Strategic Thinking on East Africa

Strathink Editorial Team Ethiopia’s Communication Minister Getachew Reda is not in an enviable position. As the face of the Ethiopian government, Mr. Getachew must defend the horrifying images of unrest broadcast over traditional and social media to audiences that have no idea the context of Ethiopia’s problems. Even the most sophisticated journalist has a difficult […]

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By JASON PATINKIN FILE - In this Monday, July 25, 2016 file photo, some of the more than 30,000 civilians sheltering… Read more NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The soldier pointed his AK-47 at the female aid worker and gave her a choice. “Either you have sex with me, or we make every man here rape […]

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Sal Younis is back! Read his letter to Western Reporters published in Awate. Written by: Salyounis Dear Western reporter: You are in Eritrea for a “rare visit.” Actually, it is not so rare anymore but your editor will insist that he put that phrase because it gets viewers/readers/listeners. That or “exclusive.” Almost all you knew […]

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The Guardian Dozens are killed and more than 70,000 displaced as horrific attacks on civilians in Wau, in the country’s north-west, cast fresh doubts on the peace process People wait to be registered as displaced persons in a South Sudan Red Cross compound in Wau. Photograph: Charles Lomodong/AFP/Getty Images A two-year-old boy was shot in […]

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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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UN agencies have warned that up to 4.8 million people in South Sudan will face severe food shortages in the coming months [Reuters] Tens of thousands of people have fled fighting in northwestern South Sudan between government troops and a newly formed rebel group, as food shortages in the country hit their highest levels in […]

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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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