Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Attempted Coup In Eritrea Fails -- A News Roundup



No Sign Of Eritrea Mutineers As Calm Returns -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Dissident Eritrean soldiers who had seized the information ministry were gone on Tuesday and calm returned to the capital, Asmara, an Eritrean envoy and Western diplomat said.

The soldiers took over the ministry on Monday to demand the release of thousands of political prisoners, a sign of a deepening rift between some factions of the military and the secretive country's president, Isaias Afewerki.

Eritrea's envoy to South Africa said there had been a "small incident" at the ministry but that order had been restored.

"The situation in Asmara and elsewhere is no different from any other day," Salih Omar Abdu told Reuters. State television was back on air. Its main headline was heavy snow in Paris.

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More News On The Attempted Coup In Eritrea

Eritrea: Asmara calm after 'information ministry raid' -- BBC
A day after unrest reported in Eritrea, calm returns; ambassador denies coup attempt -- Washington Post/AP
'All calm,' says Eritrea after apparent insurrection -- Deutsche Welle
Eritrea 'calm' after mutiny -- News 24
Coup Attempt By Rebel Soldiers Is Said To Fail In Eritrea -- New York Times
Eritrea Coup Attempt Fails -- Newser
Eritrean Ambassador Dismisses Coup Reports; Soldiers Retreat -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Eritrea Rocked by Possible Coup Attempt -- Wall Street Journal
Eritrean soldiers said to storm ministry; diplomat denies 'coup' -- L.A. Times
Eritrean troops besiege mutineers in Asmara: diplomats -- Al Arabiya
In Eritrea, Whispers Of A Quiet Protest Challenge Years Of Suppression -- International Business Times

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