Israel stands accused of supplying Ethiopia’s murderous dictator Mengistu with cluster bombs in the early 1990s in exchange for airlifting Ethiopian Jews out of the country. By Gabriel Pogrund (Eritrea) MASSAWA, ERITREA − Massawa is a broken city. Half of its once busy port is rubble and the surviving buildings struggle to …
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‘The North Korea of Africa’: Where You Need a Permit to Have Dinner With Friends
Limitations on freedom of movement are just the tip of the iceberg in Eritrea – one the harshest dictatorships in the world. Yishai Halper One week later Israel grants entry to 3 African migrants trapped on border; other 18 sent to Egypt Gag order lifted Uganda will take in thousands …
Read More »Yemen’s Houthi forces attack Eritrea’s Airport, Navy base : rebels
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle September 21, 2016 (ADDIS ABABA) – An Eritrean opposition group, Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RSADO) on Wednesday said that Yemen’s Houthi group have attacked the international Airport of Assab, a port city in the Southern Red Sea Region of Eritrea. A Houthi Shiite rebel carries his …
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