BBC
Reports from Eritrea say a group of around 100 soldiers have surrounded the ministry of information in the capital,
Asmara.
State TV has also reportedly been taken off air in what some have described as a coup attempt.
The city is said to be calm with no shots having been fired.
Eritrea’s government has been criticised by human rights activists as one of the world’s most repressive and closed countries.
The websites of key Eritrean state and ruling party media are currently operating erratically, with the site for the ruling People’s Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) party inaccessible.
A statement has reportedly been read out on state radio and television calling for the implementation of the country’s 1997 constitution.
President Isaias Afewerki has ruled the country as a one-party state since independence from neighbouring Ethiopia in 1993.
Hafte
January 22, 2013 at 3:40 am
Just another lie, like the one a few months ago said that President Isaias Afwerki died. These people have no shame, people like Dan Connell, Gefrey Gettleman should be held liable for securities fraud since knowingly and purposely have propagating false information if the result of their latest piece causes any significant shift in the value of any targeted/affected by the ficticious claim.