Main Image: Protest by members of the UK chapter of Brigade N’Hamedu at the Netherlands Embassy in London on 1 March 2024. Source: Ethiopia Insight (https://www.ethiopia-insight.com/2025/02/26/collective-action-for-a-democratic-eritrea/)...

Source: SAHAN The Ethiopian Cable (https://sahan.global/issues/ec-issue-269) Since its inception, Brigade N’Hamedu, also known as the ‘Blue Revolution,’ has focused on targeting the pro-Eritrean regime’s cultural festivals– long used to fundraise,...

By Aron Hagos Tesfai How do diasporas engage in the politics of their countries? Following their migration to democratic nations, refugees and immigrants organize themselves into social movement organizations with the objective of exerting political...

By Dr Aron Hagos Tesfai  Since mid-2022, transnationally connected Eritrean refugees and second-generation diaspora youth have been mobilizing coordinated waves of protests in the major cities of Western countries against the Eritrean authoritarian...

A young Eritrean refugee, TikToker, made a video this week; he was smiling and super cheerful. He appears to be in his early 20s, if not a teenager. He says to his followers: ‘If you ask me, where am I from, brother?” and answers himself, comically...