Strategic Thinking on East Africa

RICHARD POPLAK “Eritrea is Africa’s North Korea.” This glib comparison has defined Eritrea in the minds of the (very) few outsiders who have afforded it any consideration since it became a pariah state in the early zeroes. But Eritrea is defiantly different from anywhere on Earth—a nation apart, certainly, but one still deeply connected to […]

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Special to WorldTribune.com The aggressive opportunism of Eritrean President Isayas Afewerke is close to an implosion, but the prospect exists that the 69-year-old former revolutionary will lash out in a final attempt to reassert some regional relevance and to preserve his government. Certainly, he has done nothing to build an economic base in his Red […]

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By Edmund Burke, Reuters NAIROBI (Reuters) - The European Union aims to agree on 200 million euros (145.65 million pounds) in development aid for Eritrea by year-end to help stem an exodus of people from the poor Horn of Africa nation to Europe, a senior EU official said on Thursday. The five-year package, already the […]

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  Posted on September 16, 2015 by AfricanArgumentsEditor European countries are wrangling over how many (or few) refugees they take in. But how do refugee numbers compare across the world and in Africa? To try to get my head around the impact of the numbers of refugees currently arriving in Europe, I looked at global […]

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By Karim Lebhour, AFP Eritreans get onto a bus after being registered by the Ethiopian authorities at the Hitsats refugee camp in Ethiopia on September 2, 2015 (AFP Photo/Vincent Defait) An Eritrean woman walks past United Nations High Commission for Refugees tents at the Hitsats camp in Ethiopia on September 2, 2015 (AFP Photo/Vincent Defait) […]

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Agence France-Presse, Nairobi, Kenya An Eritrean woman walks past United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) tents at the Hitsats refugee camp in Ethiopia on Sept. 2. (AFP/Vincent Defait) World News Eritreans make up the third-largest number of refugees trying to reach Europe, after Syrians and Afghans. Eritrea is at peace, yet still thousands flee […]

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From the Guardian The Home Office has accepted assurances from Eritrea’s ruthless regime that any people returned home would be safe if they signed an apology and paid extra taxes Eritrea is routinely called “Africa’s North Korea” for its repression, restrictions on daily life and routine use of torture to crush the slightest signs of […]

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From the Guardian MAEVE SHEARLAW The Horn of Africa state is going to great lengths to derail activism and stifle criticism online. Daniel Mekonnen has been the target of online attacks from forces loyal to the Eritrean regime for more than a decade. They range from abusive emails to death threats – one serious enough […]

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  By DAVID MUCHUI and DICKSON MWITI Dozens of Ethiopians have been found guilty of being in the country illegally and sentenced to three months in prison or pay a fine of Sh50,000 each. The 78 migrants will also be repatriated after serving their terms. Two other suspects were not able to take their plea as […]

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From al Jazeera Eritrea does not have a war or famine, but hundreds cross the border into Ethiopia every day. Eritrea does not have a war or famine, but it accounts for the second largest number of asylum seekers arriving in Europe after Syria. Many Eritreans also make the dangerous trek across their border to […]

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