GENEVA, 25 November 2013 / PRNewswire Africa / - The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea, Sheila B. Keetharuth, expressed great concern about rampant human rights violations in Eritrea which caused hundreds ... Read more
The two presidents discussed all issues that serve the relations between the two countries," Magid Osman, Sudan's ambassador to Eritrea, told reporters here following the talks. He added that the two leaders have agreed to coordinate stances regarding ... Read more
Asmara — Bereket Yemane of Eritrea yesterday seized the 5th place in the 128 Km. 4th tournament of Tour Rwanda, while compatriots Aron Debretsion and Metkel Eyob held the 13th and 20th ranks respectively. According to cumulative points, the third ... Read more
An investigator said deprivation of freedom and security, and the desire to feel protected, was pushing 2,000 to 3,000 people to leave Eritrea every month. Read more
By Otieno Otieno, Somalia and Eritrea national teams have arrived in Nairobi ahead of this year’s Senior Challenge Cup. According to the draws conducted in Nairobi on Friday morning, Eritrea placed in Group C alongside Sudan, Uganda and Rwanda. Somalia coach Mohammed Abdulle said he hopes to help the team qualify for the second round […]
The missing 400km Garora – Port Sudan highway to connect the port cities of Eritrea and Sudan finally inaugurated today in the presence of President Isaias Afwerki and President Omar Al-Bashir. The Eritrean president arrived in Port-Sudan in the afternoon hours of yesterday to participate in the official opening of the 7th Red […]
Dr. Awet T. Weldemichael, a member of Eritreans for Bright Future, is signatory of the recent letter that was addressed to the government of Eritrea. The open letter which is under circulation for signature by all concerned Eritreans, calls for urgent solution to Eritrean problems by the Government of the State of Eritrea. The Petition Form can be reached from the link here.
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By Nevsun, Nevsun Resources Ltd. (TSX: NSU / NYSE MKT: NSU) is pleased to announce diamond drill results from an eight hole 2,713 meter in-fill resource definition drilling program completed in 2013 at the Hambok poly-metallic massive sulphide deposit, located 16 kilometers southwest from the Bisha Mining Share Company (BMSC) processing plant. HIGHLIGHTS Drilling confirms continuity …Read more
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. …Read more
After a protracted thirty-year war of liberation, Eritrea became independent from Ethiopia in May 1991, as a de facto state, which was formalized by a popular referendum held under the auspices of the United Nations in May 1993 when the people of [...Read more]
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Aman Russom, Associate Professor and senior lecturer of the School of Biotechnology at KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm and team won the Bio-X medical funding award for a new technology... Related Paltalk Meeting»
We, the undersigned Eritrean citizens, appeal for urgent attention of the Government of the State of Eritrea to the question of youth flight from the country. Petition by Eritreans for a Bright Future [ ... ]
On 3 October 2013, a boat carrying an estimated 500 migrants, many of them Eritreans under the age of 40, capsized less than one kilometer from the island of Lampedusa, Italy. It is estimated that just 155 passengers survived. A week later in the early ... Read more
What kind of crime can a fifteen-year-old child Ciham, Ali Abdu, be guilty of to merit imprisonment incommunicado? The "crime” is that her father, Ali Abdu, the former Information Minister, defected to Australia in November 2012. Since December 2012, his daughter has been imprisoned ... Read more
Many of the 300 people who drowned were from Eritrea. Human rights organizations describe the East African country as "Africa's largest prison." For close to 20 years, authoritarian president Isaias Afewerki has ruled the country. Anyone who ... Read more