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May 12, 2011 Eritrea: Refugees and Responsibility
"If refugee flows are a sign of political meltdown, then
Eritrea is a level seven nuclear disaster. Figures from the
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees indicate that
Eritrea, with a population of only about five million, has
been among the top ten refugee producing countries in the
world for the better part of the decade." - Tricia Redeker
Hepner
Nov 15, 2009 Eritrea: No Welcome in Italy
"We were fortunate to spend two days in a small coastal town of
Agrigento where in the central part of the city stands a Catholic
church with the figure of a black priest carved in stone perched
high above in the church tower. It is a statue of Saint Calogero,
an African priest who came to Sicily around the 14th century and is
revered as the town's patron saint. But in the 21st century,
African refugees who traverse the treacherous waters of the
Mediterranean Sea find Calogero's city, indeed the entire country,
unwelcoming, even hostile to them. A well-known Italian Bishop is
said to have remarked that if the saint-priest were to arrive in
Agrigento today, he would find himself in similar circumstances as
the refugees who are detained and disdained." - Nunu Kidane and
Gerald Lenoir
Nov 15, 2009 Eritrea: Press Freedom Updates
Eritrea ranks at the very bottom of Reporters without Borders index
of press freedom for 2009, released in October (see http://www.rsf.org/en-classement1003-2009.html), accompanied in the bottom five by North Korea, Turkmenistan, Iran, and Burma.
In this report, Reporters without Borders lists 28 journalists as imprisoned in the
country, more than any other country.
Nov 15, 2009 Eritrea: Perilous Journeys
Nov 15, 2007 Horn of Africa: Mixed Signals on Border Conflict
Nov 6, 2005 Horn of Africa: War Clouds Gathering
May 27, 2004 Eritrea: Human Rights
Jan 27, 2004 Horn of Africa: No War, No Peace
Recent Bulletins on Continent-Wide Issues
May 13, 2013 Africa: Rise of the Global South
Apr 19, 2013 Africa: Towards Structural Transformation?
Apr 2, 2013 Africa: The Industrialization Agenda
Feb 5 2013 Africa: Towards Reality-Based Talk
Jan 31, 2013 Africa: Press Freedom Index
Dec 20, 2012 Africa: Books New & Notable
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