Early life in Italian Eritrea Awate was born in 1910 in Gerset, located between Tessenei and Golluj in southwestern Italian Eritrea. His father, a peasant, trained him as early as childhood in the use of guns. Hamid belonged to the Tigre ethnic group. In 1935, Hamid was conscripted by the Italians to serve in the colonial army of the Eritrean Ascari. …

A chronology of key events: The border war between Eritrea and Ethiopia between 1998 and 2000 killed thousands of people IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGES 300-600 – What is now known as Eritrea forms part of the kingdom of Aksum. 600 – Arabs introduce Islam to coastal areas. 1500s – Ottoman Turks establish garrison at …

Early life and education  Ibrahim attended Quran School under Khalifa Jaafer of the Halanga of Kassala. In Keren, he attended technical training at Salvaggio Raggi and at Umberto School in Asmara. Career  Ibrahim worked as the chief in a train station, served as a civil servant in Keren, Agordat, Tessenei, Adi Ugri and even Wiqro near Mekele for six months. He was proficient in …

Eritrea, in eastern Africa, has been likened to North Korea because of its brutal and secretive government. Source: SBS Dateline. Over the past two decades, more than half a million Eritreans have fled their home country. They say they are escaping one of the most brutal and secretive dictatorships in …

500,000 Refugees, ‘Slavery-like’ Compulsory Service, No National Elections, Border Conflicts & Secret Prisons: 5 Human Rights Crises in Eritrea   A still image from the new documentary “Escaping Eritrea,” of a refugee camp along the border with Ethiopia. The ongoing exodus is one of several human rights crises in the …

Eritrea’s Isaias Afwerki has long coveted access to Ethiopia’s economy. His alliance with Abiy Ahmed will let him achieve his goals at the expense of Ethiopian sovereignty. . By Seeye Abraha Hagos, a former Ethiopian defense minister and former senior member of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front. When U.S. Sen. Chris …

The common political vision of the leaders of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia threatens to throw the region into turmoil. Goitom Gebreluel Political analyst focusing on the Horn of Africa Published On 10 May 2021 Three years ago, a wave of political change swept across the Horn of Africa. In Sudan and …

MAY 4, 2021 by Priyanka Boghani The United Nations estimates that Eritrea is among the top three countries, alongside Syria and South Sudan, with the greatest proportion of their citizens who have become refugees — with 12,500 refugees per 100,000 people. According to the U.N.’s last available estimates, released in mid-2020, more than …

The Eritrean president finds himself in an increasingly difficult situation. Abraham T Zere Exiled Eritrean journalist/writer based in the US Published On 28 Mar 2021 Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed travelled to Asmara to meet Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki on March 25, 2021 [Aron Simeneh/Office of the Prime Minister of Ethiopia …

500,000 Refugees, ‘Slavery-like’ Compulsory Service, No National Elections, Border Conflicts & Secret Prisons: 5 Human Rights Crises in Eritrea MAY 4, 2021 by Lila Hassan Isolated from the world by President Isaias Afwerki’s 30-year authoritarian rule, the east African nation of Eritrea remains intentionally unknown. “It’s impossible, or very difficult, …