Tag: migrants
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For Eritreans, Every Day Is Half-Mast Day
The media has reported. The human rights groups are outraged. The pope has prayed. But everywhere else, but especially in the State media, it is radio silence. One hundred fifty individuals, mostly Africans, mostly female and underaged, most of the most being Eritreans, drowned in the Mediterranean Sea. These Eritreans, like the ones before them,…
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In Eritrea, the Peace Dividend Is Same As The War Dividend: Migrants
Whether Eritrea is in a state of war, in a state of no-war-no-peace, or in a state of peace, it appears to have one export: migrants. Consider: Eighty-eight (88) days after Eritrean politicians went to Addis Abeba and told us humble Abiy Ahmed is our leader; Seventy-six days (86) after President Isaias Afwerki told us…
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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…