Theyve been sanctioned by the us, which is basically a seal of approval for me. Other than that, i think theyve boosted literacy rates by like 10 percent. They also seem to socialist/state capitalist, somewhat like belarus. Dunno anything else about them tbh.
For those who didn’t know about history of the African country, the founding party was and is still a far-left party. Eritrea should join BRICS to overcome Western-imposed sanctions.
iirc, China has a port their and a road in to Ethiopia (Eritrean independence landlocked Ethiopia, and they’re on bad terms diplomatically, but China is trying to smooth that over)
Ohh… So that’s how China indirectly helped the two warring African countries settle disputes and establish diplomatic relations.
Linguistically and culturally, the ruling class of Eritrea has links to the TPLF, but paradoxically they are also adversaries in some senses.
https://www.ethiopia-insight.com/ is good for this sort of thing.
I have few but positive memories of the only Eritrean I have ever personally known; I still listen to music from Eritrea on occasion; I have an Eritrean Tigrigna IME on my computer and I more or less know how to read fidäl. There are very few Tigrigna words I can actually recall, however: one of these is ከተበ ketebe meaning “to vaccinate”, more specifically from a proto-Semitic root meaning “to scratch”, because the Horn of Africa was an early adopter of variolation, the predecessor to vaccination. That same proto-Semitic root gave us the Arabic word “kitab”.
So yeah, Eritrea feels like a country that more people should have respect for, and that more people should know about, because it is the Horn of Africa and as such it’s as vibrant and as ancient as any other country in that region — and yet Eritrea tends to get overshadowed by other countries, or reduced to just this popular liberal imagining of “AfRiCa’s NoRtH KoReA” or whatever.
It can be very difficult to come to understand all the nuances of the politics of the Horn of Africa. My impression as a whole is that Eritrea is an anti-imperialist country working under a lot of pressure and as such it should be supported, but I can’t speak for all the policies of the ruling party. I have also heard claims that Eritrea supports the Fano militias in Amhara, but I have also heard claims that this is false propaganda, so I have no clue what to make of that.
Interesting place. No internet. Bleak place with no young people, a lot of them emigrating to Ethiopia leaving an elderly population.
I recall your modlog so I’ll take your take with a grain of salt.
Another good thing about it is its capital city is full of pleasurable tingles/frisson.
If you have more specific questions about Eritrea, I’ll ask my neighbours.
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Reason: being weird, claiming to stalk people’s modlogs to cancel themCancel culture!
Going through people’s modlogs for dirt on them? I mean come on.
As I said, I recall your modlog. I didn’t go digging for dirt: it was already in my memory. Why? Because I’m an admin who gets the reports people file and I’m tasked with responding to them.
emigrating to Ethiopia
Oof… Ain’t there a civil war?
Edit: Oh there was… TPLF ended it in 2023
They were united til the mid 90s, to state the basic fact.
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