How can the oppression of ethnic minorities in post-dictatorship transitions be best addressed through constitution building and state structure? Where constitution building takes place in the aftermath of conflict or after the fall of dictatorship the relationship between different ethnic minorities and dominant ethnic groups within the state are often difficult and headache for the dominant ethnic like that of our tiny Eritrea.
(Nairobi) – The Ethiopian government’s changes to asylum procedures for Eritreans undermines their access to asylum and denies unaccompanied children necessary protection. The Ethiopian authorities should ensure that all Eritreans have the right to apply for asylum and publicly announce changes to its asylum and camp management policies.
Africa will never be independent, Africans believe in Europeans, Americans, and Chinese more than themselves.
They don’t trust themselves at all, African technocrats/Engineers aren’t given the platform to practice what they studied instead they hire Chinese to construct roads for themselves.
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.