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  • Eritrea Sanctions: When Belligerence Is Confused For Resilience

    Eritrea Sanctions: When Belligerence Is Confused For Resilience

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    The Eritrean government (which is to say: President Isaias Afwerki) is terrible at many things but it is great at weaving a narrative. Thus, to this day, many people, including many who consider themselves well-read, would say that the reason the UN imposed resolution 1907 on Eritrea in 2009 is because (a) it was fed…

  • Berhane Abrehe: How to Defeat A Human Tornado

    Berhane Abrehe: How to Defeat A Human Tornado

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    In 1990, after the liberation of Massawa and on the eve of Eritrea’s independence, the following individuals met in Nakfa to strategize about post-independent Eritrea’s economic policy: 1. Bitweded Abraha 2. Oqbe Abraha 3. Adhanom Ghebremariam 4. Estifanos Seyoum 5. Estifanos Afewerki (“Bruno”) 6. Ghebremicael Mengistu (Eritrean Relief Association) 7. Berhane Abrehe I have chosen…