Posted on 09/22/2010 6:47:28 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
Eritrea is at risk of becoming a failed state, according to a new report from the International Crisis Group. It says internal repression coupled with international military conflict means the country is becoming increasingly isolated in the Horn of Africa.
The report says during the past decade Eritrea's government has clamped down on dissent on a colossal scale.
It says Eritrea's jails are full of political prisoners, journalists, and religious dissidents who are regularly targeted by the state.
ICG's E.J. Hogendoorn says Eritrea has also undergone major military mobilization – a policy that has hit the country's youth hardest.
"It has mobilized almost all of Eritrea's youth into so-called national service," Hogendoorn said. "So essentially, if you are a young Eritrean you are indefinitely serving in the military or in national service."
The report says Eritrea has fought either directly or indirectly with Ethiopia, Yemen, Djibouti, and Sudan and been involved in conflicts in eastern Sudan, Somalia, and Darfur.
An estimated 80,000 people were killed in a two-year border dispute with Ethiopia that ended in 2000.
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Eritrea faces UN sanctions for allegedly supporting Islamist rebels in Somalia.
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Every African nation is a failed state, except for the Mediterranean tier, (Morocco east to Egypt) and South Africa (barely.)
That’s the Ethiopian coast....or used to be.
FYI -
Eritrea - muslim
Ethiopia - christian
Isn’t Eritrea a communist dictatorship?
California and New York are failed states as well.
Eritrea should approach Obanga and try to become our 58th state / sarc
Fine sent the Wookie over there with a picnic basket full of carrot sticks,BTW I think the problem is traceable to Africans.
Eritrea sounds like a bluprint for POTUS Barack Hussein Obama. Remember, folks, Obama is not really an American, he is not an American Black, he has no vested interest in Americans be they White, Black or otherwise. He is a Marxist radical, just like his father and would be most happy to enslave all our citizens in his beloved Marxism and state control. Remember In November!!! Completely destroy the Democrat party in the voting booth on November 2, 2010!!!
Ultimately it's their problem. But they've had a lot of help historically screwing things up.
“the government now requires them all to register their religion including membership roles and meet other criteria for official recognition.”
Obviously under Moslem control.
Eritrea May Become a Failed State
... says the government broadcast service of the banana republic ruled by Obama, Reid, and Pelosi.
It’s a muslime state so I’m not surprised.
Ultimately it’s their problem. But they’ve had a lot of help historically screwing things up.
True ,but the IQ in that neck of the woods is a blazing 63 there is not much to work with there.
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