By The New Internationalist A one-party political system, mass disappearances and a total ban on non-state media – Alex Jackson of Amnesty explains how the anti-colonial promise of Eritrea turned into one of the largest producers of refugees worldwide. It is more than a quarter of a century since the day when I first arrived in Eritrea…
ወዲ ገብሩ በዓል ዓቢ ራኢ ከም ምንባሩ መጠን ካብ ንእስነቱ ኣትሒዙ ክሳብ ዕለተ ናጽነት ንዝካየድ ዝነበረ ብረታዊ ቃልሲ ዘበራብሩን ንህዝቢ ሓቦ ዘስንቑን ደርፍታቱ ብምቕራብ ኣብ ሕልና ኩሉ ኤርትራዊ ተሰሪጹ እዩ። ብድሕሪ ናጽነት እንተኾነ እውን ደኺመ ከይበለ ሓድነት ህዝብና ዘውሕስን ንፍትሕን ራህዋን ዝእምት ደርፍታቱ ብተኸታታሊ ከቕርብ ዝጸንሐ ዜጋና እዩ። ልዕሊ ዝኾነ እዋን ሎሚ ናቱ ግደ ኣብ…
I am extremely concerned about the conditions of Eritrean refugees in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. Since the outbreak of hostilities in November 2020, they have been deeply affected by the violence and insecurity that has engulfed the region. They have been caught up between warring groups, two refugee camps have been completely destroyed, and…
By Martin Plaut Speaking to the US Senate On Monday the US Senate Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a closed meeting to hear a report-back from President Biden’s Horn of Africa Special Envoy, Jeffrey Feltman and other top officials. The session is entitled: “Challenges and Opportunities for the United States in the Horn of Africa.” Since it…
Source: Human Rights Concern – Eritrea 17 May 2021 The Eritrean regime announced on 13th May 2021 that “His Reverend Abune Qerlos has been elected as 5th Patriarch of Eritrea’s Orthodox Tewahdo Church in an election conducted today in Asmara… The official consecration of Abune Qerlos will take place on June 13th.” The announcement justified this event…
By THE NATIONAL INTEREST By choosing unilateralism over negotiation, Abiy may have cemented his legacy not as a Nobel Peace Laureate, but rather as the man who ended a country whose history dates back millennia.by Michael Rubin The war in Ethiopia’s Tigray Province is now more than six months old. Jeffrey Feltman, the Biden administration’s special envoy,…
By Martin Plaut The European Union has finally accepted that it’s attempt to improve relations with Eritrea by providing aid would fail. The document below, signed by Eritrean human rights groups in 2014, warned them this was inevitable. Back in 2014 we argued: “As we shall show, attempts at a ‘new engagement’ have been tried before –…
By Haile Gebretensae ድሓን ኩን!!! ክቡር ወዲ ክቡራት!!!!! ኣኽበሮም ገብረመስቀል እምባየ!!!!!!! ሎንዶን ፡ ዓዲ እንግሊዝ ወየ!!!!ወየ!!!!ወየ!!!! ወየ ኣነይ!!!! ወየ ኣነየ!!!!ወየ ኣነየ!!!! ኣኽበሮም፡ ኣኽበሮም፡ ኣኽበሮም!!! ከም ሽሙ ንኹሉም ዘኽብሮም ንዝጠመየ!! ደጋጊሙ ዝዕንግሎም ንዝዓረቑ ዘምዉቕ ዝኸድኖም ንዝጸምኡ ርውየቶም፡ ዘጽግቦም ንዝተሰነፉ ዘደልድል ምርኩሶም ንተስፋ ዝቖረጹ ሓቦ ዝኾኖም ቕርሺ ንዝበለ ደሪቡ ዝህቦም ንዝገይሽ ዘስንቕ ዘሕቑፎም ንዝምከር ኣዕሚቑ ዝመኽሮም እንክምድር ዘስሕቕ…
Source: The Guardian Eritrea will pull its troops out of the Tigray region, Ethiopia’s prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, has said, a potential breakthrough in a conflict in which both countries have been accused of abuses against civilians. Abiy, winner of the 2019 Nobel peace prize, faces mounting pressure to end fighting in the drawn-out conflict in which…