Ona and Beskdira: Even the stones tell the tragic story

eskdira and Ona are two small villages that were burnt to ashes, one after the other, over the course of just two days. Both are close to Eritrea’s second largest …

‘We are still burning’ – survivors of Beskdira and Ona massacre

Fifty years ago, Beskdira and Ona witnessed two of the worst massacres in Eritrea’s colonial history when unarmed civilians were brutally massacred by Ethiopian colonial troops. While Beskdira is a …

Blina Shama UK: Creating a Sanctuary after Home Loss

The name Blin refers to the language and ethnicity of a minority group in Eritrea, and shama, a Blin term, literally translates to ‘shelter’. Blina Shama UK, therefore, was formed …