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A Prime Minister Resigns (Yawn). In Africa (!!)
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn tendered his resignation and it was promptly accepted. This makes him the first in modern Ethiopian history to voluntarily resign his position. He is giving up his post as Prime Minister and the Chairman of the ruling coalition Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF.) In his resignation statement, the Prime…
For Africa To Catch Up To The World, East Africa Has To Catch Up To Africa
In Africa Rankings list of the top 25 companies by market capitalization, 1 is from Egypt, 3 are from Morroco, 4 are from Nigeria and a whopping 17 are from South Africa. The #1 ranked company, South Africa’s Naspers, leads by far, with market capitalization of $60 billion. There are no companies from East or…
Eritrea In 9 Minutes
So, your kid has to do a presentation on Eritrea and wants an objective source? Have him or her watch this video and read the accompanying notes and voila: presentation: 0:15 Italy’s attempt to take over parts of Africa “didn’t last that long” and it “didn’t go well”? In Eritrea, it lasted 51 years (1890-1941)…
Eritrea, Ethiopia Put Their War Masks On
[spider_facebook id=”4″]War logic has taken over Eritrean and Ethiopian leaders: the skirmish that ignited last weekend is careening towards a dangerous confrontation with war now all but inevitable–unless we all act. As we write this, Eritrea and Ethiopia are exchanging uninterrupted artillery fire across their border, each aiming to soften the positions of the other. Tension is…
Videos: Mike Smith (CoI) & Yemane Gebreab
[spider_facebook id=”4″]Today, June 8, Mike Smith, Chairman of Commission of Inquiry (CoI) on Human Rights in Eritrea, held a press conference to explain why his commission will report that Eritrean government officials and some military commanders are guilty of committing crimes against humanity: Following Mike Smith’s address, Yemane Gebreab, Director of Eritrea’s ruling party, PFDJ,…
Eritrean Survivors of Torture, Rape in Sinai
[spider_facebook id=”4″]According to Israel’s Haaretz, which interviewed a 29-year old Eritrean, at least 7,000 Eritreans in Israel survived torture and rape in Sinai. The interviewee makes it clear why he left Eritrea: “I escaped the tyrannical regime there, not the country itself. You can’t really leave your homeland,” he says. “But my country is under a…
Two Videos: Pro & Anti-Government Forces Mobilize
The Commission of Inquiry’s (CoI) much anticipated report on human rights in Eritrea is expected to be provided to the Human Rights Council (HRC), which convenes in Geneva from June 13 to July 1st. As they did last year, the exiled Eritrean civil society–community-based organizations, youth and women groups, professional associations–and opposition parties are conducting…
Eritrea This Week – 20160523
[spider_facebook id=”4″] At Eritrean independence silver jubilee, after telling Eritreans that everything that is right with Eritrea is credited to his government and everything that is wrong can be blamed on the United States, the 70-year old President Isaias Afwerki told his audience: “may we meet for our golden anniversary.” This is consistent with wikileaks…
Eritrea’s Descent Into Barter Economy
[spider_facebook id=”4″] It has been over four months since the Government of Eritrea announced a new monetary policy which included issuing new currency, restricting the amount of money that individuals can withdraw and moving, in principle, from a cash-transaction economy to one based on checks. Though its purpose was not announced, the goal appears to…
Eritrea Macro Policy – 1994
Here’s the pdf of Eritrea’s macro-economic policy of 1994. Eritrea macro-policy