Tag Archives: Eritrea
The Perils of Western “Democracy” From Ethiopia to Mali by THOMAS C. MOUNTAIN Divide and rule is a law of imperialism and western style “democracy” is how imperialism implements this law in neocolonial Africa. It’s called “elections” and with it’s … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali, Op-ed, Thomas C. Mountain
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Tagged Elections in Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa, Mali, Somali people, World Bank
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The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) today adopted a resolution on Eritrea, increasing the scope of the mandate for the UN Special Rapporteur, who will now also present her groundbreaking report on the human rights situation in Eritrea to … read more »
Posted in Article, Comoros, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Christian Solidarity Worldwide, Eritrea, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, New York, Politics of Eritrea, Special Rapporteur, United Nations, United Nations Human Rights Council
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A senior government official on Sunday testified that a deal in which Israel would deport illegal African migrants to third party countries was indeed in the works. Hagai Hadas, the prime minister’s special envoy on illegal migrants, refused to provide … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed, Somali, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, Egypt, Eritrea, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Israel, List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa, Sudan
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By Martin Plaut, newstatesman Long years of deadlock and bitter recrimination are now coming to a head as the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam threatens Egypt’s water security. The long-running dispute between Ethiopia and Egypt over the waters … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Cairo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, IndepthAfrica, Nile, Sudan, Yemane Gebreab
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Selam Kidane To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter Euripides Of all the things Eritrean that happened at the UN Human Rights Council last week young Abbie Seyoum’s unremitting quest for the whereabouts of her … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Eritrea, Ethiopia, Father's Day, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, People's Front for Democracy and Justice, Sigmund Freud, United Nations Human Rights Council, Young People's Front for Democracy and Justice
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A refugee and one-time cycling champion from an African country was sentenced Monday to 18 years in prison for stabbing his estranged wife last year at a Wegmans store on Amherst Street. Awet Gebreyesus, 33, of Busti Avenue, also faces … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Pan African News
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Tagged Amherst Street, Eritrea, eritrean, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa, IndepthAfrica, Politics of Eritrea, State Supreme Court, United States, Wegmans
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Surprised Foreign Ministry says it knows nothing of deal that could see deportation of tens of thousands of migrants. Israel and an unspecified African country reportedly reached an agreement to deport illegal Eritrean migrants to its territory, and Israel is … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Pan African News
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Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Eli Yishai, Eritrea, eritrean, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Sudan, Sunday, tel aviv, Times of Israel
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Israel has reached an agreement with an unspecified state willing to absorb illegal Eritrean migrants, and is in advanced talks with two other states seeking to reach similar agreements regarding the deportation of illegal Sudanese migrants. Attorney Yochi Gnessin, who … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Pan African News
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Tagged Canada, Eritrea, Indepth Africa Magazine, Israel, Prevention of Infiltration Law, Sudan, Thursday, United Nations Security Council
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Timothy Fowler Hrity, a migrant from Eritrea, covers her face as she poses for a photograph in the central city of Lod, near Tel Aviv April 9, 2012. Some 60,000 African migrants fleeing authoritarian rule in Eritrea and fighting in … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Amnesty International, Eritrea, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, International Christian Concern, Isaias Afewerki, Open Doors, Pentecostalism, Sudan
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By Nick Logan Global News VANCOUVER – The Canadian government is moving to expel the country’s only accredited diplomat from Eritrea in the country, following reports the consulate is charging expatriates taxes to fund the Eritrean regime. The Dept. of … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News, Pan African News
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Tagged Canada, Consul, David Matas, Eritrea, Eritrean Defence Forces, Eritrean Government, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, toronto
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After emigrating from Eritrea several years ago, Rigat Ghirmay was working to start her life in Toronto. After emigrating from Eritrea several years ago, Rigat Ghirmay was working to start her life in Toronto. The quiet woman had recently finished … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News, Pan African News
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Tagged Canada, Eritrea, Eritrean Defence Forces, Ghirmay, Horn of Africa, John Margetson, Rigat Ghirmay, toronto
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The Canadian government is expelling the head of Eritrea’s consulate in Toronto over the levying of a “diaspora tax” on Eritrean expatriates. A release from Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird says Semere Ghebremariam O. Micael has been declared persona non … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News, Pan African News
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Tagged Canada, Consul, Eritrea, IndepthAfrica, International sanctions, John Baird, Persona non grata, toronto, United Nations Security Council
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(Berahle, ETHIOPIA) – Thousands of Eritrean Afar refugees demonstrated at Berahle refugee camp located in Ethiopia’s Afar region only few kilometers away from the Eritrean border. An estimated 3,000 refugees held the demonstration to protest against what they allege is … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News, Pan African News
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Tagged Berahle, Demographics of Eritrea, Eritrea, eritrean, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Isaias Afewerki, Sudan, Sudan Tribune
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Darren Calabrese/National PostA plaque outside the door to the Consulate General of the State of Eritrea in Toronto Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The Eritrean consulate in Toronto distributed an internal letter last year explaining how to send money collected … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News, Pan African News
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Tagged Canada, Consul (representative), Eritrea, eritrean, IndepthAfrica, Ministry of Defence, National Post, toronto, United Nations, United Nations Security Council
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Victor Biro / PHOTO Toronto Police forensic investigators are shown at the scene of a park on Humber Blvd. at Alliance Ave. Monday, after human remains were discovered Friday afternoon. The Eritrean community has been gripped by shock and disbelief … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Pan African News
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Tagged Canada, Eritrea, eritrean in toronto, Horn of Africa, IndepthAfrica, John Margetson, London, toronto, Toronto Police Service, Tuesday
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The diplomat who represents Eritrea in Canada insisted Monday his office was not extorting money from expatriates but merely providing “information” to those who want to donate to the African regime. “I am not violating the law,” Semere Ghebremariam O. … read more »
Posted in Article, Comoros, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Canada, Eritrea, eritrean, Housing and Commerce Bank, IndepthAfrica, Micael, National Post, toronto, Toronto-Dominion Bank, United Nations
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By Dawit Solomon, I do not live in Canada, and have very little knowledge of the country but I have travelled throughout Canada like to Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Québec City to Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Canada, Demographics of Eritrea, Eritrea, eritrean, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Mengistu Hailemariam, Peter Worthington, Soviet Union
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By Seyoum Tesfaye Atlanta- Georgia As we “celebrate” the 22nd Independence Day of Eritrea we are obligated to face the truth that our national flag is not grounded on Constitution, Justice and Freedom. The tremendous human and material sacrifice paid … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Atlanta, Demographics of Eritrea, EPLF, Eritrea, Eritrean Peoples Liberation Front, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, People's Front for Democracy and Justice
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The Eritrean government is still collecting taxes from expatriates in Canada to bankroll its military regime, despite being warned by the Department of Foreign Affairs to stop, a human rights group alleges. New documents appear to show the Consulate General … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Pan African News
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Tagged Canada, David Matas, Eritrea, Eritrean Government, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Politics of Eritrea, toronto, United Nations Security Council
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Twenty years since Eritrea won independence from Ethiopia after one of Africa‘s longest wars, people are bowed down by a repressive government and increasingly frustrated at the lack of rights they fought for. Opposition parties are banned and anyone who … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Asmara, Badme, Eritrea, eritrean, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Isaias Afewerki, United Nations
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There is Somali adage that says, “Old man knows what causes his death.” When President Hassan Sh. Mohamud of Somalia started his speech at the second London Conference on Somalia (LCS II) on Maya 7, 2013, with the metaphor of … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Op-ed, Somali
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Tagged Eritrea, eritrean, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Intergovernmental Authority on Development, Jubbaland, Kenya, Kismayo, Somali, Somalia, somalian, Uhuru Kenyatta
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Selam Kidane From Here to Dignity The lord and master rides by on his horse and the peasant bows lowly and silently farts (a clever old saying… apparently) I came across the above saying in my readings on: shame pride … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged ArbiHarnet, Asmara, Demographics of Eritrea, Eritrea, eritrean, German, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Sinai
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Zekre Lebona You can see for yourself- the city is like the ship rolling dangerously; it has lost the power to right itself and raise its head up out of the waves of death. Thebes is dying. There is a … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Adam Hochschild, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, Milan Kundera, Oedipus, Oedipus the King, Sophocles
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The international community must keep Eritrea under “close scrutiny”, an independent United Nations expert said today, stressing the need to fundamentally transform the East African nation’s “current culture of rights denial.” “Blatant disrespect for human rights in Eritrea is unacceptable,” … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Djibouti, Eritrea, eritrean, Ethiopia, Human rights, Human rights in Eritrea, IndepthAfrica, Keetharuth, Politics of Eritrea, Special Rapporteur
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Eritrea rejects in the clearest of terms Amnesty International’s wild accusations that it has “jailed at least 10,000 political prisoners.” Amnesty’s transparently political assault on Eritrea is totally unsubstantiated, with the organization unable to back its claims with facts. It … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Press Releases
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Tagged Amnesty, Amnesty International, Demographics of Eritrea, Eritrea, eritrean, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Isaias Afewerki, Political prisoner
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Eritrea’s hardline regime has jailed at least 10,000 political prisoners, many in “unimaginably atrocious conditions”, rights group Amnesty International said in a report Thursday criticising the situation in the Red Sea state. With political opposition banned, independent media quashed and … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Pan African News
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Tagged Amnesty International, Asmara, Eritrea, eritrean, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa, IndepthAfrica, Isaias Afewerki, Soviet Union, United States
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Twenty years after its independence, Eritrea’s prisons are filled with thousands of political prisoners, locked up without ever being charged with a crime, many of whom are never heard from again, Amnesty International said in a report released today. Twenty … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Amnesty International, Arbitrary arrest and detention, Claire Beston, Eritrea, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Isaias Afewerki, Political prisoner, Prison
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Abdel Latif El-Menawy Al Arabiya THREE years ago I warned of the water crisis and the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam via a series of articles. I traveled to Ethiopia and Eritrea and met with late Ethiopian premier Meles Zenawi and Eritrean … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Isaias Afewerki, Meles Zenawi, Nile, Sudan
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By Meron Estefanos From 20 to 21 April 2013, I attended the 2nd High-Level Tana Forum on Security in Africa, which was conducted under the theme: “Security and Organized Crime in Africa.” In attendance were several heads of states and … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Op-ed
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Tagged Bahir Dar, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Olusegun Obasanjo, Organized crime, Sinai Peninsula, Sudan
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By Petros Tesfagiorgis The legacy and the challenge: The Forto 2013 uprising remarkably highlighted the issues critical to democratic change. They are the rule of law, respect of human rights, freedom of worship and freedom of expression and of course … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Asmara, Christian, Demographics of Eritrea, Eritrea, eritrean, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kunama, Middle East, Moslem
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