By RFIPosted on 10-22-2019Modified on 22-10-2019 at 22:26
The German ambassador was summoned by the Foreign Ministry last Monday. Official reason for the summons: criticism against Eritrea by a journalist on German public radio Deutsche Welle.
Asmara's Information Minister and spokesman Yemane Ghebremeskel attacked Deutsche Welle, but without much precision. German public radio would be guilty of " persisting in its unbridled defamation campaigns against Eritrea ".
He went on to say that the German ambassador had been summoned to ask for a " clarification / correction on the incessant vitriol " broadcast by Deutsche Welle. Which has nothing to do, concludes the leader of this country without free media , with " journalistic objectivity ".
Deutsche Welle has not commented on this incident yet. But the Eritrean bad mood is probably rooted in a column published on Oct. 11 by the director of the Amharic radio service, criticizing the lack of change in Eritrea despite the peace deal with Ethiopia .
Eritrean journalist Habtom Yohannes recalls that it is the second time in a year that Eritrea has attacked Germany, an opposition stronghold where an important and influential diaspora resides.
In October 2018, a similar speech held in Berlin in front of the Parliament by the head of German diplomacy had already aroused a scathing statement from Asmara. Finally, it must be said that Germany is at the forefront of the rapprochement of Europe with the very likely Eritrean dictatorship.
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