Why East African Leaders Should Call for Rights Reforms in Eritrea
August 19, 2019 9:12AM EDT
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Re: Why East African Leaders Should Call for Rights Reforms in Eritrea
"I became what they wanted me to become; now I want to become my own person," a 25-year-old former secondary school teacher in Eritrea told me explaining why he fled to Sudan in 2018.
Life as a public secondary school teacher across East Africa is tough, in Eritrea, hardship takes on a whole new meaning. Most teachers are national service conscripts. The government forces them into teaching, often posts them far from their homes to teach subjects in which they have little expertise, and makes them stay in these post for years, often indefinitely...
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