Written by ReutersLONDON, May 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Child labour is an “extreme risk” in one in 10 countries globally, found an index on Thursday, urging businesses to be more vigilant about abuses in their global supply chains. Little progress was recorded in key manufacturing hubs India and China, which ranked 47th and 98th…
Written by ReutersGENEVA, March 28 (Reuters) – Eritrea must investigate allegations of extrajudicial killings by its security forces and resolve the fate of dozens of missing detainees, including a former finance minister, a United Nations human rights watchdog said on Thursday. Military conscripts should not be to subjected to forced labour in mining or construction…
ዓቢ ጽልዋ ዘለዎም ኣፍሪቃውያን ጋዜጠኛታት፣ ደረስትን ተሓለቕቲ መሰላት ደቂ ሰብ ናይቶም ኣብ ማእሰርቲ ተዳጒኖም ዘለዉ ጋዜጠኛታትን ተሓለቕቲ መሰላትን ጉዳይ ግቡእ መዓልቦ ክረክብ ተማሕጺኖም። ኣስዒቦም ናይዞም ዝሓሸ ናብራ ንምርካብ ካብ ሃገሮም ዚስደዱ ዘለዉን ግዳያት ዝኾኑ ዘለዉ ኤርትራውያን ዜጋታት ጉዳይ መፍትሒ ክርከበሉን ምስቶም ኣብ ቤት ማእሰርቲ ተዳጕኖም ዘለዉ ጋዜጠኛታት ክራኸቡ ክፍቀደሎም ድማ ምሕጽንትኦም ኣቕሪቦም ኣለዉ። እዚ ብእንግሊዘኛ…
HSBC ተባሂሉ ኣብ ዝፍለጥ ናይ ስዊዝ ባንክ ብዙሓት ዲክታቶራትን ኣብ ሃገሮም ቀረጽ ክኸፍሉ ዘይደልዩ ሃብታማት ብሕቡእ ገንዘብ ከቐምጡ ከም ዝጸንሑ ጥርጣረታት ኔሩ እዩ። እዚ ብሓደ ናይዚ ባንክ ሰራሕተኛ ዝተቓልዐ ኣስማት ናይቶም ገንዘብ ብሕቡእ ዘቐመጡ ሰባት ከም ዘቃልዖ መራሕ ስርዓት ህግደፍ እንተኾነ እውን ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዘይፈልጦ $700 ሚልዮን ዶላር ሓቢኡ ከም ዘሎ ተቓሊዑ ኣሎ። ህዝብና ኣብዚ…
ANALYSISBy Michael Emile Kynaston Jones Despite huge regional shifts, Eritreans continue to flee through Sudan, aided by resilient and flexible people-smuggling networks. When the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea reopened in September 2018, it was a momentous occasion for the two neighbours. For the first time in twenty years, people on both sides were free…
Written by nprAbout a mile from the Eritrean border in Zalambessa, Ethiopia, there’s a small building made of corrugated metal. There’s not much inside, except for some sleeping mats and clay pots for coffee. But dozens of Eritreans have made it into a home, while they wait for the Red Cross to take them to…
Al Jazeera investigation obtains satellite images showing a UAE-controlled secret prison inside a military base. An Al Jazeera investigation has revealed new satellite images showing a secret prison built by the United Arab Emirates on the coast of Eritrea. There have been reports of prisoners from the war in Yemen being held there amid allegations of torture and abuse. Al…
The United Arab Emirates has transferred terrorism suspects from Yemen to a secret prison in Assab, Eritrea, according to former detainees and Yemeni officials. The facility on the Red Sea coast is part of a regional network of prisons in which torture and abuse are rampant, independent investigations by the Associated Press and Human Rights Watch have revealed. …
written by THE AFRICAN EXPONENTWhat happened to the journalists and politicians who were detained by the Eritrean government? “When I hear about people murdering, I wonder, What has to go through your brain to say, I don’t want him breathing anymore? What makes you get that angry? How can you take someone’s breath away? That…
Written by BROWN POLITICAL REVIEWRecently, the Red Sea has witnessed everything but an exodus of interest from regional and global actors. With a significant volume of oil flowing through the Bab-el-Mandeb (Mandeb Strait) (including half of China’s total oil imports) and internal military conflicts in nearby South Sudan, Somalia, and Yemen, the Red Sea is vital to the foreign…