Eritrea

Imagine having an identity and living amongst people that share this similar identity. Think about the day to day interactions you would have with those people; and then think about the other groups living amongst you. At some point, you question how do people of your common identity interact with each other and with outsiders of that community. Lately, I been questioning so; I am an Eritrean and both my parents are descendants of the Tigrinya tribe. Due to the recent events and tragedies happening amongst the Horn of Africa especially within Ethiopia and Somalia, I have been more drawn to investigate the relationship between the East African ethnic groups and tribes. The Horn of Africa, which comprises of the countries Eritrea, Somalia, Ethiopia, and Djibouti, is filled with many people of different ethnic and tribal backgrounds. Within these groups, they share many similarities and differences,…

Freedom of speech should not be restricted when it comes to peaceful protest. Peaceful protest have a very good advantage that would bring an issue to light. Countries like Eritrea (East Africa) are not allowed to have protest against the government because the government is dictatorial. “In an interview with VOA 's English to Africa service Thursday in the capital, Asmara, President Isaias said his government is not interested in keeping people from expressing their views, but that he will do…

I was born on the third of March, 2000, three months before Eritrea merely broke away from Ethiopia. Ethiopia annexed Eritrea in the late 1960s. Long story short, those nations started to fight over land and sea. They had ongoing border fights for about 30 years until a major war broke out in 1998 which lasted 2 years. In May, 1991, Eritrea had gained its independence from Ethiopia; however, the fight didn't stop there. In May of 2000, Eritrea was officially separated from Ethiopia. Since then,…

Bordering the red sea in the horn of Africa sits a small country shaped like a key. The country goes by the name of Eritrea and has an even tinier population of almost six million. Relatively new, Eritrea gained independence from its occupier Ethiopia on May 24, 1991. This was a vital day in this country’s history since it was the end result of a thirty-year long war for Eritrean independence. Eritrea has been passed around from country to country, such as the Italians and the British for a…

Eritrea is a small country located in East-Africa. It is usually confused with Ethiopia, a fatal mistake to make, as Eritreans did fight Ethiopians for their independence. They are very patriotic people who value culture. Their survival was only possible due to their strong idealistic principles. Everything from shopping at a mall, to visiting the Red Sea has norms and values that seem rather strange, but the strangest of them all is their gniddew traditions. For these people, gniddews symbolise…

Ethiopia has claimed double-digit economic growth rates over the past decade and is pursuing an ambitious development agenda to become an industrialized nation and step away from the poverty that has dogged it for centuries. However, it still has its problems, especially in the ethnic diversity area. While Ethiopia is becoming a part of the modern global community, it is not attributed to either its internal diversity or outside influences. In fact, Ethiopia’s great diversity is causing…

School Where did you complete high school? Is it in the United States or other different countries like Eritrea? People have had different experience from different countries. Every country has different curriculum at education. In Some countries like my country, education is not priority; however, country like America, education is the most priority. Although there is school in my country, most people don’t go to school. Many people prefer to work than go to school because of the…

Scott Anderson the film conveys the issues faced by the Canadian Company Nevsun while creating a mine in Eritrea. The Canadian company was reached to be the one to build a mine in Eritrea because of the large potential of money that could be able to earn through the creation of a mine. After some years of thinking the company decided it would start to work on the mine and make this another project of the company. However it was not so simply for the company because a lot of controversy began to…

Chapter Three: Eritrean Refugees and Introduction Programme in Norway 3.1 Eritrea Eritrea is a small country located on the North - East of Africa on the shores of African Red Sea. It has an area of about 125,000 sq. km and a population of about 6 million. The country is bordered by Sudan to the north-west, the Red Sea on the east, Ethiopia to the South-west and south-east by Djibouti. It is ethnically and religiously diverse and includes nine ethnic groups. Eritrea became a free independent…

citizens completely through manipulated language, until the regime can obtain enough power to rule their daily lives. Furthermore, in modern day society language is still used to repress citizens in countries such as North Korea and Eritrea. In Nouran Sedaghat report on censorship in North Korea the country rated, “96 [on]… press freedom, where 100 is the worst possible score” while the limits “on freedom of expression are vast and varied in the military state” The limits include “the censorship…