“Most students report to Sawa when they are between the ages of sixteen and seventeen, which means by the time…
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Tag: Eritrea
First US congressional delegation in 14 years visits Eritrea
By ELIAS MESERET Source: AP ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — A U.S. congressional delegation has visited Eritrea for the first…
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A new book on post-independence Eritrea is now available online. It is “Postliberation Eritrea,” edited by Tekle Mariam Woldemikael. You…
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Eritrea has “second highest number of people living in slave-like conditions”
Source: The Guardian One in 200 people is a slave. Why? Slavery affects more than 40 million people worldwide –…
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UNHCR plans for refugees in Ethiopia
Full Report from UNHCR Here REFUGEES FROM ERITREA Since 2000, Ethiopia has received and hosted thousands of Eritrean refugees fleeing …
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Sudan re-opens its border with Eritrea
Source: AFP Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Thursday announced the reopening of his country’s eastern border with Eritrea, which has…
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Eritrea presents its annual report to the UN Human Rights Council
The full report can be accessed here. Readers can judge whether they think it accurately reflects the currents situation in…
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The tragedy of Eritrea’s children: over 40,000 severely malnourished, 300,000 out of school
Source: UNICEF. Photos added. Eritrea Humanitarian Situation Report: January-December 2018 Report from UN Children’s Fund Published on 23 Jan 2019…
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With Ethiopia’s border now open, why are Eritreans still fleeing to Sudan?
Source: African Arguments https://africanarguments.org/2019/01/15/ethiopia-border-open-why-eritrea-sudan-fleeing/ By Michael Emile Kynaston Jones January 15, 2019 Despite huge regional shifts, Eritreans continue to flee…
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Eritrean government attempts to intimidate BBC
Not for the first time, the BBC is under attack from a dictatorship. Many authoritarian regimes have found the BBC’s…
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