Eritrea

When the Church Takes On the State: Eritrea Joins DRC, Burundi

The ongoing standoff between the Eritrean Catholic Church and the government becomes the latest conflict between church and state on the African continent- Pull Quote. The church has condemned this month’s seizure and closure of its ...

Daniel Mumbere·over 4 years ago

Eritrea, Somalia and Turkey Respond to Ethiopia’s Failed Coup

Regional players were among the first to react to a tense weekend in Ethiopia where the federal government confirmed a failed coup in northern Amhara regional state.Eritrea and Somalia reacted via tweets with the former sending condolenc...

Neo Sithole·almost 5 years ago

Ethiopia Needs to Act Fast to Solve its Internal Displacement Problem

Ethiopia’s president Sahle-Work Zewde recently reaffirmed her government’s efforts to support refugees and internally displaced people in Ethiopian territory. She also called for the cooperation of continental and international actors.Et...

Joburg Post·over 4 years ago

How Glow of the Historic Accord between Ethiopia and Eritrea Has Faded

Exactly a year ago Eritreans could hardly contain their joy as Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed touched down in Asmara. The city had seen nothing like it in a generation that knew war rather than peace. Men and women lined the streets...

Joburg Post·over 4 years ago

I Asked Young Eritreans Why They Risk Migration. This Is What They Told Me

Isaias was 16 when he escaped from Sa’wa, the military training camp for final-year high school students in Eritrea. His parents came to know of his whereabouts only a few weeks after. From Sudan he tried to cross the Sinai to reach Isra...

Milena Belloni·over 4 years ago

Between Peace and Uncertainty After Ethiopia-Eritrea Deal

Gebreselassie Woldeabzigi, a 72-year-old Ethiopian, fled his hometown in Badme, a border town of around 2,000 people in May 1998. It was the start of a two-year war between Ethiopia and Eritrea that killed an estimated 70,000 people fro...

Elias Gebreselassie·over 4 years ago