External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday traded barb with the Congress leader and former chief minister of Karnataka, Siddaramaiah, over rescue of the state’s residents from Sudan, where clashes between the personnel of the army and the paramilitary forces resulted in the death of at least 180 people.
The UK-based human rights foundation, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), has expressed concern about Eritrea’s “heavy” involvement in the violence in neighboring Ethiopia and called on the international community to move swiftly to ensure that Eritrean forces leave the embattled Horn of Africa country.
Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim of Eritrea's Segheneity Eparchy / InfoVaticanaACI Africa, Oct 18, 2022 / 17:00 pm (CNA).Security officers in Eritrea have arrested and detained a Catholic bishop and two priests, a source in the Northeastern African country has confirmed to ACI Africa.On Oct. 15, security agents reportedly arrested Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim at Asmara international airport after he arrived from Europe, BBC News reported.A source in Eritrea who did not want to be named for security reasons confirmed the media reports about the arrest of Tsalim, the local ordinary of Eritrea s Segheneity Eparchy, who will turn 52 on Oct. 23, saying, "Yes, it is true. What the media is saying is true.""We just need your prayers right now," the source told ACI Africa.Two Catholic priests, Father Mihretab Stefanos, who is the parish priest of St. Michael s parish of Segheneity Eparchy, and Abbot Abraham, a member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Franciscan
The Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) and the Human Rights Concern Eritrea (HRCE) have expressed concern about the “misreporting” of the protests, which asylum seekers and refugees from Eritrea participated in outside the Eritrean Embassy in London, the United Kingdom on Sunday, September 4.