Strategic Thinking on East Africa

Strathink Editorial Team Recent events along the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea combined with the Eritrean President’s ill health have created a sense of unease within the Eritrean community. There is a feeling of uncertainty both inside Eritrea and among members of the Eritrean diaspora about a future without President Isayas. For twenty-five years, Isayas […]

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BBC Share Image copyrightAFP Image captionGovernment helicopter gunships were seen over Juba on Monday South Sudan strife Renewed fighting has broken out in South Sudan between forces loyal to the president and vice-president. A reporter in the capital, Juba, told the BBC gunfire and large explosions could be heard all over the city. He said […]

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Ethiopia will ‘respond’ to every action by Eritrea to destabilise it, Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn told Parliament on Tuesday. The Ethiopian premier defended his country’s conduct and blamed Eritrea for last month’s border skirmish. “What we did was to retaliate and silence [Eritrea],” Mr. Desalegn told Parliament. “We will respond to every action it takes […]

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An Eritrean refugee protests against government outside EU offices in Israel [File: Amir Cohen/Reuters] The United Nations rights council has called on the African Union to investigate Eritrean leaders over alleged crimes against humanity after a damning report by a UN commission. UN: Eritrea government commits crimes against humanity In that report, the UN’s Commission […]

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The Hill By Joseph K. Grieboski, contributor As one of the world’s most oppressive regimes, the Eritrean government has committed extensive crimes against humanity over the past 25 years, according to a report released June 8 by the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea. President Isaias Afwerki, in power since Eritrea’s […]

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Eritreans celebrate the conclusion of the UN-supervised referendum, held from 23-25 April 1993. The majority voted for independence from Ethiopia. UN Photo/Milton Grant 8 June 2016 – Officials in Eritrea have committed crimes against humanity, including enslavement, rape and torture, across the country over the past 25 years, according to a new report released today […]

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Salem Solomon This week, thousands of Eritreans gathered in Geneva, Switzerland, to both support and protest a new U.N. report alleging that the leaders of the Eritrean government have committed crimes against humanity. Elsewhere, hundreds of Eritrean refugees gathered outside African Union headquarters in neighboring Ethiopia to protest the alleged crimes back home. The report […]

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Thousands of diaspora Eritreans march in support of UN report that accuses government of crime against humanity. Organisers claimed more than 10,000 people from all across Europe marched in front of the UN office [Vanessa Berhe/Al Jazeera] Thousands of Eritreans have rallied in Geneva against alleged human rights abuses committed by their government back home, […]

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  Eritreans marching in support of the UN Commission of Inquiry, Geneva, June 23, 2016 by the Strathink Editorial Team The Times of Israel reported “Eritrean asylum-seekers took to the streets near Tel Aviv on Tuesday in support of a UN probe into the African state’s regime, considered one of the world’s most repressive.” In […]

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