EPDP Editorial In reality, Isaias is digging the last ditch to bury the legacy of the EPLF/the liberation struggle and with that comes the continuation of denial of Eritrean people their right to have a constitutional political system that upholds the rule of law and respects

Cotter, a 37-year-old musician, is almost done making a documentary - Refugee: The Eritrean Exodus - to share people's stories and raise awareness about human rights abuses in Eritrea, a country slightly larger than Pennsylvania on the Horn of Africa.  Cotter has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in

Tanjin from Eritrea is among 2,000 to land on the Island in the last five days He left his family behind and faces military conscription if he is sent back Around 300 migrants are thought to have drowned on their way from Libya 170,000 migrants from Asia and

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From the Star's Unforgettable Encounters series: a 27-year-old from Eritrea who survived the desert and the sea, but still dreams of safety. By: Scott Simmie World Affairs, Published on Mon Jan 05 2015 CANTANIA, ITALY—Osman S. never made it into the newspaper. But he certainly did carve out

LAST year was a bad one for reporters in many parts of the world. In 2014, at least 66 were killed while working, 119 were kidnapped and 178 were imprisoned, says the annual report of Reporters Without Borders. "This is the tip of the iceberg," said a

BBC - By Imogen Foulkes Einsiedeln Abbey, Switzerland's oldest and most famous monastery, has opened its doors to asylum seekers. The abbey was founded in the 10th Century; for over 1,000 years it has been a place of pilgrimage. For the Benedictine monks who live there, the

Two opposition members tell the Guardian how Eritreans are becoming increasingly disillusioned with the repressive regime Eritrea is the most closed and repressive country in Africa, routinely denying access to the international media. No foreign journalists are based in the country and there is no independent

Refugees come from as far away as East Africa to try their luck at crossing the Rio Grande.

By Dan Connell, October 23, 2014.

Dr. Toulde Tesfamariam (Wedi Vacaro)

According to OCHA, UN Agency, the refugee reception center in Ethiopia couldn't coop with the number of people coming from Eritrea. The number of daily refugee arrivals spiked since the first week of September. At present, on average more than 200 Eritreans cross the Ethiopian border each

By VITTORIO LONGHI In Europe’s debate about how to deal with the flow of desperate migrants from Africa, there is an important element missing: the crisis in Eritrea. Every month almost 4,000 Eritreans flee to escape oppression, according to a United Nations special rapporteur. A visit to

Year After Lampedusa Shipwreck, Italian Officials Struggle to Identify Victims MILAN—When Gergishu Johannes, an Eritrean who has been living in Germany for the past 30 years, heard about the terrible shipwreck off the coast of Lampedusa last year, she felt sure her cousin was among the

The initial Tweet was really more of a question than a statement. Minutes after the New York Giants drafted Nat Berhe in the fifth round of May’s NFL draft, the Aztecs safety tweeted, “First Eritrean in the NFL?” “It was a question that had to be asked

Google Translation from an Italian Newspaper  - La Stampa "I survived a year ago from Sweden looking for my missing brother in another shipwreck" Roussom and Marx destinies divided family in distress NICCOLÒ ZANCAN TORINO Every day that God sends on earth, calls him his father. "He's a farmer, 80

Immigration court overturns Home Office decision to refuse entry to Yordanos Takle Tesfagabir who wed at just 15 The Home Office has failed to prevent an African woman coming to Britain despite fears she was involved in an illegal underage marriage when she was just 15. Theresa

We Need to Re-tool Our Goal A Critic to the Post by Daniel G Michael   Dear Daniel, Ever since I read your post on EYSC page, I have been vacillating whether a response to your post is appropriate or not.  This is because, on the one hand, I

Madiha Al-Junaid (author) - Yemen Times Dozens of Eritrean refugees are scattered across the Al-Safeyah area of Sana’a, a densely populated neighborhood estimated to have the largest number of African refugees in the city. Women sit in groups on threadbare carpets, blankets, or mats in streets corners. They

  VISIONARY ERITREANS STANDING FOR ERITREA AT THE UNITED NATIONS YOUTH ASSEMBLY EDITED BY: TESFAGABIR BERHE TESFU (GEORGE) SOUTH AFRICA Vanessa Berhe and Meron Semedar has successfully voiced the plight of Eritreans at the 14th Annual United Nations Youth Assembly (UNYA). The event took place at the United Nations

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By Kristy Siegfried  OHANNESBURG, 28 July 2014 (IRIN) - As the number of migrants and asylum seekers reaching southern Europe’s shores this year continues to climb - to about 75,000 at last count - so too does the death toll from attempts to cross the Mediterranean in

Poverty, war and oppression at home as much as collapse of government authority in Tripoli has turned Libya into a conduit for exodus. A boat overcrowded with migrants travelling from Libya drifts in the Mediterranean sea before a rescue operation by the Italian navy in June.

ISAIAS AFEWERKI: THE FOUNDING FATHER OF MODERN SLAVE ERITREA It is common knowledge that Dictator Isaias Afewerki Abraha is the founding father of the modern slave Eritrea state. The objective evidence for that assertion is overwhelming. He was the designer of the disastrous Ethio-Eritrea war which

Some Sudanese states have been witnessing over the last years a threatening phenomenon; missing as a result some of family members while going out to attend school or report to work. To campaign against this human trafficking phenomenon which has recently developed into trading in human organs, the Sudanese

The 20th of June is a day of commemoration for all those who sacrificed their lives for the Eritrean struggle for independence, and for those who lost their lives in the 1998-2000 border conflict with Ethiopia. It is also a commemoration day for all those political prisonerswho

TORONTO — The Foreign Affairs department is investigating the Eritrean consulate in Toronto after allegations it continues to play a key role in a dubious tax scheme that has been linked to threats, harassment and intimidation. A government source said Eritrea would face repercussions, including the possible

The Catholic Bishops’ statement: How is it going down in the annals of history? By Zeineb Ali June 16, 2014   Being part of great moments in Eritrean history is a blessing; being part of the war for independence and now witnessing the demise of a regime that has

Dan Connell and Foreign Policy In Focus on April 11, 2014 - 5:00 PM ET This article is a joint publication of TheNation.com and Foreign Policy In Focus. Hundreds of thousands of Eritreans have fled a repressive dictatorship since 2001. Their small northeast African country, which has a population of four

When Haben Girma ’13 was in college at Lewis & Clark, she had to sol ve a problem that few other students have faced. As a deaf-blind student with very limited sight and hearing, she had a hard time figuring out the food stations in

(AFP) Geneva — Enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention and torture were just a few of the violations Eritrea was accused of during a UN review of its human rights record Monday. Diplomats gathered at the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva condemned the isolated and autocratic country's

Just as the Horn of Africa is witnessing the slow restoration of one collapsed state - after more than two decades of anarchic conditions in Somalia - it may be facing the collapse of another. The small country of Eritrea, only 20 years after gaining independence from Ethiopia, has emerged

Hundreds of African women and children marched across the Israeli city of Tel Aviv on Wednesday to demonstrate outside the offices of the United Nations and the embassy of the United States. It was the latest in an unprecedented wave of protests by African asylum seekers,