In the world’s most censored country, citizens face a stark choice – live in misery or risk death by leaving. But it has no western allies so the situation goes unreported   Horror has been expressed at the latest catastrophe in the Mediterranean. Little has been said, however, about Eritrea. Yet 22% of all people […]

    Did Money Seal Israeli-Saudi Alliance? Special Report: The odd-couple relationship between Saudi Arabia and Israel may have been sealed with more than a mutual desire to kiss-off Iran. According to an intelligence source, there was a dowry involved, too, with the Saudis reportedly giving Israel some $16 billion, writes Robert Parry. For more than […]

Wegasi Nebiat, 24, almost drowned when migrant ship sank off Rhodes Her family paid smugglers $10,000 to take her from Eritrea to Sweden Shipwreck claimed the lives of three people trying to reach Europe Wegasi now on her way to Athens and says she’s thankful to be alive  Her image was broadcast across the world […]

 ኣብ ስቓዩ ዘይውዳእ ህዝቢ ዘሎ ሓቂ ተወሊደ ዝዓበኹላ ከተማ መንደፈራ ኣብዚ ሰሙንዚ ኣይግድን ። ቲ’ዝነበራ መልኣኻ ሃዲሙ፡መልኣከሞታ ዓትዒቱ ብምሓዝ ደም የንብዓ፡ ከቢድ ደበና ሓዘን ድማ ኣንጸላሊዋ ይርከብ ።ኣብ ውሽጣ ዝርከብ ህዝቢ’ውን ወሪድዎ ዘሎ ምዓት ካብ ምሒር ምስድማም ኣውያቱን ጸሎቱን የስምዕ። ኣውያትን ጸሎትን ነቶም ኣብ ምድሪ ሊብያ ብክርስትያናዊ እምነቶም ጥራሕ ክሳዶምን ሂወቶምን በጃ ዝኾኑ ደቁን ኣሕዋቱን። […]

 Eritrean refugee: ‘We are living in limbo’ 03:54   Ali Addeh refugee camp, Djibouti (CNN)Henol and Mebratu emerge from their current home, a modest structure with plastic sheeting serving as its roof, carrying the “master folder.” One of the most important documents on the camp, it’s a record of each Eritrean’s name and their case — […]

“ህጹጽ ዜና ካብ ኣስመራ” መኸተ ህዝብና ኣንጻር ህ.ግ.ደ.ፍ እናደየበ ይኸይድ ኣሎ !! ኣስመራ፡ ድሕሪ’ቲ ኣዚዩ ዘሕዝንን ዘጕሂን መቕዝፈቲ ዜጋታትና ኣብ ማእከላይ ባሕርን ሊብያን፡ ድሮ ቤተ ሰቦም ክርድኡ ጀሚሮም ምህልዎም ሎሚ ዕለት 24/04/2015 ካብ ኣስመራ ዝበጽሓና ዜና ኣፍሊጡ። ድሕሪ’ዚ መርድእ’ዚ ኣብ ኩሉ ኩርናዓት ሃገር ዝርከብ ህዝብና ኣብ ዓሚቝ ሓዘን ጥሒሉ ምህላዉን፣ ቃንዝኡን መረርኡን ዓው ኢሉ ክገልጽ […]

Italian police on Friday arrested 18 people in what5 they called a “vast” operation against a group allegedly inspired by the Al Qaeda and planning an attack on the Vatican. All those arrested were Pakistanis and Afghans, police said. The group was based on the island of Sardinia and was plotting attacks against the Pakistan […]

New York — With journalists often facing a choice of life in exile or prison, and with even reporters for state-run outlets in fear of arrest, Eritrea secures its place as the most censored country in the world, with secretive North Korea coming in close second, according to a list of the 10 Most Censored […]

To stem the tide of Eritrean asylum seekers heading for Italy, policymakers need to ensure the country is really on a path from dictatorship to nascent democracy Teenage Eritrean migrants fleeing their country’s harsh compulsory conscription policy rest in Ethiopia after crossing the border. Photograph: G Beals/UNHCR Abinet spent six years completing her national service […]