French President Francois Hollande says “maximal” political and diplomatic pressure should be applied on the “unscrupulous leaders” of Eritrea, whose citizens have been fleeing in droves for years to Europe. Hollande said Eritrea “is becoming empty of its own population.” He spoke Wednesday at a European Union-African summit on migrants in Malta. Eritreans are […]

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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) Eritrea has been excluded from East Africa’s main soccer tournament this month because of political tensions with host Ethiopia. Nicholas Musonye, secretary general of the Council for East and Central African Football Associations, says the regional soccer body ”must respect” Ethiopia’s position not to allow the Eritrea team into the country to […]

  Temperatures were pushing 115˚ when we reached the crest of a rocky hill overlooking Ali Addeh, a desolate refugee camp on Djibouti’s southern border with Ethiopia and Somalia. Clumps of dull brown scrub dotted the ochre hills. Nothing stirred. Once past the guard at the gate, we wound our way through a warren of […]

ውሽጣዊ ኩነታት ኤርትራ ኣብ’ዚ መድረኽ’ዚ፡ ካብ’ቲ ብግዳም ዝረአን ዝስማዕን ብዝተዓጻጸፈ መንግስቲ ኣሎ ክትብል ኣብ ዘይተኽለሉ ደረጃ ዝበጽሐ፡ ከከም ሓይልኻን ሽጣራኻን ትኸደሉ ሃዋህው ልዕልና ሒዙ ከም ዘሎ፡ ምንጭታት ድምጺ ሰላምን ደሞክራስን ኤርትራ ካብ ኣስመራ ሓቢሮም። እተን መንግስታዊ ኣብያተ ጽሕፈታት ዝበሃላ፡ መብዛሕቲአን ሰዓታተን ኣኽቢረን ከም ዘይኽፈታ፡ ደንጒየን ምስተኸፍታ’ውን ኣገልግሎት ክህብ ዝኽእል ናይ ስራሕ መንፈስን ሞራልን ዘለዎ ሰራሕተኛ […]

Illegal migrants, who attempted to flee the coast to Europe, sit after being detained and held at a Libyan Navy base in the the coastal city of Tripoli September 20. The EU is hoping that African migrants’ home countries will soon start preventing them from attempting to cross to Europe. HANI AMARA/REUTERS FILED UNDER: World […]

  Over the last three decades or so, I often found myself in places, first in Nicaragua in the 1980s and then in the Horn of Africa, that I would not have recognized when listening to international media reports. Even in pre-internet times, when short-wave radio access to the BBC World Service was one of […]

ኣብ እስራኤል ከተማ ቴልኣቪቭ፣ ኤርትራውያን ኣብ ዝነብርዎ ህንጻ ብዘጋጠመ ባርዕ፣ ኣብ ሰብን ንብረትን ጉድኣት ኣውሪዱ። ወኪል ሬድዮ ኤረና ካብ ቴልኣቪቭ ኣብ ዝልኣኾ ሓበሬታ፣ በቲ ባርዕ፣ ሓደ ኤርትራዊ መንእሰይ ብኸብዲ ብቖስል እንከሎ፣ ካልእ ከኣ መተናዊ ጉድኣት ከምዝወረዶ ኣረጋጊጹ። ብዘይካ’ዚ’ውን በቲ ባርዕ፣ ክልተ ደርቢ ዝነበሮ ህንጻ ብፍራሱ፣ ጥረ ገንዘብ ዝርከቦ ብርክት ዝበለ ንብረት ገሊኡ ከምዝዓነወን፣ ገሊኡ ከኣ […]

Eritrea continued to violating the UN Security Council’s resolution by hosting Ethiopian rebel groups, Patriotic Ginbot 7 and TPDM, according to UN experts’ group. The experts of the Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea also found that Eritrea has violated UNSC resolution 1907(2009) paragraph 15 (d) “by harbouring and facilitating the work of [Berhanu] Nega”. […]

The plan also calls for increased diplomatic efforts to ease or resolve conflict, and to boost economic and agricultural development Eritreans make up the bulk of nearly 140,000 migrants who arrived in Italy from Africa by sea in 2015, along with 18,000 Nigerians and 8,000 Sudanese, according to International Organization for Migration figures. (Photo/AFP). EU […]