Young people are fleeing at an alarming rate, preferring to face uncertainty in Europe rather than oppression at home, The Conversation reports Eritreans celebrate during the war with neighbouring Ethiopia in 1998. Photograph: Sami Sallinen/AP Valerie Frank for the Conversation, part of the Guardian Africa Network Twenty-five years

Posted on April 27, 2016 by Samuel N. An Eritrean whistleblower that goes by the name Samuel has recently started publishing leaked government documents through a Facebook page: SACTISM: Classified documents of the dwindling PFDJ. On April 20, SACTISM posted a seven-page document, in Tigrinya language, of

Abraham T Zere / Guardian Africa Network An anonymous whistleblower claims to have new proof of human rights abuses, galvanising opposition online In a bid to upend years of secrecy in the country dubbed “Africa’s North Korea”, a new Facebook page is publishing documents claiming to show how

WILPF stands in solidarity with the Network of Eritrean women in this statement. Through our work, we campaign for the rights of Eritrean women wherever they may be, but also for all human rights in Eritrea as a whole. Women in Eritrea have become increasingly marginalised,

Ethiopia hosts the highest number of refugees in Africa, a large number of whom are fleeing neighbouring Eritrea. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -  After Syrians and Afghans, Eritreans comprise the third largest group to cross the Mediterranean Sea. They are aware that their lives are at great risk during

  Nowadays we really hear shocking movements of PFDJ in the heart of Europe. The dictatorial regime tries all the means to kill its opponents even outside their country. Europe is no longer a safe place for Eritreans. Even the human rights activists who are sympathetic

By Owei Lakemfa ERITREA is a relatively unknown African country. Little news filters out. In October 2012, I wanted to pay with a hundred dollar bill in a Washington supermarket, and the cashier declined. He asked me to pay with a smaller denomination, which I did

I'm drinking a cup of tea from an X-Factor mug, staring at a shop sign scrawled on a piece of plastic: "chicken and chips". Written like that, I could be at home in east London. But this isn't Hackney or Tower Hamlets. This, as a

The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power here to launch the Free the 20 campaign to draw attention to the plight of women political prisoners and other prisoners of concern. Throughout September, the department will highlight 20 individual cases of women prisoners from

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IAN BIRRELL - The Independent Sunday 30 August 2015 The Home Office has accepted assurances from Eritrea’s ruthless regime that any people returned home would be safe if they signed an apology and paid extra taxes Eritrea is routinely called “Africa’s North Korea” for its repression, restrictions on daily

Why are so many youngsters leaving the tiny country of Eritrea by putting their lives in absolute danger? The risk of perishing during the epic flights for freedom is high; and yet, tens of thousands of young Eritreans embark on this dangerous journey every year. They

Following a question from Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead the Minister of State of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in the Lords, Baroness Anelay of St Johns, put on the record the UK Government’s backing of the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea. Responding to

Martin Patzelt, a member of Angela Merkel’s CDU party, advocates more humane refugee policies amid increasing tensions in Germany over immigration. A German MP from Angela Merkel’s party has put his money where his mouth is by welcoming two asylum seekers into his home – and

Samuel Gibbs  - TheGuardian Attack that revealed data exposing deals with dictatorships was on a ‘governmental level’ and ‘planned for months’, says David Vincenzetti in first statement The founder of cybersecurity firm Hacking Team has finally spoken out over the attack that saw 400GB of its data

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An Illustration of the Manipulative and Destructive Self-Appointed Dictator and his Cohorts in Eritrea Paper Presented at the 16th International Academy of African Business and Development (IAABD) Conference from May 13-16, 2015 at Strathmore University, Nairobi, Kenya  By Desalegn Abraha, Ph. D Associate Professor in Business Administration Email: desalegn.abraha@his.se           Abstract:

by Dan Connell published in MER275 TAPACHULA, MEXICO—It is not hard to find the Eritreans in this low-key town near the Pacific coast a few miles north of the Guatemalan border. They gather on the front steps of the Palafox Hotel with the only other Africans here—Somalis,

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Officials make it difficult for them to obtain legal status, which affects their chances of work. Jimmy left home for South Africa a decade ago because of the fear and abuse he suffered in Eritrea’s compulsory national service. He is part of a generation that has

By Petros Tesfaghiorighis The agenda which is spearheaded by Ruby Sandhu and Nevsun mining company officials in Bisha Eritrea    who came all the way from Canada to the United Kingdom - is to advocate that there is no human rights violations in Eritrea. The meetings was cancelled

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The UK is to “carefully consider” the findings of a UN inquiry that concluded the Eritrean government may be subjecting its citizens to crimes against humanity, contradicting British guidance that has deemed Eritrea safe for migrants to return to after leaving illegally. The Home Office updated its country

Fetsum Abraham: What a legacy and what may our future be We suffered tremendously for the last 55 years from the long fight for independence and the surprising home breaded absolute dictatorship. The world’s perception of our people’s determination for independence was challenged by the dictatorship

By: Mohammad Abu Fares Date of publication: 8 May, 2015 Analysis: Saudi Arabia has been cosying up to Eritrea, leading to reports the African nation will join Senegal in offering troops for the war in Yemen, says Mohammad Abu Fares. Eritrea could be the second non-Arab African

ZAWIYAH, Libya — The no-money-down offer was too tempting for the children to resist. Smugglers had offered the boys and girls transportation out of the refugee camps along the Eritrean border, across the African deserts and the Mediterranean Sea, to a new life in Europe. There,