{"id":201,"date":"2021-07-21T17:39:43","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T17:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.munkhafadat.net\/?p=201"},"modified":"2021-12-08T14:06:29","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T14:06:29","slug":"welcome-to-eritrea-inside-the-secretive-state-dubbed-the-north-korea-of-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.munkhafadat.net\/index.php\/2021\/07\/21\/welcome-to-eritrea-inside-the-secretive-state-dubbed-the-north-korea-of-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Eritrea: Inside the secretive state dubbed the &#8216;North Korea&#8217; of Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Eritrea, in eastern Africa, has been likened to North Korea because of its brutal and secretive government. Source: SBS Dateline.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 500;\">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 the world.<\/p>\n<p>BY\u00a0EVAN WILLIAMS<\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">Eritrea is one of the most tightly-controlled countries in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">When it comes to transparency and the freedom of the press, it&#8217;s considered the &#8220;North Korea&#8221; of Africa.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">The government monitors phone and internet traffic and runs an extensive domestic surveillance system.\u00a0So\u00a0getting any information out, let alone secretly shot footage, is extremely difficult.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">The only way to get any physical evidence was to smuggle in a camera and smuggle the same camera back out through a tight knit group of activists determined to help the world understand their plight.\u00a0<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/Welcome to Eritrea: Inside the secretive state dubbed the 'North Korea' of Africa\">Read more<\/a>:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbs.com.au\/news\/dateline\/welcome-to-eritrea-inside-the-secretive-state-dubbed-the-north-korea-of-africa\">SBS dateline<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eritrea, in eastern Africa, has been likened to North Korea because of its brutal and secretive government. 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