backed troops and rebel forces.
Source: C-SPAN

President Isaias Inspects Progress Of Development Programs In Southern Region
 
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Mendefera, 11 March 2010 – President Isaias Afwerki today inspected the progress of development programs in the Southern region, during which he met with representatives of the people.
In the course of a visit to Kaqbda Dam in Dubarwa sub-zone constructed by Bidho Construction Company, the [...]

By Nigussu Negawo
Washington DC
VOA
 

Shetaye Gemechu, a marathoner who competed in the 2000 and 2004 Olympics, has been banned from competition for two years after she tested positive on doping charges. Shetaye denied the charges that were made after her first-place win at a race in Luxembourg last year.
Nigusu interviewed Dube Jilo of the Ethiopian [...]

Eritrean Communities In Abu-Dhabi And Riyadh Reiterate Readiness To Back Up National Resistance Drive

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Asmara, 28 February 2010 – Eritrean communities in Riyadh and Abu-Dhabi reiterated their readiness to back up national resistance drive in the seminars and mekete festivals they conducted.
In the festival in Abu-Dhabi, conducted under the theme "We will render futile [...]

Peter Heinlein | Addis Ababa 11 March 2010 – VOANEWS
The U.S. State Department's annual human rights reports says Ethiopia is holding several hundred political prisoners, including the leader of one of the country's largest opposition parties. Ethiopia has reacted strongly to past U.S. criticisms of its rights record.
The 2009 human rights report says Birtukan [...]

Broadcast on 03-09-2010
Africa Today 47
Topic: Is press freedom under attack in Ethiopia in the name of security?
Date of recording: 05 March 2010
Presenter: Vuyiswa
Guests:
Mr Negussie Gamma
Exiled Journalist
Mr Bekele Teklu
Member, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Party
Ethiopia's new anti-terror law strips journalists of the right to protect the identity of their sources, a top official said in a [...]