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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 »
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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 »
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Tagged ArbiHarnet, Asmara, Demographics of Eritrea, Eritrea, eritrean, German, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Sinai
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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 »
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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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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 »
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Tagged Asmara, Christian, Demographics of Eritrea, Eritrea, eritrean, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kunama, Middle East, Moslem
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Eritrean women fleeing their country’s oppressive regime are increasingly finding themselves the repeat victim of abuse, exploitation and violence once outside their homeland, a new report by a women’s rights group has found. Meriam Mohamed Omar (R) stands with her … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Special Reports
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Tagged Amnesty International, Asmara, Eritrea, eritrean, Hagaz, Horn of Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Sinai Peninsula, Sudan
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State Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Berhane Gebrechristos, met a Serbian delegation led by Mr. Oliver Antic, Counselor to the Serbian President, on Wednesday (April 17th). Mr. Antic who noted the longstanding historic relations between Ethiopia and Serbia, a part … read more »
By Ewnetu Sime We are witnessing unprecedented hatred to Amhara ethnic group under Tigrai People’s Liberation Front (TPLF)/ Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Party (EPRDF) ethno-centric dictatorial rule. As soon as TPLF/EPRDF came to power in 1992, the regime and supporters … read more »
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Amhara, Derg, Eritrea, eritrean, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
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By Katie Harris He was bleeding all over. After more beatings, they poured petrol on him and set him on fire. After he died, they left his body in the room with us until it became rotten and worms started … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Amnesty International, Christian Solidarity Worldwide, Eritrea, eritrean, Gaza Strip, IndepthAfrica, Katie Harris, Sinai, Sinai Peninsula, Sudan
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A Response to Allegations Made against Me by Red Sea Fisher This is a brief explanation prompted by what has been said lately about me in a certain blog known as Red Sea Fisher, ostensibly administered by Eritrean government apologists. … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Demographics of Eritrea, Eritrea, eritrean, Human rights in Eritrea, IndepthAfrica, International Business Times, Politics of Eritrea, Sinai Peninsula, United Nations Special Rapporteur
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By Tewelde Stephanos The numbers are staggering. Eritrea, a country of 4 to 5 million, has produced over 250,000 refugees in about 10 years. 35,000 live in a state of limbo in Israel. And these are the lucky ones. Over … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed, Refugees/Migrants
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Tagged Amnesty International, Asmara, Egypt, Eritrea, eritrean, IndepthAfrica, Isaias Afewerki, Nevsun, Sinai Peninsula, Sudan
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Photo: J.Björgvinsson/UNHCR Exhausted survivors of the Gulf of Aden crossing wait for help on a beach in Yemen SANA’A, 11 April 2013 (IRIN) – Record numbers of migrants from the Horn of Africa are crossing into Yemen, most of them … read more »
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Dire Dawa, Djibouti, eritrean, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Oromo Liberation Front, Red Sea, Sana, Yemen
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By Gianlucca Mezzofiore A new grassroots movement in Eritrea that draws inspiration from the Arab revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia is poised to challenge the one-party authoritarian rule of president Isaias Afewerki, who has been in power for twenty years. … read more »
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Tagged Egypt, Eritrea, eritrean, Eritrean Diaspora, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa, Hosni Mubarak, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Isaias Afewerki, Sudan
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(ADDIS ABABA) – A female Eritrean Air Force pilot has defected to Saudia Arabia where she is seeking political asylum in Saudi Arabia, in in a latest sign of embarrassment to the dictatorial regime in Asmara. Captain Rahwa Gebrekristos deserted … read more »
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Asmara, eritrean, Eritrean Air Force, Gebrekristos, IndepthAfrica, Isaias Afewerki, Jizan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan Tribune
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by Dan Connell Filmon, a 28-year-old computer engineer, fled Eritrea in March 2012 to escape political repression. Several weeks later, he was kidnapped from Sudan’s Shagara refugee camp, taken with a truckload of others to a Bedouin outpost in the … read more »
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Tagged Asmara, Eritrea, eritrean, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Isaias Afewerki, Israel, Middle East, Sudan, United States
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS Events in the last twelve months indicate growing discontent inside Eritrea’s tightly controlled regime, as well as deepening political and social divisions. While the mounting number of incidents suggests that President Isaias Afwerki’s regime is vulnerable, … read more »
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Tagged African Union, Asmara, Eritrea, eritrean, European Union, Horn of Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Isaias Afewerki, Qatar
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ICER Action Alert: Kidnapped from Barantu in Broad Daylight International Commission on Eritrean Refugees March 26, 2013 Volume 2013, Number 18 The Eritrean people’s predicament is too complex that even the Government whom some of us hold responsible is in … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Press Releases
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Tagged Demographics of Eritrea, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, eritrean, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Isaias Afewerki, Sudan
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Introducing the demon that works for me! Please try this at home: first find an Eritrean Activist (NB the goons that call themselves as YPFDJ or anything PFDJ don’t count as activists… I am not even sure if they count … read more »
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Tagged Ahlam, Eritrea, eritrean, Martin Luther King, Niagara Movement, People's Front for Democracy & Justice, Sam Hose, Sinai Peninsula, Sudan
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Human Rights Concern – Eritrea has received several disturbing reports from Libya concerning the abusive treatment of Eritrean refugees in that country: 1) 76 Eritrean refugees in Libya are being used to clear land mines in Sirte, the home town … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Press Releases
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Tagged Eritrea, eritrean, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Isaias Afewerki, Libya, Refugee, Tripoli, United Nations
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Discontent at the Top: Mismatching Disjointed Eritrea On 21st January, 2013, something momentous that the opposition was hoping for took place in Asmara: about one hundred soldiers, supported with two tanks, took over the Ministry of Information and were able … read more »
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By Petros Tesfagiorgis The occupation of Forto, the Ministry of Information, on January 21, 2013 by soldiers from the Eritrean Defence Forces has shaken the foundations of PFDJ and exposed the emptiness of its repressive ideology. The demands for the … read more »
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Tagged Demographics of Eritrea, Diaspora, Eritrea, eritrean, Eritrean Defence Forces, Forto, Information Ministry, People's Front for Democracy & Justice
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ASMARA, ERITREA (BosNewsLife)– There was uncertainty Tuesday, March 5, about the situation of 125 Eritrean Christians who were “beaten and detained” in western Eritrea as part of a new government campaign against Christians worshiping outside the state-backed churches, rights investigators … read more »
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Tagged about eritrea, about eritrean, Abune Antonios, arrest, Asmara, Christian, Eritrea, eritrean, Eritrean Christian, Isaias Afewerki, January, Open Doors
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Joel Millman Ruthless Kidnapping Rings Reach From Desert Sands to U.S. Cities CAMPBELL, Calif.—Ande Zerasion’s voice chokes up reliving the sound of his daughter pleading for help: “Baba, I am in Sinai. Please call me.” It was early October, recalls … read more »
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Tagged Demographics of Eritrea, Egypt, Eritrea, eritrean, Horn of Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, tel aviv, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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Ghirmay Yeibio Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles? Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear … read more »
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Tagged Asmara, Demographics of Eritrea, Eritrea, Eritrea-Ethiopia, eritrean, Eritrean Defence Forces, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Information Ministry, Isaias Afewerki
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Arson investigations have been launched into three fires that broke out near Stockholm in the early hours of Monday morning in three separate locations, all of which house organizations that sympathize with the regime in Eritrea. All the fires broke … read more »
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Tagged Eritrea, eritrea africa, Eritrea-Ethiopia, eritrean, Högdalen, Husby, IndepthAfrica, Isaias Afewerki, Politics of Eritrea, Stockholm, Sweden
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By The Local; Two men and one woman have been arrested in Stockholm on suspicion of blackmail and conspiring to commit murder in a case believed to be connected to the Eritrean regime’s systematic oppression of Eritreans living in exile. … read more »
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Tagged Demographics of Eritrea, Egypt, Eritrea, eritrea sfrics, Eritrea-Ethiopia, eritrean, Eritreans, Horn of Africa, IndepthAfrica, Stockholm, Sudan, Sweden
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Though Eritrean president Isaias Afewerki claimed on February 11 that the Eritrean military’s takeover of the information ministry was nothing to worry about, very few people in the region believed him. On January 21 a force of 200 to 300 … read more »
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Uganda has granted asylum to the 15 players from the Eritrea football team and the team doctor who absconded in the country in December during the 2012 Cecafa Tusker Senior Challenge Cup. Apollo David Kazungu, the Commissioner for Refugees in … read more »
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Tagged Asmara, Eritrea, Eritrea-Ethiopia, eritrean, eritrean news, Eritreans, Houston, IndepthAfrica, Kampala, Office of the Prime Minister, Refugee, Uganda, United States
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Israel accused of coercing Eritrean refugees to ‘volunteer’ for deportation Local UN official, NGO claim Israel tells Eritrean nationals that they can either go back to home, where their lives would be in danger, or remain in jail. By Talila … read more »
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Tagged Demographics of Eritrea, Dov Khenin, Eritrea, Eritrea-Ethiopia, eritrean, Hotline for Migrant Workers, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Non-governmental organization, Uganda, United Nations
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