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Just as the Horn of Africa is witnessing the slow restoration of one collapsed state - after more than two decades of anarchic conditions in Somalia - it may be facing the collapse of another.

The small country of Eritrea, only 20 years after gaining independence from Ethiopia, has emerged as one of the largest sources of refugees in Africa - as well as one of the most militarised societies in the world. It is increasingly displaying signs of withering state structures and an unsustainable humanitarian situation.
Although Eritrea is sometimes  referred  to as the North Korea of Africa, a more appropriate point of comparison may be Somalia and its descent into civil war. The already fragile security conditions in Eritrea's neighbouring states means that its collapse could have major implications for regional stability.
The Eritrean state has, since a 1998 border war with Ethiopia, been caught in a negative spiral of autocracy and deteriorating conditions. President Isaias Afewerki - the only leader this young nation has known - used the threat posed by Ethiopia as a pretext to eliminate

Lampedusa disaster: Why men flee Eritrea

By Imogen Foulkes BBC News, Geneva

Samson Kidane lost his best friend in a boat crossing the Mediterranean

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The latest tragedy in the Mediterranean has, not before time, human rights groups say, put the spotlight on the situations which drive people to make the perilous boat journey to Europe, and the many dangers they face along the way.

It is believed most of the dead came from Eritrea and Somalia, so all must have taken not only the risky sea crossing, but a long and hazardous journey across the Sahara desert as well.

"I still can't believe it when I think about the Sahara," said Samson Kidane, an Eritrean who is now a refugee in Switzerland.

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ኤርትራውያን ዘጋጠመ መቕዘፍቲ ዘስዓቦ ሓዘንን ሕርቃንን ኤርትራውያን ኣብ መዓስከራት ስደተኛታት ኢትዮጵያ ናብ ናዕቢ ከምዝተሰጋገረ ምንጭታት ካብቲ ቦታ ሓቢኣብ ላምፐዱዛ ኣብ ልዕሊ ኣማኢት ሮም።  

ኣብ ገምገም ባሕሪ ላምፐዱዛ፣ ብ3 ጥቅምቲ ኣብ ልዕሊ ኣማኢት ኤርትራውያን ዘጋጠመ መቕዘፍቲ፣ ኣብ መዓስከራት ስደተኛታት ኤርትራውያን ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ዘስዓቦ ሓዘንን ሕርቃንን ናብ ናዕቢ ድሕሪ ምስግጋሩ ፖሊስ ቶኽሲ ብምኽፋቶም ናይ 4 ስደተኛታት መውጋእቲ ከምዘጋጠመ ምንጭታት ካብቲ ቦታ ሓቢሮም።
እቲ ትማሊ 6 ጥቅምቲ ማይ ዓይኒ ኣብ ዝተባህለ መዓስከር ዘጋጠመ ናዕቢ መጀመርያ ብዝኽሪ ሽምዓ ናይቶም ግዳያት እዩ ጀሚሩ።

ጋዜጣዊ መግለጺ፡ ብዛዕባ'ቶም ኣብ ማእከላይ ባሕሪ ዝጥሕሉ ዘለዉ ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት

ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ)፡ በቲ ኣብ ገማግም ባሕሪ ዘጋጥም ዘሎ ዝተደጋገመ ህልቂት ናይ ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ዝተሰምዖ ከቢድ ሓዘን ይገልጽ። ንወለድን ቤተሰብን ናይ ዝሞቱ ዜጋታት ድማ ናይ ጽንዓት መልእኽቱ የመሓላልፍ።

ሎሚ ዕለት 3 ጥቅምቲ 2013 ሓሙሽተ ሚኢቲ ኤርትራውያንን ሶማልያውያንን ስደተኛታት ዝጓዓዙላ ዝነበሩ ጃልባ ኣብ ገማግም ባሕሪ ኢጣልያ፡ ጥቃ ደሴት ላምፓዱሳ ምስ በጽሐት ብዘጋጠመ ባርዕ ከምዝጠሓለትን፡ ክሳብ ሕጂ 133 ስደተኛታት ከምዝሞቱን ተፈሊጡ ኣሎ። ብሰኑይ 30 ጥቅምቲ ከኣ፡ 13 ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ኣብ ገማግም ሲቺልያ፡ ጥቃ ደሴት ራጉሳ ከምዝጠሓሉ ዝዝከር ኢዩ።

እዚ ኣቖንዛዊ ተረኽቦታት እናጋጠመ ክኸይድ እንከሎ ስቕ ኢልካ ምርኣይ ስለዘይከኣል፡ ነቶም ጠንቅታት ናይ'ዚ ህልቂት'ዚ ዝዀኑ ዘለዉ ምኽንያታትን ኣካላትን ኣነጺርና ብትሪ ክንቃለሶም ይግባእ።

ነዚ ስቅያት'ዚ ናብ መደምደምታ ንምብጻሕ፡ ነቲ መስረታዊ ጠንቂ ናይ'ዚ ስደት'ዚ ዝኸውን ዘሎ ስርዓት ኢሳያስ ምልጋስ ኢዩ። ስለ'ዚ፡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራን ፈተውቱን ነዚ ስርዓት'ዚ ንምውዳቕ ተሓባቢሮም ብዕቱብነት ክሰርሑ ንጽውዕ። ኣብ ርእሲኡ ከኣ፡ እቶም ንውልቃዊ ረብሓታቶም ክብሉ ኣብ ንግድ ናይ ስደተኛታት ዝሳተፉ ዘለዉ ገበነኛታት ኤርትራውያን ይኹን ወጻእተኛታት በብዘለናዮን ብዘለና ዓቕምታትን ኣብ ምብዳሆም ዜግነታዊ ሓላፍነትና ምዃኑ ከነዘኻኽር ንፈቱ።

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ሰልፊ ዲምክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ጨንፈር ኖርወይ ብ15 መስከረም 2013 ዕዉት ጨንፈራዊ ኣኼባ ኣካይዱ. ኣብቲ ኣኼባ ብርክት ዝበሉ ኣጀንዳታት ቀሪቦም ተዘትይሎም:: ስምረት ተቃውሞና ብደረጃ ዓለምን፣ ኤውሮጳን፣ ከባቢናን ዝብል ኣርእስቲ ካብ ዝቀረቡ ኣጀንዳታት ኰይኑ ብኣኼበኛታት ሰፊሕን ዓሚቍን ዘተን ክትዕን ዝተኻየደሉ:: ተሳተፊቲ ኣኼባ ስኒትን ውህደትን ዝጐደሎ ደምበ ተቃውሞናን ቓልስታቱን ይትረፍስ ብዓወት ሽትኡ ክወቕዕ፣ ፈልከት ኢሉ ሓደ ስጉምቲ ንቅድሚት ክስጉም እኳ ከምዘይከኣለ ብሓባር ኣስሚሮምሉ:: ብዘይካዚ ውን፣ ኣኼበኛታት እቲ ክሳብ ሕጂ ብብዝሕን ብተደገጋምን ክካየድ ዝጸንሐ ናይ ሓድነትን ስምረትን ፈተነታት ቅንዕናን ሃገራውነትን ዘሰነዮ ሓያል ሰረት ስለዘየንጸፉ፣ ኣብ ክንዱኡ ኣብ ውድድርን ቅድድምን ዘድሃቡ ብምንባሮም ትጽቢት ውጹዕ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ከርውዩ ከምዘይተረኽቡ ገምጊሞም::