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Eritrea’s Blue Revolution: Inside the movement challenging one of Africa’s longest-serving rulers

by | Sep 25, 2026 | JPost | 0 comments

SOME 1,300 members and supporters of the Eritrean Blue Revolution Front attend their August Congress in Israel. The movement, which grew out of the diaspora-based Brigade N’Hamedu, says it seeks to turn years of activism into organized political opposition to President Isaias Afwerki’s government. (photo credit: Courtesy EBRF)
AFRICA AFFAIRS: For years, Eritreans in Israel have been caught between refuge and exile. One opposition movement believes the answer lies not in staying, but in transforming the country they fled.