We – Americans of Eritrean descent – are calling for the U.S. government to save 700 of our fellow Eritreans who are here in America from imminent torture or death at the hands of the brutal, dictatorial regime that rules Eritrea. On September 13, 2017, the

Everything comes and goes but the worst thing in life is killing initiatives with reckless procrastination. Opportunities after all cannot survive without acceleration as we witnessed time and again in the Eritrean diary. The Voccaroian initiative for unity, for instance could have succeed by now

POLITICS Everyone in Eritrea is desperate to flee, including the President’s son OCTOBER 11, 2017 by ABRAHAM T. ZERE0 Image Credit: Joseph Bautista via Flickr Creative Commons In today’s Eritrea, there is no difference between the jailer and the jailed. The political culture is so violent and desperate that the president’s own son attempted to escape the country. President Isaias Afwerki’s

Ozichi Emeziem “Never stop fighting for what you believe in and never give up on your dreams.” That's Petros Tesfagherghis' advice – and the belief he lives by. Petros is modest and unassuming. Asked about his own successes and difficulties – including twice fleeing his home country of

Pro-justice Eritrean American residents in the Washington, DC region have successfully persuaded US authorities to block Yemane Gebreab, Head of Political Affairs and Presidential Advisor, from headlining a meeting organized by the Eritrean government and its sympathizers. The meeting was scheduled at the Doubletree Hotel Crystal

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has said it will pray and work for peace between Eritrea and Ethiopia in an attempt to partake in the resolution of a longstanding border dispute. This was disclosed by a WCC delegation that visited the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church last month

Saying that “Eritrea is in an aferkubu situation” has now become a cliché. But, there is some truth in it. Most people will mention the needless impoverishment of the population, absence of civil liberties, no freedom of the press, no constitution, no independent judiciary, no

An Appeal to All Justice-Seeking Eritreans Worldwide Let’s Make November 15, 2017, the beginning of the end of the dictatorship in Eritrea Dear Fellow Justice-Seeking Eritrean, As a Justice-Seeking Eritrean, we have no doubt that you are being tormented and deeply saddened by the increasingly worsening situation in

News ID: 1533170 Service: World TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A spokesman for the Yemeni army cautioned the Israeli regime against its continued acts of aggression against the Arabian Peninsula country, and said the Israeli military bases in Eritrea is within the range of Yemen’s homegrown ballistic missiles. Speaking to

by Rev. Thomas Reese S.J. Torture. Arbitrary arrests and detention without charges. A ban on public religious activities. Stifling of dissent. Forced labor. The governments of far too many countries persecute their citizens, including one we hear too little about: Eritrea. Those who know the character of the

Dr Alganesh Fessha who was born in Eritrea and has almost always lived in Milan is a medical specialist and founder of the non-governmental organisation "Gandhi". She has been working for years to save refugees from the Horn of Africa trying to reach Europe facing

Qatar’s alleged support of terrorist organizations, which has already frayed its relation with Saudi Arabia, the UAE and other Gulf states, is also destabilizing East Africa. Qatar’s withdrawal of its peacekeepers on June 14 from the Djibouti-Eritrea border was a form of punishment to the disputing

Meet Timnit Gebru, a person who The Selfpreneur has awarded the rare title of “Alicorn in Artificial Intelligence.” Read on to learn why she’s earned such a coveted title. Let’s start with the backstory: Most stories of technology innovators start with them getting on a plane. But it’s somewhat