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World Service,30 Jun 2021,16 mins

Why are Eritrean Christians under pressure?

Africa Daily

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Catholic schools seized. Church-run clinics shut down. Eritrean Catholics say the government has - for years - been taking over their property. They, like many other Christians, feel under pressure. But how did we get here? How did a country known for some of Africa’s earliest churches decide to turn on its Christian groups? Host: Alan Kasujja (@Kasujja on Twitter) Guests: Teklemariam Bekit, BBC reporter; Dr Berhane Asmelash, director of Release Eritrea. #AfricaDaily

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