The peace deal with Ethiopia has not changed Afwerki’s Eritrea

After signing an historic peace deal with Ethiopia, and receiving unprecedented levels of positive media coverage, Eritrea applied for a seat at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). With strong support from the likes of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), this Horn of Africa country which has repeatedly been classified as “not free” by Freedom House,…

Eritrea: Diplomacy Changes, but Political Prisoners Remain

Written by: HRWPRESS RELEASE The recent arrest of Eritrea’s former finance minister is a troubling sign that repressive tactics continue despite changes in Eritrea’s diplomatic engagements. Human Rights Watch released a video about Eritrean political prisoners including 21 senior government officials and journalists detained in 2001 after they criticized President Isaias Afewerki.   (Nairobi) –…

Isaias out of character: Why Eritreans are getting nervousIsaias out of character: Why Eritreans are getting nervous

By African ArgumentsIn barely the blink of an eye, Eritrea’s unpredictable president has completely reversed his rhetoric of the past two decades. In just a few weeks, relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea have not just shifted dramatically but – in many ways – turned upside down. For two decades, President Isaias Afwerki had demonised Ethiopia, seeing it as an…

Parsing the Red Sea

Written by: The American InterestSham elections in Egypt, a controversial Ethiopian dam, and an international base race in the Red Sea make greater East Africa one of the most significant geopolitical hotspots in the world today.     The Nile River and the Red Sea are two bodies of water that have played a crucial…

CARE International report highlights most under-reported humanitarian crises of 2017

BY:Andrew Thompson While the humanitarian crisis created by the Syrian conflict and the plight of the Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar have been widely reported, many other issues received far less media attention last year. According to a new report released by CARE International — titled Suffering In Silence: The 10 most under-reported humanitarian crises of…