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15 November 2024
Rimon Wants You to Live For Yourself
OkayAfrica talks to the acclaimed Eritrean-Dutch artist Rimon about her debut album, Children of the Night, and its depiction of individuality.
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14 November 2024
Dawit Isaak’s 23-Year Detention Gains Renewed Attention with Human Rights Prize
The Committee to Protect Journalists says awarding Dawit Isaak the Edelstam Prize sends a strong message to Eritrean authorities that are holding at least 16 journalists without trial, access to family, or judicial oversight.
Sports
25 July 2024
How Weini Kelati Went From Asylum Seeker to Olympian
The Eritrean-born runner is making her first Olympics as an American, a decade after she chose to seek asylum there at the age of 17.
Sports
22 July 2024
Who is Biniam Girmay, the Eritrean Who Made History at the Tour De France?
Everything we know about the 24-year-old Eritrean cyclist, the first Black African to be awarded the green jersey at the Tour de France and the first to win three stages.
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20 May 2024
Meet Lay Bankz, the Eritrean Artist Climbing the Billboard Charts
The TikTok-propelling hit song “Tell Ur Girlfriend” is rising on the Billboard charts.
News
13 October 2021
GAME OF THORNS
Winter is coming to the Horn of Africa. The conflict in Northern Ethiopia is having ripple effects throughout the region. The map of the Horn may be changed irrevocably. Unfortunately, this is nothing new. Here is a quick way to understand the politics.
Music
20 January 2021
Check Out RIMON's Beautifully Intoxicating Live Performance
The excitement around the songstress and her ever evolving sound, look and feel is very real in "Never Learned how To Cope + Feed Me."
News
13 October 2020
Jamaican-British Poet Linton Kwesi Johnson Shares 2020 Literature Prize with Amanuel Asrat
This year's winner of the PEN Pinter Prize, Linton Kwesi Johnson, has awarded the 'International Writer of Courage' honour to Eritrean writer, Amanuel Asrat, who is still believed to be in prison after 19 years.
Music
16 April 2020
Watch RIMON's Hazy Music Video for 'Out of My Way'
Video Premiere: The Eritrean-born singer shares the clip for her single about a playful 'hard to get' situation.
News
03 February 2020
Immigrants from Nigeria, Eritrea, Tanzania, Sudan & More 'Virtually Blocked' Under Trump's Extended Travel Ban
Trump has officially extended his travel ban to include six new countries, and it's just as bad as expected.
Music
26 January 2020
Grammys 2020: Performers Pay Tribute to Nipsey Hussle In Traditional Eritrean Attire
During a Grammy tribute, featuring John Legend, Kirk Franklin, Meek Mill and more, a group of dancers paid homage to the late rapper's Eritrean heritage, by sporting traditional garb.
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22 January 2020
Trump Plans to Extend Travel Ban to Nigeria, Tanzania, Sudan, Eritrea & Three Other Countries
Here's what the travel ban could mean for these nations.
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