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		<title>Ethiopia/Eritrea: Netizens Denounce Winds of War as Ethio-Eritrea War 2.0 Looms</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ethiopia and Eritrea fought one of the most gruesome war in the world between May 1998 and June 2000. Following the attack on Eritrea by Ethiopian troops on 17 March, Ethiopians are voicing their opinions online denouncing the winds of war in the renewed conflict between the two countries.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ethiopia and Eritrea fought one of the most <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eritrean%E2%80%93Ethiopian_War">gruesome wars</a> in the world between May 1998 and June 2000. Following <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/03/2012317172129621636.html">the attack on Eritrea</a> by Ethiopian troops on 17 March, 2012, Ethiopian netizens are voicing their opinions rejecting the winds of war in the renewed conflict between the two countries.</p>
<p>Amidst reports of Ethiopia’s second assault on Eretria, Abe Tokichaw, Ethiopian columnist and exiled blogger, <a href="http://abetokichaw.wordpress.com/%E1%89%B5%E1%8A%95%E1%88%BD-%E1%8B%88%E1%88%AC%E1%8D%A4-%E1%8B%AD%E1%89%85%E1%88%AD%E1%89%B3-%E1%8A%A8%E1%88%BD%E1%88%AB%E1%88%AE-%E1%89%B5%E1%88%BB%E1%88%8B%E1%88%88%E1%89%BD/">set the tone </a>for most netizens as he satirized Ethiopia’s attack on Eretria in his regular blog post in Amharic:</p>
<blockquote><p>እንግዲህ ዳግም ጦርነት ሊጀመር ይመስላል… በርግጥ ኤርትራ “ጦርነት የሚፈልገው የጦርነትን ዋጋ የማያውቅ ነው” ብላ የጦርነት ‘ሀፒታይት” እንደሌላት ብትገልፅም ኢህአዴግ ግን ጦር አውርድ እያለ ነው። ከዚሁ ጋር ተያይዞ “ውድ እና ጉድ የሆናችሁት የኢህአዴግ ባለስልጣኖች ሆይ ይቅርታ አድርጉልንና “ከሽራሮ ያቺው የማትረባ ሽሮ ትሻለናለች!” እና ዝመቱ በላችሁ እንዳትጠሩን አደራ! (በማለት አንዳንድ የህብረተሰብ ክፍሎች መልዕክታቸውን አስተላልፈዋል)</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">It seems that war is bound to happen … fair enough Eritrea has reported that it has lost a desire for war by claiming that “those who seek war are not familiar with war atrocities&#8221;. However EPRDF [Ethiopian People&#39;s Revolutionary Democratic Front] looks resolute on warfare. Our “dear” and “comrade” EPRDF chiefs, we apologetically ask you not to count on us in your campaign for this war as it is better to have the cranky stew than going to war.</div>
<div id="attachment_303115" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 385px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-303115 " title="We Want Peace - a painting by Eritrean student Filmon Measfun. Image source: Habesha People Facebook page." src="http://globalvoicesonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ethiopia-eritrea-war-375x251.jpg" alt="We Want Peace - a painting by Eritrean student Filmon Measfun. Image source: Habesha People Facebook page." width="375" height="251" /><p class="wp-caption-text">We Want Peace - a painting by Eritrean student Filmon Measfun. Image source: Habesha People Facebook page.</p></div>
<p>Writing at Merkato Blog, Yilma Bekele <a href="http://nazret.com/blog/index.php/2012/03/17/ethiopia-and-winds-of-war?blog=15">argues</a> that war defines the Ethiopian government:</p>
<blockquote><p>War is upon us again. War defines the Ethiopian Government. Since it came to power it has been at war with its citizens. No region or ethnic group has been spared from this infection. The regime is always at war with opposition politicians, journalists, publishers, intellectuals, and business people to mention a few. The regime has fought in Gambella, Hawasa, Ambo, Arba Minch and other localities against its own people. The Ethiopian Government is at war with our Somali-Ethiopians in the Ogaden and has been accused of war crimes.</p></blockquote>
<p>Ethiopia&#39;s attack on Eritrea <a href="http://nazret.com/blog/index.php/2012/03/17/ethiopia-and-winds-of-war?blog=15">is a tactic for distracting </a>Ethiopia&#39;s public opinion:</p>
<blockquote><p>In an ideal world no country will sell weapons to this rogue regime. The people of Ethiopia and Eritrea have seen too many wars. The generation that cultivated and nurtured hatred and animosity is on its way out. This is its last gasp to save itself from its internal enemies. The Ethiopian government is using the Eritrean threat to justify its war on all Ethiopian people. The two poorest economies on planet earth are wasting their precious resource to kill each other. There is no one closer to an Ethiopian than an Eritrea. Eritreans have no one closer to heart than Ethiopians. Instead of building a great East African trade and technology Zone we are listening to those that peddle hate and violence. It is a new day. It is a new generation void of hate and violence.</p></blockquote>
<p>A regular Facebook user, Zelelem, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/zelalemkibret/posts/110369475760377"> mocks Ethiopia’s government</a> by <a href="http://www.ena.gov.et/AmharicNews/2012/Mar/15Mar12/161908.htm">sharing news</a> from government’s news agency site [in Amharic]:</p>
<blockquote><p>የአገር መከላከያ ሠራዊት በወሰደው የማጥቃት እርምጃ የኤርትራ መንግሥትና ተላላኪዎቹን የጥፋት ተልዕኮ ማዕከላትን ዛሬ ማውደሙን አስታወቀ።</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">Our national defense force has today taken measures against military posts inside Eritrea and destroyed the facilities of subversive and anti-peace elements.</div>
<p>Zelalem continues:</p>
<blockquote><p>What ? But, What does ሠራዊቱ በወሰደው የማጥቃት እርምጃ የኤርትራ መንግሥትና ተላላኪዎቹን የጥፋት ተልዕኮ ማዕከላትን አወደመ mean? Anyway አስታጥቁን አታስጨርሱን እኔ በበኩሌ ጦር እና ጋሻየን አራግፌያለው፡፡<br />
ዝማሬየንም ወደ፡ ኧረ ጎበዝ ይሙት፣ ፈሪ ይሩጥ ቢሻው፣ አተላ መሸከም ይችላል ትከሻው፡፡ ቀይሬአለሁ hahaha እኔም ብሎ ጎበዘ</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">What? But, what does our national defense force has today taken measures and destroyed the facilities of subversive and anti-peace elements mean? Anyway furnish us well with armament. I readied my sword and shield and started to sing I won&#39;t run away cowards run away. Just kidding, I am not</div>
<p>The same user <a href="https://www.facebook.com/zelalemkibret/posts/3645281929888?comment_id=4676669">comments</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>If it happen, I think this one is not (http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/57223/gail-m-gerhart/brothers-at-war-making-sense-of-the-eritrean-ethiopian-war)&#39;Brothers War&#39; rather &#8220;Dictators War.&#39; At least for me because I have no relationship with Meles&#39;s Ethiopia. He ruins my life, he ruin million&#39;s life. So what a war is am supposed to fight? I have No Deal with a Dictator. I hope most of you also&#8230;</p></blockquote>
<p>Kiflu Hussein, a human right defender based in Kampala, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kiflukam/posts/381656375185392">cites</a> the Greek poet Homer:</p>
<blockquote><p>No one is so foolish as to desire war more than peace. For in peace, sons bury their fathers but in war fathers bury their sons.</p></blockquote>
<p>Another comment on Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=315813881816716&amp;id=49967100821&amp;comment_id=3168973">reads</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>We don&#39;t need war, we don&#39;t need unification, we just be a normal neighbors like Sudan. War is not good and those who advocate for unity have never understood the mentality of Eritrean. Eritrean nationalism is built on anti-Ethiopia, period.</p></blockquote>
<p>Some Facebook users even even decided to create a community page called “Habesha people can’t live with them can’t live without them.” Most people leaving comment on the page reject the talk of war by illustrating the brotherhood of the two nations. One community member <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150646771564485&amp;set=a.375956594484.156838.295883569484&amp;type=1">shared a picture </a>drawn by an Eritrean kid and wrote:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;we need peace&#8221; painted by filmon measfun.. zagre junior school (eritrea). i decided to poste this pic cause I am sick and tired of seeing people starting political SHIT in Facebook and YouTube.. we need to celebrate our similarities and respect our differences !! hate leads to nothing so stop hating !! one love y&#39;all</p></blockquote>
<p>Ethiopians online refuse to get carried away Ethiopian government&#39;s reasons for attacking Eritrea. <a href="http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/international/news/20120317p2g00m0in068000c.html "> Reports</a> are repeatedly emerging from Eritrea accusing Ethiopia of planning to remove the current Eritrean government. Eritrea has also <a href="http://www.sudantribune.com/Eritrea-eases-fears-of-renewed,41942">accused the United States </a>for being behind Ethiopia’s provocative attacks.</p>
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		<title>After Kony 2012, &#8220;What I Love About Africa&#8221; Reclaims Narrative</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[An online campaign about Ugandan war criminal Joseph Kony has caused enormous controversy in Africa. A counter initiative to highlight positive aspects of the African continent #WhatILoveAboutAfrica is now trending on Twitter.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><em>This post is part of our special coverage <a href="http://globalvoicesonline.org/specialcoverage/joseph-kony-2012-uganda/">Kony 2012</a>.<br />
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<p>Anyone following online citizen media closely this month, would inevitably have come across the heated global debate over the <a href="http://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/03/08/uganda-can-a-viral-video-really-stopkony/">Invisible Children viral campaign</a> to stop Ugandan war criminal and rebel army leader <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kony">Joseph Kony</a>.</p>
<p>While the <a href="http://www.kony2012.com/">Kony 2012</a> campaign certainly received the attention it sought, many Ugandans and Africans felt its message lacked the nuance required by context, and was more focused on raising funds for the organisation&#39;s own survival rather than <a href="http://projectdiaspora.org/2012/03/08/respect-my-agency-2012/">empowering the people affected </a>by the conflict.</p>
<p>Furthermore, many African citizens felt that once again, the narrative of a highly publicized story about Africa centered on a negative story and neglected the upwards trends the continent has been witnessing.</p>
<p>As <a href="http://www.dawners.org/4/post/2012/03/ways-to-stop-the-lra-learn-to-respect-africans.html">a counter measure</a>, many people started posting stories on Twitter about &#8220;what they love about Africa&#8221; with the hash tag <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23WhatIloveaboutAfrica">#WhatILoveAboutAfrica</a>.</p>
<div id="attachment_301186" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 210px"><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/Semhar/status/179453414911123456/photo/1"><img class="size-medium wp-image-301186" title="love africa" src="http://globalvoicesonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/love-africa-200x300.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">what I love About Africa trending worlwide by Semhar Araia - @Semhar</p></div>
<p>The initiative, <a href="http://www.saidbyred.com/2012/03/you-heard-it-right-whatiloveaboutafrica.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CalledToCompassion+%28Called+to+Compassion%29">spearheaded by Semhar Araia</a>, a blogger at the <a href="http://www.dawners.org/index.html">Diaspora African Women Network (DAWNS)</a>, started to <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/Semhar/status/179453414911123456/photo/1"> trend worldwide on Twitter</a> on March 13, 2012.</p>
<p><strong>The other side of the story</strong></p>
<p>While no one argues with the merit of exposing the despicable crimes perpetuated by Kony&#39;s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord%27s_Resistance_Army">Lord&#39;s Resistance Army</a>, the following citizen media commentaries explain why this debate is more than just a &#8220;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme">meme</a> war&#8221; but a struggle to reclaim the international perception and narrative about an entire continent.</p>
<p>When a group of North Ugandans, the main victims of Kony&#39;s crimes, were showed the Invisible Children&#39;s video in a public screening, they were not particularly pleased with the content of the video as is seen in an Al Jazeera English <a href="http://youtu.be/rU_1jnrj5VI">video</a> below.</p>
<p>&#8220;If people in those countries care about us, they will not wear t-shirts with pictures of Joseph Kony for any reason,&#8221; says one man interviewed. &#8220;That would celebrate our suffering.&#8221;</p>
<p>A Ugandan man at another screening says, &#8220;There is some kind of people, some NGO, who are trying to mobilize funds using the atrocities committed in Northern Uganda.&#8221;</p>
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<p>The campaign to show the positive sides of Africa has garnered quite a bit of clout as well in the social media scene. American student and Afrophile Karen Kilberg <a href="http://www.saidbyred.com/2012/03/you-heard-it-right-whatiloveaboutafrica.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CalledToCompassion+%28Called+to+Compassion%29">collected a few of her favorite posts</a> about the meme, and also quotes African blogger <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/IamQueenNzinga">Tatenda Muranda</a> on Twitter as to why she wrote the post:</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/IamQueenNzinga/status/179447380318502912">@IamQueenNzinga</a>: It&#39;s about time we ushered in the era of afro-optimism through words and action</p></blockquote>
<p>Kenyan journalist Paula Rogo curated on Storify of the <a href="http://storify.com/PaulaRogo/some-of-the-best-and-worst-of-the-worldwide-trendi?awesm=sfy.co_gc9&amp;utm_campaign=&amp;utm_medium=sfy.co-twitter&amp;utm_source=t.co&amp;utm_content=storify-pingback">&#8220;best and the worst&#8221;</a> of the &#8220;WhatIloveAboutAfrica&#8221; conversation. Here are a few posts from her selection:</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://twitter.com/ApplauseAfrica/status/179422446758264832">@mwanabibi</a>: #WhatILoveAboutAfrica The youth! Hopeful, optimistic and innovative</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://twitter.com/Sarenka222/status/179422466106597377">@Sarenka222</a>: #WhatILoveAboutAfrica resilient, perceptive, courageous, independent press, even in the face of intimidation (cc: @dailymonitor :)</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://twitter.com/RiseAfrica/status/179422211894030337">@RiseAfrica</a>: RT @texasinafrica: Innovations like mobile money, crowdsourced crisis mapping. #WhatILoveAboutAfrica</p></blockquote>
<div id="attachment_301181" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 208px"><img class=" wp-image-301181 " title="Map of Africa tagged by participants of Barcamp Africa in October 2008, from the Maneno Flickr photostream" src="http://globalvoicesonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/africa-map-248x300.jpg" alt="Map of Africa tagged by participants of Barcamp Africa in October 2008, from the Maneno Flickr photostream" width="198" height="240" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Map of Africa tagged by participants of Barcamp Africa in October 2008, from the Maneno Flickr photostream</p></div>
<p><strong>The old struggle for the African narrative</strong></p>
<p>Reclaiming the narrative about the African Continent through social media is not a new endeavor. In 2007, a similar campaign brewed throughout the African social media when several prominent bloggers invited fellow bloggers to weigh in on <a href="http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/12/01/why-i-blog-about-africa/">&#8220;Why I blog about Africa&#8221;</a>.</p>
<p>Ivorian blogger Théophile Kouamouo <a href="http://kouamouo.ivoire-blog.com/archive/2008/11/21/pourquoi-bloguer-sur-l-afrique.html">asked in 2008</a> [fr]:</p>
<blockquote><p>Bloguons nous pour la diaspora et le vaste monde, coupé de nos contemporains sur le continent ? Blogue-t-on sur l&#39;Afrique comme on blogue sur l&#39;Europe ou l&#39;Asie ? La blogosphère afro-orientée a-t-elle quelque chose de spécifique à offrir au concert de l&#39;universel version 2.0 ?</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">Do we blog for the diaspora and for the world at large, cut off from our contemporaries on the continent? Is blogging about Africa done in the same way as blogging about Europe or Asia? Does the African-oriented blogosphere have something specific to offer to the world version 2.0?</div>
<p>The meme was remarkable in that it not only managed to spurt plenty of reactions in the West African region but also spread across the continent to the <a href="http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/12/21/why-i-blog-about-africa-part-2/">African Anglophone blogosphere</a>. As a commentary to the meme back then, Rombo of &#8220;What an African Woman Thinks&#8221; provided <a href="http://wherehermadnessresides.blogspot.com/2008/12/mwangi-made-me-think.html">an inspiring response to What she loves about Africa</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Africa is under my skin. Africa is the voices in my head. Africa is the itch on my back that I can’t quite reach.<br />
[…] She’s beautiful and she’s strong and she’s got so much to give, she inspires me and I love her truly madly deeply.<br />
She’s battered and bruised and sometimes broken and I love her even more.<br />
She’s always on my mind and in my heart.<br />
It’s not so much, then, that I choose to blog about Africa. It’s that I can’t not.<br />
I really wish the world would see in her all that I see in her.<br />
That’s another reason why I blog about Africa: To make this wish come true.</p></blockquote>
<p>Sokari of Black Looks <a href="http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/12/why_i_blog_about_africa/">added back then</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8230; she makes me angry and frustrated, lets me down, goes on walkabouts and is influenced by some pretty horrible characters many from distant lands. But I cant help loving her deeply - she is alive, she is real and wise with so many wonderful meaningful stories of humanity and life. She is rich in stature and spirit. I love the way she moves, her facial expressions, the taste of her food and the smell and colours of the earth</p></blockquote>
<p>The struggle for the narrative is an old story indeed. Binyavanga Wainaina wrote a famous essay about &#8220;<a href="http://www.granta.com/Archive/92/How-to-Write-about-Africa/Page-1">How to write about Africa</a>&#8221; in 2005. This essay was turned into a video called <a href="http://youtu.be/QDWlMX2ToSc">&#8220;How Not to Write About Africa&#8221;</a> narrated by actor Djimon Hounsou:</p>
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<p>In view of the long, drown out struggle to portray the positive side of the continent, one might wonder why it is such a challenge to change the global perspective of the continent and why it matters so much to many people.</p>
<p>An answer to why it is important to highlight the positive side of the continent was offered during the TED Africa conference by Euvin Naidoo, president of the South African Chamber of Commerce. He argues that trust is an important component for investments in Africa, and that a better understanding of <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/euvin_naidoo_on_investing_in_africa.html">all the nuances of the continent is required</a>. He states:</p>
<blockquote><p>George Kimble said, &#8216;The only thing dark about Africa is our ignorance of it.&#39; So let&#39;s start shedding light on this amazing eclectic continent that has so much to offer [..] The first myth to dispel is that Africa is not a country. It’s made up of 53 different countries. So to say &#8216;invest in Africa&#39; is a no-go. It&#39;s meaningless.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Italy Condemned for Violations of African Refugee Rights</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[On February 23, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg came to a historic judgment that Italy had violated the European Convention on Human Rights by intercepting and sending back Eritrean and Somali migrants to Libya. Abdoulaye Bah reports.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em><strong>This post is part of our special coverage on <a href="http://globalvoicesonline.org/specialcoverage/refugees/">Refugees</a>.</strong></em></p>
<p>On February 23, 2012, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has come to a <a href="http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/search?page=search&amp;docid=4f4619f76&amp;query=+european%20+states%20+border%20+control" target="_blank">historic judgment</a>, that Italy violated the European Convention on Human Rights by intercepting and sending back Eritrean and Somali migrants to Libya.</p>
<div id="attachment_100301" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 410px"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vitomanzari/1223221696/"><img class=" wp-image-100301  " title="African Refugees by Vito Manzari on Flickr (CC BY 2.0)." src="http://fr.globalvoicesonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Immigrant-Italy.jpg" alt="African Refugees by Vito Manzari on Flickr (CC BY 2.0)." width="400" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">African Refugees by Vito Manzari on Flickr (CC BY 2.0).</p></div>
<p>Unione Diritti Umani Blog <a href="http://www.unionedirittiumani.it/Centrale%20Iniziale/Centrale%20Iniziale.shtml">explains</a> [it] the events:</p>
<blockquote><p>Il caso Hirsi e altri contro Italia riguarda la prima operazione di respingimento effettuata il 6 maggio 2009, a 35 miglia a sud di Lampedusa, in acque internazionali. Le autorità italiane hanno intercettato una barca con a bordo circa 200 somali ed eritrei, tra cui bambini e donne in stato di gravidanza. Questi migranti sono stati presi a bordo da una imbarcazione italiana, respinti a Tripoli e riconsegnati, contro la loro volontà, alle autorità libiche. Senza essere identificati, ascoltati né preventivamente informati sulla loro reale destinazione. I migranti erano, infatti, convinti di essere diretti verso le coste italiane. 11 cittadini somali e 13 cittadini eritrei, rintracciati e assistiti in Libia dal Consiglio italiano per i rifugiati dopo il loro respingimento, hanno presentato un ricorso contro l’Italia alla Corte Europea, attraverso gli avvocati Anton Giulio Lana e Andrea Saccucci, dell’Unione forense per la tutela dei diritti umani.</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">The Hirsi case and others versus Italy pertains to the first push back operation carried out on May 6, 2009, in international waters, 35 miles south of Lampedusa. Italian authorities intercepted a boat carrying some 200 Somalis and Eritreans, including children and pregnant women. The migrants were then taken on board an Italian ship, sent back to Tripoli, and handed over against their will to Libyan authorities. They were not identified, no one  listened to them or informed beforehand of their actual destination. In fact, the migrants were convinced that were heading toward the Italian coast. After this operation, 11 Somali citizens and 13 Eritrean citizens, who were found and helped in Libya by the Italian Council for Refugees, brought action against Italy before the European Court of Justice. Assistance was provided by Anton Giulio Lana and Andrea Saccucci, from the Union of Lawyers for Protection of Human Rights.</div>
<p><a href="http://ilmalpaese.wordpress.com/author/giuliolandolfo/">GiulioL</a> [it] described the operation upon their <a href="http://ilmalpaese.wordpress.com/2012/02/24/mamadou-va-a-morire-litalia-condannata-per-i-respingimenti/">arrival in Tripoli </a>[it] on the blog ilmalpaese:</p>
<blockquote><p>Sul molo di Tripoli li aspettava la <a href="http://fortresseurope.blogspot.com/2006/01/guantanamo-libia-il-nuovo-gendarme.html">polizia libica</a>, con i <a href="http://fortresseurope.blogspot.com/2006/01/frontiera-sahara-i-campi-di-detenzione.html">camion container</a> pronti a caricarli, come carri bestiame, per poi smistarli nelle <a href="http://fortresseurope.blogspot.com/2006/01/libia-siamo-entrati-misratah-ecco-la.html">varie prigioni</a> del paese. A bordo di quelle motovedette c’era un fotogiornalista, <a href="http://fortresseurope.blogspot.com/2005/12/respinti-in-libia-le-foto-esclusive-di.html">Enrico Dagnino</a>, che ha raccontato la violenza di quell’operazione. Poi fu censura.</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">The <a href="http://fortresseurope.blogspot.com/2006/01/guantanamo-libia-il-nuovo-gendarme.html">Libyan police</a> were awaiting them on the dock with <a href="http://fortresseurope.blogspot.com/2006/01/frontiera-sahara-i-campi-di-detenzione.html">container trucks </a>ready to pick them up, like livestock onto cattle cars, and then send them to <a href="http://fortresseurope.blogspot.com/2006/01/libia-siamo-entrati-misratah-ecco-la.html">various prisons</a> around the country. A photojournalist, <a href="http://fortresseurope.blogspot.com/2005/12/respinti-in-libia-le-foto-esclusive-di.html">Enrico Dagnino</a>, who was on board the patrol boat, described in detail the violence in this operation. After that, the proceedings were censored.</div>
<p>This action led to the non-implementation of the principles governing the treatment of people fleeing from danger, Henry Oliver <a href="http://ukhumanrightsblog.com/">explains</a> on the UK Human Rights blog:</p>
<blockquote><p> The return involved a violation of Article 3 (anti-torture and inhumane treatment), Article 4 of Protocol 4 (collective expulsion of aliens), and  <a href="http://ukhumanrightsblog.com/incorporated-rights/articles-index/article-13/">Article 13</a> (right to an effective remedy). The patrols that returned migrants to Libya were in breach of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-refoulement">non-refoulement principle</a>.</p></blockquote>
<div id="attachment_100298" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 249px"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/corscri/2436135648/"><img class="wp-image-100298  " title="An immigrant's t-shirt saying &quot;I am an immigrant using soap and water&quot; to avoid abuse. By Cristiano Corsini on Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)." src="http://fr.globalvoicesonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Italie-immigrant.jpg" alt="An immigrant's t-shirt saying &quot;I am an immigrant using soap and water&quot; to avoid abuse. By Cristiano Corsini on Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)." width="239" height="358" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">An immigrant&#39;s t-shirt saying &quot;I am an immigrant using soap and water&quot; to avoid abuse. By Cristiano Corsini on Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).</p></div>
<p>The old Italian government, formed by Silvio Berlusconi&#39;s party, Popolo della libertà (People of Freedom), and Umberto Bossi&#39;s extreme right party, the Northern League, created a legal arsenal and took steps against immigration in Italy, which have been denounced on several occasions by civil society and the Catholic Church. Italy has also been condemned on various instances for its <a href="http://sostenibile.blogosfere.it/2010/04/immigrazione-italia-condannata-dal-consiglio-deuropa.html">anti-immigration</a> [it] policy, which is inconsistent with European treaties.</p>
<p>Gabriele Del Grande&#39;s blog <a href="http://fortresseurope.blogspot.com" target="_blank">fortresseurope.blogspot.com</a> [it] publishes information about Fortess Europe&#39;s activities for the defense of immigrant rights. The association has produced a great number of reports, first hand accounts and films on refugee treatment in Italy as well as in other European countries.</p>
<p>Here he <a href="http://fortresseurope.blogspot.com/2006/01/libia-siamo-entrati-misratah-ecco-la.html">describes prison life</a> [it] in Libya during the rule of the old regime:</p>
<blockquote><p>Siamo a Misratah, 210 km a est di Tripoli, in Libia. E i detenuti sono tutti richiedenti asilo politico eritrei, arrestati al largo di Lampedusa o nei quartieri degli immigrati a Tripoli. Vittime collaterali della cooperazione italo libica contro l’immigrazione. Sono più di 600 persone, tra cui 58 donne e diversi bambini e neonati. Sono in carcere da più di due anni, ma nessuno di loro è stato processato. Dormono in camere senza finestre di 4 metri per 5, fino a 20 persone, buttati per terra su stuoini e materassini di gommapiuma. Di giorno si riuniscono nel cortile di 20 metri per 20 su cui si affacciano le camere, sotto lo sguardo vigile della polizia. Sono ragazzi tra i 20 e i 30 anni. La loro colpa? Aver tentato di raggiungere l’Europa per chiedere asilo.</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">We are in Misratah, 210 km east of Tripoli, in Libya. All the prisoners here are Eritrean asylum seekers, arrested offshore of Lampedusa or in immigrant neighborhoods in Tripoli. Collateral victims of Italy&#39;s and Libya&#39;s cooperation against immigration. More than 600 people, of whom 58 are women, there are also several children and babies in the group. They have been in prison for over two years, but none of them has been tried. Up to 20 people sleep laid out on mats or foam mattresses in windowless rooms measuring 4 meters by 5. During the day, they are placed under the police&#39;s vigilant eye into a courtyard, measuring 20 meters by 20, onto which the rooms open. They are all between 20 and 30 years old. And what did they do wrong? Attempt to reach Europe in search of asylum.</div>
<p>The blog observatoirecitoyen.over-blog.org <a href="http://observatoirecitoyen.over-blog.org/article-le-conseil-de-l-europe-blame-la-gestion-des-migrants-en-italie-49413668.html">discloses</a> [fr] that:</p>
<blockquote><p>Le principe de non refoulement, inscrit dans la Convention des Nations unies sur le statut des réfugiés de 1951, interdit de renvoyer une personne vers un pays où sa vie ou sa liberté peut être menacée. …</p>
<p>Quelque 602 migrants ont été interceptés en mer et immédiatement refoulés de mai à juillet 2009, principalement vers la Libye, un pays où “toute personne détenue risque d&#39;être soumise à des mauvais traitements sérieux” ou d&#39;être renvoyée vers un pays où existent de tels risques, note le CPT (Comité de prévention de la torture).</p>
<p>Certes, reconnaît-il, “les Etats ont le droit souverain de protéger leurs frontières et de contrôler l&#39;immigration”, mais l&#39;Italie doit revoir ses procédures pour s&#39;assurer que tous les migrants interceptés reçoivent d&#39;abord des soins et puissent déposer une demande d&#39;asile.</p></blockquote>
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<p>The principle of non-refoulement, enshrined in the 1951 in the United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, prohibits sending a person back to a country where his life or freedom may be threatened. &#8230;</p>
<p>From May to July 2009, some 602 migrants were intercepted at sea and immediately turned away. They were chiefly sent back to Libya, a country where &#8220;every person arrested risks being subjected to serious mistreatment,&#8221; or of being sent back to a country where such risks do exist, the CPT remarked (Committee for the Prevention of Torture).</p>
<p>Of course, the CPT admits, &#8220;States have the sovereign right to protect their borders and control immigration,&#8221; but Italy should review its procedures to ensure that all intercepted migrants first receive care and can apply for asylum.</p>
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<p>Unfortunately in Europe, Italy is not the only country to carry out forced mass repatriations. This association <a href="http://fortresseurope.blogspot.com/p/la-strage-negata-17317-morti-ai-confini.html">reports</a> [it] that:</p>
<blockquote><p>Dal 1988 sono morte lungo le frontiere dell&#39;Europa almeno <a href="http://fortresseurope.blogspot.com/p/fortezza-europa.html">18.058 persone</a>. Di cui 2.251 soltanto dall&#39;inizio del 2011. Il dato è aggiornato al 7 dicembre 2011 e si basa sulle notizie censite negli archivi della stampa internazionale degli ultimi 23 anni. Il dato reale potrebbe essere molto più grande. Nessuno sa quanti siano i naufragi di cui non abbiamo mai avuto notizia. Lo sanno soltanto le famiglie dei dispersi, che dal Marocco allo Sri Lanka, si chiedono da anni che fine abbiano fatto i loro figli partiti un bel giorno per l&#39;Europa e mai più tornati.</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">Since 1988, at least <a href="http://fortresseurope.blogspot.com/p/fortezza-europa.html">18,058</a> [it] people have died along Europe&#39;s borders. Of this only 2,251 have died since the beginning of 2011. This data was updated on December 7, 2011, and was based on the census data from the international press archives over the past 23 years. The real figure could be much higher. No one knows how many ships have wrecked since we have never heard. Only the families of the missing persons know. These families, from Morocco to Sri Lanka, have been questioning for years what has happened to their children who left one day for Europe and never came back.</div>
<p>Paolo Lambruschi, for his part, <a href="http://www.chiesacattolica.it/cci_new_v3/allegati/28505/avvenire%20migrantes.pdf">wrote</a> [it] on website of the Italian Episcopal Conference&#39;s newspaper:</p>
<blockquote><p>E, cosa che interessa tutta l’Ue, andranno riviste le operazioni Frontex di pattugliamento del Mediterraneo perché per la prima volta viene equiparato il respingimento di gruppi alla frontiera e in alto mare allé espulsioni collettive. A 22 ricorrenti su 24, 11 somali e 13 eritrei, l’Italia dovrà versare un risarcimento di 15 mila euro più le spese processuali. Gli altri due sono morti.</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">And, something which concerns all EU countries, the operations of Frontex patrols in the Mediterranean will be revised, because for the first time the pushing back of groups at borders and on the high seas is tantamount to mass deportations. Italy will have to pay 15,000 euros plus legal costs to 22 of 24 plaintiffs, 11 Somalis and 13 Eritreans. The other two are dead.</div>
<p>Gabriele Del Grande&#39;s blog fortresseurope.blogspot.com <a href="http://fortresseurope.blogspot.com/p/la-strage-negata-17317-morti-ai-confini.html">concludes</a> [it]:</p>
<blockquote><p>Un giorno a Lampedusa e a Zuwarah, a Evros e a Samos, a Las Palmas e a Motril saranno eretti dei sacrari con i nomi delle vittime di questi anni di repressione della libertà di movimento. E ai nostri nipoti non potremo neanche dire che non lo sapevamo. Di seguito la rassegna completa e aggiornata delle notizie, dal 1988 a oggi. Per un&#39;analisi delle statistiche, frontiera per frontiera, leggete la scheda <a href="http://fortresseurope.blogspot.com/p/fortezza-europa.html">Fortezza Europa</a>.</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">One day, at Lampedusa and at Zouara, at Samos at Evros, at Las Palmas and at Motril, shrines will be erected with the victims&#39; names from these years of repression of freedom of movement. And we won&#39;t be able to tell our grandchildren that we didn&#39;t know. Here you can find a comprehensive presentation and updates of information, from 1988 until today. For an analysis of the statistics, border by border, read the map <a href="http://fortresseurope.blogspot.com/p/fortezza-europa.html">Fortezza Europa</a> (Fortress Europe).</div>
<p><em><strong>This post is part of our special coverage on <a href="http://globalvoicesonline.org/specialcoverage/refugees/">Refugees</a>.</strong></em></p>
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		<title>Africa: Interview With Africa Desk Officer at the Committee to Protect Journalists</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:58:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abdoulaye Bah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Abdoulaye Bah interviews Mohamed Keita who runs the Africa desk of the Committee to Protect Journalists, an independent, nonprofit organization founded in 1981 to promote press freedom worldwide by defending the rights of journalists to report  without fear of reprisal.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Abdoulaye Bah (AB): First of all, who is Mohamed Keita ?</strong></p>
<blockquote><p><strong>Mohamed Keita (MK)</strong>: I run the Africa desk of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), which is based in New-York.</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>AB: What are the aims of CPJ?</strong></p>
<blockquote><p><strong>MK</strong>: CPJ is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit, nongovernmental organization dedicated to defending press freedom worldwide since 1981. CPJ was founded by a group of eminent American journalists, including the late Walter Cronkyte and Dan Rather, to support their colleagues around the world during a period of kidnappings and murders of journalists in Lebanon and Latin America in the 1980s. CPJ cherishes its independence from any government and does not take any contributions from any state.</p></blockquote>
<div id="attachment_299281" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 385px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-299281" title="Committee to Protect Journalists" src="http://globalvoicesonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/cpj-375x74.jpg" alt="" width="375" height="74" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Logo of the Committee to Protect Journalists. Image source: http://cpj.org/.</p></div>
<p><strong> AB: What are the African countries where freedom of expression is most at risk?</strong></p>
<blockquote><p><strong>MK</strong>: <strong>Eritrea</strong>: President Isaias Afewerki brutally closed down the independent press in this Red Sea nation in a September 2001 crackdown on dissent. Since then, Isaias&#39; information minister Ali Abdu runs and directs the propaganda machine of the state-controlled press. The government directs journalists what and how to report on. It is the African country whose prisons are holding the largest number of journalists (at least 28). All the journalists are held in secret prisons without charge or trial and without contact with their families, with many of them thought to have died in custody. Only Iran is imprisoning more journalists worldwide.</p>
<p><strong>Ethiopia</strong>: In February 2011, Ethiopian police threatened to throw into prison dissident blogger Eskinder Nega if he did not stop comparing the Arab Spring uprisings to Ethiopia’s 2005 pro-democracy protests. Eskinder was arrested 9 months later on terrorism charges and faces a possible life sentence in a politicized case based on his critical online writings. Ethiopia operates sub-saharan Africa’s most extensive snd sophisticated Internet censorship infrasctructure and was ranked among CPJ’s top 10 Online Oppressors.</p>
<p>The government of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is trailing only Eritrea in imprisonment of journalists. Almost all the journalists, including two Swedish reporters, have been charged with terrorism for reporting on opposition and rebel groups. With a series of restrictive laws, Meles&#39; ruling EPRDF has tightned absolute grip over media licensing and regulation, the public state media and all public institutions. The independent press is limited to a handful of private newspapers and one radio station. The government also jams radio programs from Voice of America and Deutsche Welle and bans journalists’ access to the Ogaden where a rebellion is taking place. Meles&#39; government has driven into exile the largest number of journalists in the world over the last decade.</p>
<p><strong>Gambia</strong>: President Yahya Jammeh&#39;s years of intimidation of the press, a series of arson attacks on media houses, the closure of newspapers and radio stations, the unsolved murder of Deyda Hydara and the disappearance in government custody of reporter Ebrima Chief Manneh, have created a climate of terror for journalists in Gambia and forced the best journalists into exile.</p>
<p><strong>Zimbabwe</strong>: Zimbabwe arrested and prosecuted a man last year for posting a political comment on Facebook. President Robert Mugabe&#39;s ruling ZANU-PF has allowed only a handful of independent newspapers to operate in Zimbabwe while retaining absolute grip over media licensing and regulation and national airwaves. Journalists operate under some of the world&#39;s most restrictive security and media laws.</p>
<p><strong>Equatorial Guinea</strong>: President Teodoro Obiang&#39;s grip on the oil-rich nation is based on strict control of news and information. The president and his associates control all the media outlets in the country and no journalist is able to report independently about national priorities or spending or corruption.</p>
<p><strong>Rwanda</strong>: Paul Kagame justifies restrictions on the press by invoking Radio Milles Collines, which in fact was a government-sponsored radio station, not an independent station. Kagame&#39;s government also abuses laws against &#8220;genocide ideology&#8221; and &#8220;ethnic divisionism&#8221; to prosecute and jail critical journalists and opinions contradicting the official version of the 1994 genocide.</p>
<p><strong>Somalia</strong>: all belligerents in Somalia&#39;s conflict target journalists who are caught in the crossfire between rival militias, warlords, government and insurgents. Somalia is the deadliest country for the press in Africa: at least 40 journalists have been killed since 1992.</p>
<p><strong>South Africa</strong>: President Jacob Zuma&#39;s ruling African National Congress has faced press criticism over its record on corruption, crime and poverty. To silence the critics, the government has introduced a series of legislative proposals that would criminalize investigative journalists, including the controversial Protection of State Information Bill, which critics have called the secrecy bill. Verbal and physical intimidation of journalists, particularly by the ANC’s youth league is on the rise.</p>
<p><strong>Angola</strong>: President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos and his associates of the ruling MPLA control most of Angola&#39;s media outlets and enforce censorship of news and information. only 2 newspapers and 2 radio stations were not controlled by the government. Journalists reporting about official corruption are prosecuted and given prison sentences. Security forces attacked and intimidated journalists reporting on anti-government protests by youths calling for Dos Santos to step down.</p>
<p>Angola and Cameroon have introduced legislative measures to combat “internet crime” but the laws punish the electronic dissemination of photos and videos of public events with prison terms.</p>
<p><strong>Democratic Republic of Congo</strong>: Journalists operate at the mercy of security forces, rebel groups and powerful politicians who abuse journalists in total impunity. at least 8 journalists have been murdered since 2005 with justice falling short of solving the murders.</p></blockquote>
<div id="attachment_299515" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 385px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-299515" title="Eskinder Nega" src="http://globalvoicesonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/eskinder_Nega-375x249.jpg" alt="" width="375" height="249" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Ethiopia&#39;s dissident blogger Eskinder Nega. Photo courtesy of Lennart Kjörling.</p></div>
<p><strong>AB: Bloggers from North Africa have contributed significantly to the success of revolts in the countries of North Africa. Is it conceivable that in sub-Saharan Africa bloggers play a similar role?</strong></p>
<blockquote><p><strong>MK</strong>: Social media tools have become platforms for the kind of dissent that is repressed offline and they are used to organize protests offline. Some governments, such as Ethiopia, Angola, and Cameroon, are beginning to crack down on this use of the Internet, by passing laws against &#8220;cyber crime&#8221; or intimidating bloggers. In addition, Facebook, Twitter and Youtube users who are posting photos and videos from the streets using their cell phones are breaking some of the biggest news in Africa these days, and traditional media is trying to keep up with them.</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>AB: In Mozambique, in 2008 and 2010, well before the revolutions in the Arab world, the civil society was able to organize a demonstration against the rising cost of living using SMS. In Ghana, in 2010, citizens participated massively in constitutional review by using Facebook and mobile phones. Should these examples be regarded as exceptional cases or other similar events may occur elsewhere?</strong></p>
<blockquote><p><strong>MK</strong>: Social media in the hands of young citizen journalists is fueling protest movements in Angola, Nigeria and Senegal.</p></blockquote>
<div id="attachment_299568" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 221px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-299568" title="CPJ1" src="http://globalvoicesonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/CPJ1-211x300.jpg" alt="" width="211" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The cover of CPJ</p></div>
<p><strong>AB: What role do you attribute to social media in Africa and what are the obstacles?</strong></p>
<blockquote><p><strong>MK</strong>: They have democratized news and information - making it more difficult for governments and the enemies of press freedom to keep a nation into the dark. it has created a virtual bridge between Africans in the Diaspora and those in the home countries. but the users are still largely unprepared to the dangers lurking online. Zimbabwe arrested and prosecuted a man last year for posting a political comment on Facebook. and many governments regularly demand email passwords of journalists in custody. Data security is the next challenge for journalists as more of them start to mostly work online.</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>AB: What can we expect from the African Union?</strong></p>
<blockquote><p><strong>MK</strong>: The AU has a Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression but she works only part time and lacks the resource to do her job. AU member states still lack the political will to respect press freedom and protect journalists. Regional human rights instruments like the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African states (ECOWAS) give us hope. The court issued landmark rulings against the Gambia on cases of disappearance and torture of journalists, but the problem is enforcement.</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>AB: The year 2011 was difficult for the press freedom in Africa, how do you see the year 2012?</strong></p>
<blockquote><p><strong>MK</strong>: Each new year brings new challenges in this battle to keep the press free. The secrecy bill in South Africa has to be defeated, because South Africa is a model of democracy and free press for the continent, and this bill threatens to undo 18 years of progress since the end of Apartheid. South Sudan, the world&#39;s newest nation, is already abusing press freedom, this is also worrying. Ethiopia and Burundi&#39;s abuse of terrorism laws to prosecute and jail critical journalists is a disturbing new trend that has to be stopped. Press freedom is on the brink of extinction in Ethiopia, Angola, Gambia and Rwanda. Niger is probably the best example of a country where press freedom has advanced.</p></blockquote>
<p>You can follow Mohamed Keita on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/africamedia_CPJ">@africamedia_CPJ</a> and also read his articles on <a href="http://cpj.org/blog/author/mohamed-keita/">CPJ blog</a>.</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ndesanjo Macha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A blogger visiting Juba, Southern Sudan, reports that Eritreans are thriving in the city: &#8220;The Eritreans I observed there were cliquish, befriended the SPLM generals, pay bribes generously (so I was told), smuggle in young Eritrean girls and so forth&#8230;At one stage I saw over one thousand youngsters at one... ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A blogger visiting Juba, Southern Sudan, <a href="http://asmarino.com/eyewitness-account/1077-the-eritream-mafia-in-juba">reports that Eritreans are thriving in the city</a>: &#8220;The Eritreans I observed there were cliquish, befriended the SPLM generals, pay bribes generously (so I was told), smuggle in young Eritrean girls and so forth&#8230;At one stage I saw over one thousand youngsters at one place partying – a totally Eritrean affair (with Eritrean music, food and all).&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Eritrea: The Plight of Eritrea Refugees in Egypt</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2011/05/13/eritrea-the-plight-of-eritrea-refugees-in-egypt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 12:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ndesanjo Macha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Release Eritrea, a charity based in the UK, is concerned about the plight of Eritrean refugees in Egypt: &#8220;In recent days, five Eritreans have been shot by the Egyptian border guards on the border with Israel. They managed to cross the border despite their wounds, but later died in Israel... ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Release Eritrea, a charity based in the UK, <a href="http://asmarino.com/press-releases/1030-eritrean-charity-reports-ongoing-concerns-for-refugees-in-egypt-">is concerned about the plight of Eritrean refugees in Egypt</a>: &#8220;In recent days, five Eritreans have been shot by the Egyptian border guards on the border with Israel. They managed to cross the border despite their wounds, but later died in Israel of their injuries, reports coming from Israel confirm.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Eritrea: How we celebrate &#8220;Meskel&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ndesanjo Macha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A holiday in my country, Eritrea: &#8220;I’m from Eritrea which is in the horn of East Africa. We have a religious holiday called “Meskel” which means “cross”. The holiday is about how our ancestors find the holy cross. It is in September.&#8221; Written by Ndesanjo Macha &#183; comments (0) Share:... ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://newmissionjournal.blogspot.com/2011/03/holiday-in-my-country-eritrea-by_13.html">A holiday in my country, Eritrea</a>: &#8220;I’m from Eritrea which is in the horn of East Africa. We have a religious holiday called “Meskel” which means “cross”. The holiday is about how our ancestors find the holy cross. It is in September.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Africa: Sub-Saharan Africa censors Mideast protests</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 09:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ndesanjo Macha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some African leaders do not want citizens to know what is happening in North Africa and Middle East: &#8220;As news of Middle Eastern and North African protests swirl around the globe, satellite television and the Internet prove vital sources of information for Africans as governments fearful of an informed citizenry... ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some African leaders <a href="http://www.cpj.org/blog/2011/02/sub-saharan-africa-counters-censorship-on-mideast.php">do not want citizens to know what is happening in North Africa and Middle East</a>: &#8220;As news of Middle Eastern and North African protests swirl around the globe, satellite television and the Internet prove vital sources of information for Africans as governments fearful of an informed citizenry and a free press such as in Eritrea, Equatorial Guinea, and Zimbabwe impose total news blackouts on the developments.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Eritrea: Capital Eritrea News site</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ndesanjo Macha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[capitaleritrea news is an online news platform covering the latest from Eritrea. The site is managed by volunteer editors and authors. Written by Ndesanjo Macha &#183; comments (0) Share: Donate &#183; facebook &#183; twitter &#183; reddit &#183; StumbleUpon &#183; delicious &#183; Instapaper]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.capitaleritrea.com/">capitaleritrea news</a> is an online news platform covering the latest from Eritrea. The site is managed by volunteer editors and authors.</p>
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		<title>Eritrea: Invest in Eritrea blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ndesanjo Macha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Invest in Eritrea is a blog about business and investment activities in Eritrea. Written by Ndesanjo Macha &#183; comments (0) Share: Donate &#183; facebook &#183; twitter &#183; reddit &#183; StumbleUpon &#183; delicious &#183; Instapaper]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.investineritrea.com/">Invest in Eritrea</a> is a blog about business and investment activities in Eritrea.</p>
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		<title>Eritrea: The Tunisian revolution cannot be replicated in Eritrea</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2011/01/26/eritrea-the-tunisian-revolution-cannot-be-replicated-in-eritrea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ndesanjo Macha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yosief Ghebrehiwet explains why the Tunisian revolution cannot be replicated in Eritrea:&#8221;the wholesale eviction of the adult student population from the cities and the overall low development level of the nation make it impossible for the kind of uprising that we are witnessing in Tunisia to be emulated in Eritrea.&#8221;... ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yosief Ghebrehiwet explains why <a href="http://asmarino.com/articles/899-why-the-tunisian-revolution-cannot-be-replicated-in-eritrea">the Tunisian revolution cannot be replicated in Eritrea</a>:&#8221;the wholesale eviction of the adult student population from the cities and the overall low development level of the nation make it impossible for the kind of uprising that we are witnessing in Tunisia to be emulated in Eritrea.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Eritrea: Isaias Afwerki  comes out dead last in African Presidents Index!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2011 10:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ndesanjo Macha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Asmarino reacts to first annual “African Presidents Index” released by the Nation Media Group: &#8220;Obviously our own totalitarian leader Isaias Afworki didn’t disappoint us. Not only did he make it to the “Morgue” category with flying colors, he also ended up dead last within that category&#8230;&#8221; Written by Ndesanjo Macha... ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://asmarino.com/news/894-nmg">Asmarino reacts</a> to first annual “African Presidents Index” released by the Nation Media Group: &#8220;Obviously our own totalitarian leader Isaias Afworki didn’t disappoint us. Not only did he make it to the “Morgue” category with flying colors, he also ended up dead last within that category&#8230;&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Eritrea: Eritrea and the shadow of WikiLeaks</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2010 14:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ndesanjo Macha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gabriel Guangul discusses WikiLeaks in the context of Eritrea: &#8220;Somewhere along the lines of US embassy cables being laid bare on WikiLeaks, one could imagine the dark clouds behind the façade of Eritrea’s defiant image. In fact, that is exactly what it was all time – a shop window for... ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gabriel Guangul <a href="http://asmarino.com/articles/851-eritrea-and-the-shadows-of-wikileaks">discusses WikiLeaks in the context of Eritrea</a>: &#8220;Somewhere along the lines of US embassy cables being laid bare on WikiLeaks, one could imagine the dark clouds behind the façade of Eritrea’s defiant image.  In fact, that is exactly what it was all time – a shop window for total control and defiance.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Eritrea: Regional Aggressor or Regional Scapegoat?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ndesanjo Macha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is Eritrea a regional aggressor?: &#8220;Eritrea is often labeled by journalists and governments as a regional aggressor (here and here). The most often cited evidence for this designation is that Eritrea has been engaged in conflict with each of its contiguous neighbors as well as an overseas state.&#8221; Written by... ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://blog.merhawie.com/2010/10/24/regional-aggressor-or-regional-scapegoat#more-541">Is Eritrea a regional aggressor?</a>: &#8220;Eritrea is often labeled by journalists and governments as a regional aggressor (here and here). The most often cited evidence for this designation is that Eritrea has been engaged in conflict with each of its contiguous neighbors as well as an overseas state.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Eritrea: The Asmara All Stars</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 13:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ndesanjo Macha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meet the Asmara All Stars (Eritrean Jazz): &#8220;Love their sound! They&#39;ve been getting a lot of publicity from various websites too. See more about the The Asmara All Stars at this Youtube channel. Listen to a playlist of their songs on the Addis Tunes website and read the article below.&#8221;... ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.museke.com/en/node/6756">Meet the Asmara All Stars (Eritrean Jazz)</a>: &#8220;Love their sound! They&#39;ve been getting a lot of publicity from various websites too. See more about the The Asmara All Stars at this Youtube channel. Listen to a playlist of their songs on the Addis Tunes website and read the article below.&#8221;</p>
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