Eritrea News

Sunridge Gold has outlined stronger economics in the feasibility study for its prized Asmara copper-zinc-gold project project in Eritrea, outshining last year's prefeasibility study .

On May 24, 1991 citizens of the East African country of Eritrea celebrated their long-awaited independence following a victory over the unjust occupation of their land by neighboring Ethiopia.

"Real change would require a fundamental reform process transforming the current culture of rights denial with one anchored in the rule of law, respect for and realization of all human rights and human dignity." A lawyer from Mauritius, Ms.

The U.S. Department of State continues to warn U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to Eritrea and strongly recommends U.S. citizens defer all travel to the country.

There is a diminished desire among Eritrean asylum seekers to migrate to Israel recently, largely due to the new Egypt border fence and the threat of incarceration they face under the "infiltrators law", a visiting Eritrean dissident activist said in Tel Aviv on Friday.

Haile Selassie's pilot, friend to Eritrean refugees, husband, father. Born Aug. 21, 1941, in Hebo, Eritrea, died March 28, 2013, in Toronto of complications from a fall, aged 71.

ERITREA'S hardline regime has jailed at least 10,000 political prisoners, many in "unimaginably atrocious conditions", rights group Amnesty International says in a report criticising the situation in the Red Sea state.

Yet refugees, even legal ones, nevertheless continue to leave in fear of deportation as well as abuse amid a climate of racism and frequent attacks against African refugees in Israel.

Eritrea's grassroots Freedom Friday movement has released a video smuggled out of the secretive African country showing residents of the capital Asmara reading posters calling for mass protests.

Galvanised by the Arab spring, Eritreans in exile in Europe are mobilising against the authoritarian regime of President Issaias Afeworki with a new tool -- the humble telephone.

A total of 240 students who have been attending a 3-month training course organized in collaboration between the NUEYS and Public Technique Service Center in Tesenei sub-zone graduated recently.

The residents of north-western Asmara have called for the upgrading of the local health center's capacity in line with the growing demand to this end.

The Cooperative Dairy Farmers' Associations in the Southern region indicated that it is striving to raise output through enhancing organizational efficiency.

Eritrea's President Isaias Afworki, shown on a visit to Libya in 2010, has been widely criticized by human rights groups.

The Forto 2013 uprising remarkably highlighted the issues critical to democratic change.

Captain Rahwa Gebrekristos military pilot sent by Eritrea to Saudi Arabia to reclaim a jet stolen by two fellow officers when they flew to seek asylum has herself defected, Saudi media has reported.The pilot, who holds the rank of captain, told the authorities in Jizan province she did not wish to return to the east African country, a single-party ... (more)

Addis Ababa - The Ethiopian government on Monday has reiterated its readiness to hold peace talks with Eritrea to resolve their decades-long border dispute During his meeting with the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in New York, the Ethiopian Minister of foreign Affairs Tedros Adhanom accused the Eritrean government of refusing to ... (more)

A Chicago student inspired by the life of baseball legend Jackie Robinson won an essay contest about her own struggles with the death of her brother.

Eritrean women fleeing their country's oppressive regime are increasingly finding themselves the repeat victim of abuse, exploitation and violence once outside their homeland, a new report by a women's rights group has found.

Students and staff members of Halai Secondary School, Asmara, have extended a total of 24,000 Nakfa to 4 families of martyrs.