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Eritrean refugees gathered at an UNHCR registration facility in Ende Baguna, Ethiopia. Credit: Sven Torfinn/Panos

20 Sep 2021 8 minute read

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Eritrea: how did we get here?

A one-party political system, mass disappearances and a total ban on non-state media – Alex Jackson of...

27 Jul 2020 2 minute read

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Introducing...Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Richard Swift on the ambiguous figure managing the WHO’s pandemic response.

25 Jul 2018 3 minute read

This article is more than five years old.

Worldbeater: Isaias Afwerki

We put the President of Eritrea’s track record – liberation fighter turned ruthless dictator – under the spotlight.

1 Mar 2018 2 minute read

This article is more than five years old.

Between Sudan and a hard place

Eritrean refugees who try to escape into neighbouring Sudan are caught up in a deadly stand-off between East Africa’s big...

18 May 2016 5 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Pt 2/3: A British-Syrian’s experience of a refugee's journey

The refugee crisis has had a profound impact on identity, writes Danny Ryan Youssef in part two of this blog...

6 May 2015 5 minute read

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Risking death in search of a new life

Crossing the Mediterranean to reach Europe for a better life is fraught with danger, as Charles Barker finds...

18 Oct 2013 3 minute read

This article is almost ten years old.

PHOTO ESSAY: For Eritrean migrants, there is more dignity in death

Tim Baster and Isabelle Merminod capture the painful goodbyes of the survivors of the recent...

Eritrean disapora dials freedom with 'robocall'

1 Jul 2013 2 minute read

This article is more than ten years old.

Eritrean disapora dials freedom with 'robocall'

Rizwan Syed reports on how the mass automated calls that marketeers use to torment us are put to good use -...

The deadly scale of trafficking in the Sinai

11 Apr 2013 2 minute read

This article is more than ten years old.

The deadly scale of trafficking in the Sinai

In a fertile environment for kidnapping, the overwhelming majority of victims in the region are refugees from Eritrea....

1 May 2012 2 minute read

This article is more than 11 years old.

Eritrea's wretched independence

The country's 30-year war with Ethiopia has been followed by 21 years of repression, says Saleh 'Gadi' Johar...

2 Dec 2009 3 minute read

This article is almost 14 years old.

Eritrea

The country, once one of Italy’s few colonial possessions, covers an 800-kilometre strip along Africa’s Red Sea coast,...

2 Mar 2004 3 minute read

This article is more than 19 years old.

Isaias Afwerki

Yet another idealistic comrade turned brutal dictator: Eritrea’s Isaias Afwerki.

5 Oct 1999 2 minute read

This article is almost 24 years old.

Endpiece

new internationalist
issue 317 - October...

5 Sep 1998 4 minute read

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End Piece

E N D...

5 Nov 1994 3 minute read

This article is almost 29 years old.

Eritrea

new internationalist
issue 261 - November...

5 Dec 1992 4 minute read

This article is almost 31 years old.

Democratic Elbow Room

new internationalist
issue 238 - December...

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