Africa’s most authoritarian school

“It’s just slavery. You toil day and night and you get nothing,” Source: Mail & Guardian Simon Allison 16 Aug…

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Human Rights Watch full report on Sawa and National Service

“They Are Making Us into Slaves, Not Educating Us” How Indefinite Conscription Restricts Young People’s Rights: Access to Education in…

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BBC: Testimonies from SAWA conscripts - what indefinite National Service really means in Eritrea

  First hand testimonies from young Eritreans.

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Why did President Isaias flaunt his military hardware?

Source: Asmarino and BBC Eritrea: The Sawa Parade What is the meaning of Eritrea’s decision to stage a major military…

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Eritrea: Round-ups increase as youths refuse to go to national service

Source: BBC Tigrinya Service A new wave of round-ups of youth, so called ‘Giffas’, is under way in Eritrea. The…

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