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Eritrea : The Siege State
Almost twenty years ago, Eritrea became Africa’s newest country – de facto in 1991, when the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front (EPLF) entered Asmara in triumph, and de jure in 1993, following a UN-sponsored referendum on independence. At the time, there was optimism that northeast Africa might finally achieve political and economic stability, and regional development might be founded upon a new relationship between Eritrea and Ethiopia.
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Eritrea: Oppressive Silence Surrounds Imprisoned Journalists
press release Eritrean journalist Eyob Kessete was arrested this past summer as he attempted to flee Eritrea and cross the border into Ethiopia. His…
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Press Release: Report on the Public Meeting in Toronto
The September 18, 2010 Public Meeting started with the remembrance of our national martyrs, the most recent of whom was the late Mohammed Saeed…
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Report: Eritrea May Become Failed State
Eritrea is at risk of becoming a failed state, according to a new report from the International Crisis Group. It says internal repression coupled…
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Group urges engagement with authoritarian Eritrea
By MALKHADIR M. MUHUMED, Associated Press Writer Malkhadir M. Muhumed, Associated Press Writer – Wed Sep 22, 5:57 am ET NAIROBI, Kenya – The international community must engage…
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Report lists world’s worst places to be a school child
The report, from the Global Campaign for Education based in South Africa, ranked countries on factors including access to basic education, teacher-to-student ratio and educational provision for girls. The report says 69 million children who should be in school are not.
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Ruthless smugglers prey on unaccompanied minors on Sudan border
Telling the Human Story, 20 September 2010 © UNHCR/K.Ringuette Unaccompanied minors at Shagarab camp in eastern Sudan. SHAGARAB CAMP, Sudan, September 20 (UNHCR) –…
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EU Declaration on Political Prisoners in Eritrea
EUROPEAN UNION Brussels, 17 September 2010 13637/10 PRESSE 241 Declaration by High Representative Catherine Ashton on behalf of the European Union on political prisoners…
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Opposition urges Int’l community stop Yemen from deporting Eritrean Naval personnel
Monday 20 September 2010. By Tesfa-Alem Tekle Sept 18, 2010 (ADDIS ABABA) – An exiled Eritrean Political organization, The Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization…