Politics

By Joanna Lewis – President Isaias Afewerki Chairman of the State Council Chairman of the Transitional National Assembly C-in-c of the Armed Forces Chancellor of Institutes of Higher Learning Chairman of the PFDJ [the sole political party] Vice-President – vacant since 2001  – There have been no elections in Eritrea …

Why Berhanu Nega traded a tenured position for the chance to lead a revolutionary force against an oppressive regime. BY JOSHUA HAMMERAUG Berhanu Nega was once one of Bucknell University’s most popular professors. An Ethiopian exile with a Ph.D. from the New School for Social Research in Manhattan, he taught …

TEKALIGN AYALEW MENGISTE Migrants moving north from the Horn of Africa face uncertainty and violence at every step of their journeys. To minimise the risks they have created thick networks of help and know-how. The current migration and refugee crisis across the Euro-African borderlands, particularly as represented via images of …

Thousands flee isolated Eritrea to escape life of conscription and poverty ASMARA, Eritrea—On a cool March evening soon after his 16th birthday, Binyam Abraham waited until his mother and young siblings were sleeping and slipped away to begin the long trek toward Eritrea’s southern border. With his father trapped in …

Editorial As the Scottish people congregated to hold their Referendum on September 18 2014, whether to walk away or remain united with England, memories of the bitter past which reigned, rather ravaged, the historical ties between the two parties invigorated. The event revived reminiscences of the bloody warfare and rivalry …