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ONCE again Africa’s worthiest and perhaps happiest countries, according to Mo Ibrahim’s latest measure of all-round governance, scrutinising data gathered for last year, are offshore. Mauritius is the runaway winner, followed by the Seychelles in second place and Cape Verde fourth (see table). On the African…

They shoot migrants, don’t they?

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Egypt, a state that over the past four years has allegedly shot and killed more than 80 African migrants trying to cross into Israel over the Sinai Desert border, became chair on Friday of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees executive committee, sparking criticism by human…

President Isaias Afwerki’s interview with Swedish Journalist Donald Bostrom

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Three days ago Finally, three days after the scheduled time, but Aftonbladet envoy Donald Bostrom an interview with Eritrean president Issay Afwerki. But something new about Dawit Isaak did not arrive. His health is just out of fashion and no subject for discussion, let the President…

Escaping Eritrea

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In September 2001, Aaron Berhane made the heart-wrenching decision to escape Eritrea. He left behind his wife and young children, as well as his prestigious job as editor-in-chief of the country’s largest circulation newspaper, Setit. It was his work that left Aaron with no option but…

Eritrean Journalits’ Hunger strike testimony

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‘The biggest prison for Journalists’ is a fitting label for PFDJ’s Eritrea. It is 9 years since the dozen Eritrean independent journalists have been detained; and their whereabouts is unknown. Soon after their detention, they went for a hunger strike demanding their case to be brought…

Eritrea: The Siege State

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Eritrea has been deeply troubled since independence in 1991. Following the devastating war with Ethiopia (1998-2000), an authoritarian, militarised regime has further tightened political space, tolerating neither opposition nor dissent.

Refugee hopes to raise awareness of Eritrean plight

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Bereket Yohannes often lies awake at night in his East Kildonan home and wonders where his relatives are or if they’re even alive. His sister, Esther Yohannes, her husband, Petros Soloman, and their three children are among Eritrea’s many missing and unaccounted for citizens. “My brother-in-law…

URGENT ACTION: 200 Eritreans in Libya at Risk of Forced Return

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More than 200 Eritrean nationals in Libya are said to have been beaten and forcibly transferred from Misratah Detention Centre to Sabha Detention Centre, where conditions of detention are much poorer. They are now at risk of forcible return to Eritrea, where they would be at…

The Suffering of Eritrean Detainees in Libya Continues

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The Libyan authorities have released most of the detainees of Misrata and other detention centres into the streets of different cities. This may sound like good news but they have nothing with which to survive. They have no money, no food, no employment, no shelter, no…