November 06, 2003
Eritrea: Enough! A Critique of Eritrea's Post-Liberation Politics
Dan Connell has been a 'participant-observer' of the Eritrean scene for nearly three decades, starting in the 1970s during the liberation struggle. He followed events in the… Read more »
October 17, 2003
East Africa: House Subcommittee Approves Sanctions Bill to Pressure Ethiopia, Eritrea
In the U.S. Congress, Thursday, the House Subcommittee on Africa approved sending a "Resolution of the Ethiopia-Eritrea Border Dispute Act of 2003" to the full House International… Read more »
September 30, 2003
Ethiopia: Meles Defends Demand for New Ruling on Border With Eritrea
The Ethiopian prime minister Meles Zenawi and Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki are two of many African leaders who attended the opening ceremony in Japan of the third Tokyo… Read more »
April 01, 2003
Africa: Agriculture Needs Higher Priority, Says USAID Administrator
"There is no constituency for agriculture," an apparently exasperated Andrew Natsios, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator, told a Congressional… Read more »
October 22, 2002
Sudan: Bush Signs Sudan Peace Act into Law
President George Bush signed into law, Monday, a tough new act passed by Congress aimed at pressing the government of Sudan to settle the 20-year conflict that has cost two million… Read more »
February 05, 2002
Eritrea: National Assembly Endorses Press Clampdown, Sticks to One-Party System
A report submitted to Eritrea's National Assembly says a total of 1,584 forums of discussion and debate were held in 298 places, taking a total of 5,075 hours to discuss the draft… Read more »
October 10, 2001
Eritrea: Crackdown on Dissidents Continues
The arrests of three more prominent government opponents in Eritrea over the past few days indicate that the month-long clampdown on dissidents is not slowing despite strong… Read more »
October 05, 2001
Eritrea: Eritrean Critic Urges Government to Relent on Dissidents
In 1991, the new government of just-liberated Eritrea requested the help Bereket Selassie in drafting a constitution for the new nation and he became chair of the Consitutional… Read more »
September 27, 2001
Eritrea: It's an Issue of National Security, Not Politics, Says Ambassador
Questions still surround last week's arrest and detention of 11 senior members of the ruling party and government in Eritrea. Although the government has not formally detailed the… Read more »
September 26, 2001
Eritrea: Party Puts its Case Against Dissidents
Eritreas ruling party, the Eritrean Peoples Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) has published its explanation for last weeks arrests of the dissident party and government… Read more »
September 21, 2001
Eritrea: Paper Trail That Put Eritrea's Dissidents in Jail
The arrest this week of 11 of the 15 signatories of a dissident letter addressed to President Isaias Afewerki, was the latest move in a war of attrition that has been going on… Read more »
September 20, 2001
Eritrea: Dissidents Arrested, Newspapers Closed
"No one expected this to happen," says Mehret Ghebreyesus, an Eritrean living in Washington, D.C., "at least those of us who fully supported the government didn't." In an article… Read more »
