It was a series of local frontier disputes that sparked off the 1998 – 2000 border war. These were conflicts…
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UN issues official list of those accused of human trafficking in Libya
UN official list of human traffickers in Libya. Note: This list contains 26 individuals and two organisations. Full list here: UN…
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Eritrea – A Country Under the Sway of a Dictatorship
The situation facing refugees and the prospects for building solidarity networks * Introduction by Rudi Friedrich On 19 and 20…
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Ruth First, Joe Slovo: South African Communists and the Eritrean war of liberation
Introduction Ruth First (4 May 1925 – 17 August 1982) is today recognised as one of South Africa’s revolutionary heroes….
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A Moment not to be missed: The Call for Peace by the Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed
By Petros Tesfagiorgis The call by the new Ethiopian Prime Minister, Dr Abiy Ahmed, for peace with the Government of…
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New report: The experience of Eritrean unaccompanied minors and their carers in the Netherlands
‘Trust and the Triggers of Trauma. Exploring experiences of the trust between Eritrean unaccompanied minors and their caregivers in The…
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Dutch government acts to halt Eritrean embassy taxing diaspora
In 2017 the Dutch authorities commissioned a study of the extortion of taxes practiced by the Eritrean government via its…
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Maritime Insecurity in the Horn: The Perspective from Ethiopia
Source: Life and Peace Institute The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) region has nine major sea ports namely Assab, Massawa,…
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The New Scramble for the Horn of Africa
The New Scramble for Africa Jacqulyn Meyer Kantack Source: Critical Threats, American Enterprise Institute [Note: the American bases are…
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Swiss protest, petition and rally against Eritrean deportations, Friday 18 May
Over the past two years, the Swiss Office for Migration has steadily intensified its crackdown against Eritrean asylum seekers, even…
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