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Dan Connell

Dan Connell is a senior lecturer at Simmons College, Boston, and a visiting scholar at the Boston University African Studies Center who has been writing about Eritrea for nearly forty years. He is a contributor to Foreign Policy In Focus.

WorldDecember 4, 2015

The Afars: Eritrea’s Forgotten Refugees

The Afars, a tightly knit Muslim minority in one of the most inhospitable corners of Africa, are determined to keep their home and the culture that sustains them.

Dan Connell
Foreign PolicyApril 11, 2014

Eritrean Refugees at Risk

Hundreds of thousands have fled dictatorship—only to face trafficking, exploitation and hostility throughout North Africa and the Sahel.

Dan Connell and Foreign Policy In Focus
Regions and CountriesMarch 11, 1999

Letter From Eritrea

The present lull in the fighting between Eritrea and Ethiopia may lead to a shift in their bitterly fought contest to the negotiating table, but an end to hostilities between two of the poorest

Dan Connell