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  • The Economist’s Tom Gardner – Savior Complex?

    Written by Sophia Tesfamariam Much of western media coverage of the Horn of Africa tends to focus on negative attributes or problems. So when Eritrea and Ethiopia signed the Peace and Friendship Declaration on 9 July 2018, followed by the Joint Declaration on Brotherly Relations and Comprehensive Cooperation by Eritrea and Somalia on 30 July…

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  • Documentary by African Strategies: POLITICIZING ERITREAN MIGRATION

    Coverage of Eritrean migration has been highly politicized leading to much confusion on the issue. Journalists usually quote suspected traffickers and/or activists with declared “regime change” agenda for their perspectives on conditions inside Eritrea and these accounts are then used to present a “human rights” case against the country. The explanation then for “harsh” conditions…

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  • The Real Eritrea is not what you Read on the internet – Avoid MSM Fake News

    I have now been in Eritrea for the second time. I will be leaving in a few days and I want to document the highlights of my visit so that readers around the world will understand that I have had a scientifically productive trip in a safe and friendly country. When you read in the…

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  • Eritrea: Some Clarifications

    Written by FikreJesus A., Ph.D. In Tancred, Benjamin Disraeli tells us how “[t]he East is a career.” Eritreans may be forgiven for thinking that likewise, for many mainstream analysts and experts, “Eritrea is a career.” Earlier this year a story on polygamy being mandatory in Eritrea was widely circulated across international media, and this week, an outdated,…

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  • Challenging Assumptions: A Note on Recent Coverage of Eritrea

    Written by Dr. Fikrejesus Amahazion Last week, Eritrea Profile featured an interview with Mary Harper, Africa Editor for BBC World News. Harper recently spent several weeks in Eritrea covering the country’s Independence Day celebrations, and her analyses, both within her interview with Eritrea Profile as well as in other outlets, have been balanced, impartial, thoughtful,…

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  • They Foresee It, But Do They Really Mean It?

    Since the independence of Eritrea – Think Tank’s, Self named experts of Eritrea, analysts, main stream media reporters and radical sect groups have warned us time and again that Eritrea is definitely going to collapse or to blow. One has only to google Eritrea in connection with the word “collapse” to know how creative they…

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  • Time is ripe for a new Eritrea Policy Out of Washington

    From: Bereket Kidane dehai.org Everything that one can think of to bring down a government and a people has been tried and failed when it comes to Eritrea. Every trick in the book has been put to use. Frustrated enemies whose anti-Eritrea efforts have failed have turned to blaming the mining companies, diaspora Eritreans for…

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