Twenty-five years ago, in the shadow of a world distracted by catastrophe elsewhere, Eritrea's government quietly erased fifteen of its own senior officials — men and women who had dared to ask, in writing, that their country honor its own constitution. Among them were a former defense minister and a deputy president, now held without trial in secret prisons, their fates unknown to the children they left behind. What began as a civic appeal for elections and rule of law became one of Africa's longest-running disappearances, a quiet testament to how swiftly a state can swallow its own conscienc
25 Years Later: Children of Eritrea's 'G-15' Still Seek Answers on Missing Parents
Two parents disappeared into secret detention without trial for 25 years, leaving four children orphaned; their children now adults living in exile traumatized by loss.