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From: Haile Abraham (haileab99@msn.com)
Date: Sun May 02 2010 - 11:53:38 EDT
Dear Aya T. Kflu, K'bursi nesiKa de'a tiHisho!!!
If anyone in Dehai deserves any honorary name, it has to be you, Aya Tesfay. After all, you are the founding father and indeed the God Father of Dehai Tavern, the fountain of the original mixes that drove many of us into some uncontrollable addictions in the early years of Dehai. How can we forget, back in the days of the Tavern, when we all waited EVERY nigh anxiously for that mid-night batch of some home-made mixes that we used to consume feverishly. As a matter of fact, it is still in our memory Aya Tesfay, when the Deahi mixes made you forget you shopping duties and you returned home empty handed. But thanks to your loving wife, you were greeted with that Eritrea motherly smile and a compassion for your uncontrollable Dehai mix addiction. Yes indeed, you are the original mix-master and the God Father of the Tavern.
But going back to the subject you raised; I agree with you, and again I respect you for airing your views, even though I don't agree with your terminology of your "hard core Isayaist." But knowing you from your Tavern days, I know you meant it as a tongue-in-cheek expression....
Anyway, I just don't understand the hypocrisy of the West when they try to determine Eritrea's fate based on some individual's court date while they themselves have detained hundreds without their day in court. I just don't buy all that hoopla!!!
Haile A.
Subject: RE: [DEHAI] 'Eritrea desperate to undo UN sanctions..'
Date: Sat, 1 May 2010 00:03:28 -0400
From: Tesfai.Kflu@fredonia.edu
To: haileab99@msn.com; dehai@dehai.org
CC: Tesfai.Kflu@fredonia.edu
K'bur Haile Abraham:
Nice to hear from you too. I am doing alright..... old, retired, slow, but, all things
considered I can say I am doing fine. Thank you for asking though.
Haile, you said the article didn't sound interesting to you or something like that.
Yes, I can agree with you that the writer seems to have a demeaning demeanor in
his writing, which is now getting common in a number of African & some Western
reporters when it comes to Eritrea.
I may be wrong, but, if you go beyond the belittling and demeaning insinuations
that you said make the article not as interesting as we would have liked it to be, and
add all the plusses and minuses said about Eitrea, I think the positives are more.
As you know me very well, I have always been a hard core Isayasist and I still am.
But, I have never failed to air my feelings on the shortcoming we have when it comes
to the refined skill of diplomacy and public relations. With love and respect , I have
said it here in Dehai more than one time. But now, for the first time in our political
history after independence, to read that Eritrea is running 'diplomatic offense' in order
to have the UN sanctions lifted, was a big news to me and that made me happy. Another diplomatic effort in consideration, according to the article we are talking about is that Dawit Isaak, the Eritrean-Swedish journalist is likely to be brought to court and this may likely help
improve the relationship of Eritrea with Sweden and the European union. These and a
couple of statements such as the fact that the supply of arms from Eritrea to the Al Shabab,
which I believe was not true but was reported as true anyway, is now said as 'not happening'
any more..... etc....etc..
Not in this article, but in a different paper, I can't exactly remember where, it was
said that the Qatari government has asked Hillary Clinton to go easy on Eritrea.....
a lot of diplomacy is going on... I am sure it will work out.... let's keep our fingers crossed!!!
Tesfai Kflu
From: owner-dehai@dehai.org on behalf of Haile Abraham
Sent: Fri 4/30/2010 10:17 AM
To: DEHAI DEHAIouple of other
Subject: RE:[DEHAI] 'Eritrea desperate to undo UN sanctions..'
Aya Kiflu,
Nice to hear from you and I hope you are doing very well. I read the article on AFROL titled "Eritrea desperate to undo UN sanction." And to tell you the truth, there is nothing interesting about the way the "Staff Writer" put that article together. IMO, and I don't know what their motive was, the AFROL staff writer appears to belittle and accuse Eritrea for making its military installation as a "national secret" and its land as a "closed country." Furthermore, the AFROL staff appears to be very much surprised that PIA invited foreign journalist to Eritrea, and even more surprised that the GULF News served the TRUTH!!!
If AFROL was a true and genuine news outlet, its stuff could also have been served the same TRUTH that it is being served to many foreign journalists. Instead it chose to make a mockery of the TRUTH by quotiong a Djiboutian Foreign Minister and ASSumed that Eritrea is doing this out of desperation to "undo" the sanction... What a joke!!!
Shame on AFROL...
Haile A.
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Dehaiers:
An interesting article with pieces of information that
I believe most of us would like to hear is out.... the website
for the source is 'www.afrol.com'. I wish Dehai gets it posted.
Tesfai Kflu.
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Eritrea desperate to undo UN sanctions
Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki during a recent visit in Iran
© Iran presidency/afrol Newsafrol News, 23 April - Eritrea President Isaias Afewerki is on a diplomatic offensive to make the UN lift sanctions against the country last year for training and supplying Somali and Yemenite rebels. Holy cows are being slaughtered in Asmara.
In a surprise move, President Afewerki invited foreign journalists to the country, letting them inspect and photograph military installations so far kept a national secret. Even a Swedish journalist jailed in Eritrea for eight years may finally get his trial.
Dubai-based 'Gulf News' - not noted for its criticism of governments, but at least widely available in English language - landed a minor unexpected scoop when being invited to Eritrea by President Afewerki. During the last week, 'Gulf News' have toured the otherwise closed country, even meeting the President himself, and have reported in the expected positive way from Eritrea.
The greatest surprise was the admittance of 'Gulf News' journalists and photographers into Eritrean military posts. The Dubai media could report that it had not observed any foreigners at the camps, which corresponded to sites described in a UN report alleging Somali Islamists were being trained there.
The journalists were even brought to the remote camp at the Djibouti border, allowed to take pictures in certain angles. Earlier, Eritrean authorities had denied UN inspectors access to the same military camp. "No foreigners," 'Gulf News' reporters again could confirm.
As the guided tour went on, journalists were given a chance to interview President Afewerki in the port town of Massawa. While downplaying the UN sanctions as a result of "American anger" against Eritrea, Mr Afewerki made sure to tell journalists reports about deepening Iran-Eritrea ties were untrue. Iran was not to build an oil refinery in Eritrea, he emphasised.
Another sign that Eritrea is eager to improve its international reputation is the surprise announcement that Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak soon is to have a trial after having been detained for over eight years. Girma Asmerom Tesfay, Eritrea's ambassador in Belgium, made this promise to a Swedish MP.
The case of Mr Isaak has soured relations between Sweden and the European Union on one side and Eritrea on the other side for years. A solution in the case could provide the Afewerki regime much goodwill in Europe, needed for a possible lifting of the UN sanctions.
Also neighbouring countries are noting that Eritrea is changing its attitude towards the UN sanctions. Djibouti's Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf at a press conference in Nairobi said he was seeing signs that Eritrea was starting to abide by UN demands to stop its interference in Somalia. Eritrea's foreign policies were bound to be altered, Mr Youssouf said.
Somalia's transitional government, an ally of Eritrea arch-rival Ethiopia, is noting that Eritrean support for the al-Shabaab Islamists is declining. The latest UN report on Somalia supports this observation, concluding that Eritrean weapons deliveries to al-Shabaab had declined but that the Islamists still received financial support from the Afewerki regime.
The UN imposed arms and travel sanctions on Eritrea in December last year for supporting the Islamist insurgent's attempt to topple the transitional government of Somalia. A UN report had found Eritrea was training al-Shabaab insurgents and providing them with arms.
The UN sanctions include travel bans and the freezing of assets of Eritrea's main political and military leaders.
According to the Djiboutian Foreign Minister, Eritrea was now aiming at getting these sanctions lifted as soon as possible. But Eritrea under President Afewerki would not change its foreign policies enough to stop being the region's pariah nation, Minister Youssouf forecasted.
By staff writer
© afrol News
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