Sarah Ogbay, Ms. Akberet Seyoum, Mr. Petros Tesfaghergis. Habte Hagos, who humbly welcomed his nomination to serve as chair pledged that he will endeavour to take the hard-won achievements of Assenna to the next level along with all board members. Assenna Foundation is confident the expertise and wisdom of the new board, as well as the indispensable backing of the committed supporters and Friends of Assenna, will enable it to continue its momentum as the voice of the voiceless Eritreans, while making steady progress to achieve its ultimate mission of fostering a democratic media culture in post-dictatorship Eritrea.
Amanuel has worked as a head teacher, journalist and as the head of Eritrean News Agency, Asmara and Environs. As a journalist, Amanuel covered closed sessions of the Eritrean Cabinet for many years.
Amanuel is the founder of Assenna Foundation and current editor of assenna. He is a member of the Eritrean Unity for Justice UK , a group that aims to bring together members of the Eritrean diaspora to jointly fight for justice in their homeland. Habte has held Finance Directorship roles of a number of organisations over a period spanning more than two decades, servicing various Executive Boards as a member of Senior Leadership Teams. Habte is a founding member and current Chair of Eritrea Focus; a non-for-profit entity whose aim is to expose human rights abuses, and he recently led a research study into the Eritrean extractive sector.
Ali Hindi is a career journalist. Currently, Ali works as a researcher for the Arab Progress Study Centre responsible for the Horn of Arica Affairs and he is a political analyst of a number of television stations.
Sarah had taught for 26 years at both under and postgraduate levels worked in University-administration and has co-published academic articles. Her research interests are language and social identities, language testing, gender equity, and human rights. Akberet Seyoum has a Television Journalism Diploma and has successfully completed a TV production course at multiple news agencies and stations.
Akberet is an active member of Eritrean Global Initiative a unity forum and a regular contributor on Radio Assenna with keen interest for human rights and justice in Eritrea. A manuel Eyasu of Assena. His crazy obsession lately forced him to announce through the radio he owns on October 11th that the president of Eritrea has been seriously ill.
Unfortunately, in less than 24 hours after he made that foolish statement, the lion of Nakfa was seen healthier than ever together with the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi in UAE. He works two jobs to feed his wife and two children while taking communication classes at a local community college. Since February , he is also the publisher of a small community newsletter targeting Eritreans in southeastern Texas. Easier said than done.
Menghistu spoke from personal experience. On one Sunday in May, he went with his notebook and audio recorder in hand to cover a public seminar convened by local expat supporters of the Eritrean government to oppose the U. This is a public meeting. Menghistu was assaulted and his microphone stolen.
One of those who relayed news about the Houston incident on his Eritrean diaspora news Web site was Amanuel Eyasu, once a senior editor with the state Eritrean News Agency and now the editor of the London-based site Assenna. It was in December when he filed a complaint with London police for assault after refusing to leave a public meeting of government supporters he went to cover. He documented the incident by posting an interview with one of the witnesses, a local Eritrean activist, who was also allegedly verbally abused and roughed up for his views.
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