Things are Very Different in Eritrea than Other Places I Visited: BBC Reporter

By BBC Africa Today, Hello and welcome to the Africa Today podcast from the BBC at 1800 GMT and I am David Amanor, the Tuesday 24th May 2016. In today’s program, big celebration in Asmara as Eritreans celebrates their 25 years of independence. The territory was colonized by Italy in 1890 but handed to Ethiopia […]

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Inside Eritrea: Bras, Biros and Backward Shoes in War Exhibit

By BBC News, Eritreans are celebrating 25 years of independence, which they gained on 24 May 1991. The Eritreans – who fought a 30-year war for independence against the far larger and better-equipped Ethiopian army – are in celebratory mood, despite the country being criticised by human rights groups for its lack of democracy, free […]

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