Peer-Reviewed Article February 17, 2009
Forced labour in Eritrea
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Published in: The Journal of Modern African Studies
Publisher: Cambridge University Press • South Africa • 0022-278X • 1469-7777
Abstract
ABSTRACT Using fieldwork data collected in Eritrea, Rome, Milan and Stockholm, and supplemented by human rights organisation reports and discussions with key informants in four cities in the UK, this article examines the extent to which the Eritrean national service and its concomitant Warsai-Yikaalo Development Campaign qualify as forced or compulsory labour as defined by the relevant international conventions.