Asmara Candidature for UNESCO’s World...
Asmara Candidature for UNESCO’s World Heritage City – PARIS 2017
H.E. Hanna Simon, Ambassador of the State of Eritrea to France & Permanent Delegate to UNESCO hosted Exhibition & Reception on the occasion of the candidature of the city of Asmara for inscription in UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
Clarifying Recent Coverage on Eritrea
Clarifying Recent Coverage on Eritrea
by Dr. Fikrejesus Amahazion | Last week, Newsweek published an article about Eritrea decrying the internal situation in the country. As has become so common with reports on Eritrea, the article was heavily biased, overly simplistic, filled with stereotypes, and devoid of context, ultimately serving to poignantly encapsulate how coverage of the country is so problematic.
Lacking originality or accuracy, the article frames Eritrea alongside North Korea. In recent years, it has become quite common to see Eritrea, a young, low-income, developing country located within the volatile Horn of Africa region, derogatorily described as secretive, the “North Korea of Africa,” or even the “hermit kingdom.” While such statements suggest Eritrea mirrors North Korea or that it remains isolated and detached from the global community, closer analysis (of a number of objective measures) reveals that they are clichéd, cursory, and incorrect. Read more
Wild Speculation packaged as Nuanced Analysis
Wild Speculation packaged as Nuanced Analysis
Writing jointly for Al Jazeera website, Professor Barakat Sultan, Director of the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies at the Doha Institute; and, Dr Sansom Milton, a senior research fellow at the Doha Institute, offer a number of superfluous conjectures on the abrupt and apparently hasty withdrawal of Qatari troops from the Djibouti-Eritrea border. Read more
