Sudanese intelligence officers have broken up a ring preparing to smuggle Eritreans to Israel, a report said on Monday, just days after UN officials voiced concern over the gangs.

The Sudanese Media Center, which is close to the security apparatus, said officers”.

Moving at night through the cold, flat desert, armed people smugglers are exploiting, abducting and sometimes killing Eritreans fleeing their authoritarian homeland, the UN and refugees say.

Moving at night through the cold, flat desert, armed people smugglers are exploiting, abducting and sometimes killing Eritreans fleeing their authoritarian homeland, the UN and refugees say.

Eritrean Christians fleeing persecution in their homeland are facing imprisonment, torture, beatings and sexual assault in Egypt, reports Barnabas Fund.

Addis Ababa — Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki has said that he will guarantee the safety of tens of thousands of young people who fled the country to avoid forced conscription in the military, should they chose to return to the East African nation.

BACKGROUND

Eritrea won its independence from Ethiopia in 1993, but conflict soon resumed. A U.N. peacekeeping mission ended in 2008 because of Eritrean-imposed restrictions, and relations with Ethiopia remain tense. Eritrea has also ignored a U.N. resolution instructing it to remove troops from a disputed region on the border with Djibouti. President Isaias Afwerki has ruled without elections since 1993.

ባይቶ ጸጥታ ውዱብ ሕቡራት መንግስታት ዝሓለፈ ሰኑይ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ደገፋቱ ንናይ ምስልምና ጥሩፋት ሓይልታትን ጉጅለ ኣሸባብ ደገፉ ይቕጽል ኣሎ ብዝብል ክሲ ነቲ ኣብ ልዕሊ እዚ ስርዓት ኣንቢርዎ ዝጸንሐ እገዳ ብምትራት ከም እንደገና ውሳነኡ ኣሕሊፉ ኣሎ።

Explanation of Vote by Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, after the Adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 2023, December 5, 2011

Thank you, Mr. President

The United States welcomes the Council's decision to impose new sanctions on Eritrea. Today we have sent a clear message to the Government of Eritrea that it must cease all illegal actions threatening international peace and stability in the Horn of Africa.

The Security Council today placed additional sanctions on Eritrea for continuing to provide support to armed groups seeking to destabilize Somalia and other parts of the Horn of Africa, building on the arms and travel embargoes it imposed exactly two years ago.

Tel Aviv — Standing across the street from the American embassy in Tel Aviv, more than 200 Eritrean asylum seekers chanted "Yes to justice! Yes to humanity!", and demanded international intervention to stop torture camps in the Egyptian Sinai. Protests by African asylum seekers in Israel are growing, in the face of increasingly tough policies by the Israelis.

መዓልትን ከልብን ከይጸዋዕካዮ ይምጽእ ከምዝብሃል ዕለተ ጉባኤ ብወርሒ ተደናጉዩ ድሕሪ ምጽናሕ እንሆ እዚ ታሪኻዊ ዕማም ኣብ ቅድሜና ይጽበየና ኣሎ። እቲ ብወርሒ ዝተናወሐ ጉባኤ እምብኣር ዕለት 22-11-2011 ክጅመር እዩ። ኣብዚ ዝካየድ ጉባኤ ህዝባውን ዕዉትን ኮይኑ መታን ክዛዘም፡ ኩሉኹም ተሳተፍቲ ጉባኤ ኣቐዲምኩም ነቲ ኣብ ወብሳይትና ተዘርጊሑ ዘሎ ሰነዳት ጉባኤ (ቻርተር ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፣ መሰጋገሪ ቅዋም ፣ ቅርጻ ባይቶ ምኽሪ ኤርትራ ወዘተ.) ፕሪንት ብምግባር ከተምብብዎን ናብ ጉባኤ ሒዝኩሞ ክትመጹን በዚ ኣጋጣሚ ንላቦ።

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