Eritrea News

There are calls to expel Eritrea's top diplomat in Canada because he presides over a system that's milking money from the Eritrean community in this country.

Mr. Woldegiorgis Chini'e, chairman of the committee, disclosed that the reparations pertain to sports contests, cultural activities, environmental hygiene and embellishment of streets, besides a parade by workers and inhabitants, as well as carnival show of institutions.

Eritrea's human rights record has long faced international criticism. But since the African country is so closed to the outside world, individual stories tend to come almost exclusively from those who have fled.

Reports indicated that Eritrea's accomplishments in combating malaria have been applauded by WHO representatives at a joint meeting with the Ministry of Health that was conducted yesterday here in Asmara.

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)