Thousands of Eritreans leave every year, with football players also 'defecting' while playing abroad.
Ever since independence from Ethiopia 26 years ago, Eritrea has been ruled by President Isaias Afwerki.
Opposition parties are banned and the judiciary is not independent, but the president has dismissed allegations made by rights groups that the country under his government is one of the world's most tightly controlled.
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Vanessa Tsehaye is an Eritrean activist and founder of One Day Seyoum, an organization campaigning against all human rights abuses in Eritrea. The organization continues the work of notable regime critics who were imprisoned in 2001, one of whom is Tsehaye's uncle. The opinions expressed in this article are hers alone.
(CNN)When the Norwegian Nobel Committee gives the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize medal to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday, celebrations will be undercut by many expressions of disappointment and outrage. Local and international voices criticizing his domestic record attracted considerable media attention, while some took to opinion pages to develop their arguments further.
Ihre erste Dienstreise als EU-Kommissionschefin führt von der Leyen nach Äthiopien zur Afrikanischen Union. Das Ziel beider Seiten: mehr Frieden und Wohlstand in Afrika. Davon könnte auch Europa profitieren.
Von Karin Bensch, WDR
Es ist ihre erste Dienstreise außerhalb Europas. Und es ist kein Zufall, dass die neue EU-Kommissionspräsidentin Ursula von der Leyen nach Ostafrika kommt - genauer gesagt nach Äthiopien: ein politisch aufstrebendes Land, dessen junger Regierungschef Abiy Ahmed sich für Reformen stark macht.
A Rome court has ruled that 14 Eritreans who were pushed back to Libya ten years ago have the right to enter Italy and request international protection. The former prime minister and defense minister have been ordered to pay 210,000 euros in damages.
Fourteen Eritreans who were pushed back to Libya on July 1, 2009 by an Italian navy ship, which had intercepted them a few miles from Lampedusa, have the right to enter Italy and request asylum. That decision was made Tuesday by a Rome civil court after a case was filed by Amnesty International in collaboration with the immigration rights group ASGI and a team of lawyers.
Es gibt in Afrika vielleicht keinen anderen Ort, in den man sich sogleich verliebt und an dem die Einschüchterung doch so allgegenwärtig ist. Das diktatorisch regierte Eritrea mit seiner wundervollen Hauptstadt Asmara wirkt wie ein Gefangener seiner Vergangenheit.
Präsident Abiy Ahmed wird im Dezember mit dem Friedensnobelpreis ausgezeichnet. Nun sind in Äthiopien Unruhen ausgebrochen, die sich auch gegen ihn richten.
26. Oktober 2019, 0:29 UhrQuelle: ZEIT ONLINE, AFP