Eritrea News

Uganda's government has distanced itself from a controversial anti-gay bill calling for severe penalties on homosexuality after it was reintroduced in parliament this week.

The root cause of the ugly internecine war of 1998 - 2000 between Ethiopia and Eritrea that claimed 100, 000 lives, numerous injuries, dislocation of innocent citizens and colossal damage to the economy should be revisited in order to predict whether more of the same would repeat.

The 42nd Extraordinary Session of IGAD Council of Ministers is underway in Addis Ababa.

The Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization , stands hand in hand with our brothers and sisters in afar regional state, with people of Ethiopia, as well as with International community by denouncing unprovoked Terrorist action by Eritrean government and its agents in Erta-Ale, Danakil Depression, Afar Region on Jan 17th, 2012.

President Obama said, "I am grateful that these talented and dedicated individuals have agreed to take on these important roles and devote their talents to serving the American people.

An Ethiopian rebel group said at the weeked it had kidnapped two German tourists and two Ethiopians, adding that they were safe, in good health and could be released unharmed.

Kenya on Saturday dismissed a report by the United Nations exonerating Eritrea from claims that it funded the Al Shabaab militia with both monetary and ammunitions support against the Kenya defence forces saying it is one sided.

Jerome Taylor first came to The Independent in 2005 and joined the Foreign Desk.

Authorities in Ethiopia's northern Afar region have sent elders to try to secure the release of two German tourists and two Ethiopians kidnapped by gunmen and who the government believes are now inside Eritrea, officials said on Thursday.

Candles lit by mourners burn to pay tribute to research doctor of the University of Szeged Gabor Szabad next to his portrait in the building of the dermatological clinic of the University of Szeged, in Szeged, Hungary, Thursday.

A deadly attack on European tourists along the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea has renewed a war of words between the two rivals, with Asmara rejecting accusations by Addis Ababa that it was behind the violence.

Eritrea's envoy to the United Nations says his country is vindicated following a recently-released preliminary U.N. report that found insufficient evidence that Asmara provided weapons to Somalia militant group al-Shabab last year.

Gunmen have killed five foreign tourists in Ethiopia's remote northern Afar region, after crossing into the Horn of Africa country from neighboring Eritrea which trained and armed the attackers, an Ethiopian official said on Tuesday.

A UN investigation says there were no weapons supplied to Southern Somalia, a controlled field for militants to fight Kenya.

The Eritrean Ministry of information in a statement Thursday warned to take legal action.

Five months after pilot James Berisha disappeared in Eritrea during his mission to encourage recognitions of Kosovo's independence, it is still not know whether he is alive.