Eritrea
Nations Online Project
Country Overview
Targeted Groups | Perpetrators | Alert Status | Genocide Stage(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
| Warning | Stage 6: Polarization, Stage 8: Persecution, Stage 9: Extermination |
Details
Eritrea is among the most oppressed and censored countries in the world due to decrees that grant President Isaias Afwerki total power to target civil rights and silence media. In late 2020, the Ethiopian military invaded the Tigray region of Ethiopia with the tacit consent of the Ethiopian government, as both countries see the Tigrayan Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) as a common enemy. Eritrean soldiers have targeted ethnic Tigrayans with pillage, mass rape, and genocidal massacres.
Resources
Escaping Eritrea | Frontline
Ethiopia: Eritrean troops’ Massacre of Hundreds of Axum Civilians May Amount to Crime Against Humanity
Welcome to Eritrea: Inside the Secretive State Dubbed the ‘North Korea’ of Africa