Tag: Eritrea

The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on the Eritrean military and other Eritrea-based individuals and entities, as Washington warned it was prepared to...

Dutch prosecutors put Eritrean trafficker Kidane Zekarias Habtemariam on their most wanted list to try him for crimes related to alleged human smuggling. Kidane was...

Eritrean soldiers and Tigrayan militias raped, detained and killed Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray, an international rights watchdog said on Thursday. Human...

The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on an Eritrean official it accused of being engaged in serious human rights abuse in the conflict...

Attacks by Tigrayan fighters in Ethiopia’s Afar region have forced over 54 000 people from their homes, an official said on Thursday, and refugees...

The UN human rights council approved a resolution expressing concern about abuses in Ethiopia’s northern region Tigray calling for the swift withdrawal of Eritrean...

Eritrea now has “effective control” of parts of Ethiopia’s Tigray region, a UN human rights expert said on Tuesday, calling for troops to withdraw...

Eritrean troops in Ethiopia's Tigray region are expected to "definitely leave soon," Ethiopia's UN envoy said after a top UN official told the Security...

The US government has seen no evidence of a withdrawal of Eritrean troops from Ethiopia's Tigray region despite Eritrea's assurances that they would pull...

Eritrea told the United Nations Security Council on Friday that it has agreed to start withdrawing its troops from Ethiopia's Tigray region, acknowledging publicly...

Fourteen-year-old Mibrak Esayus recalls the day last November when she says Eritrean soldiers burst into her home in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and killed her...

Eritrea has agreed to withdraw troops from Ethiopian territory along their common border, Ethiopia’s prime minister said on Friday, days after acknowledging that Eritrean...

Ethiopia on Saturday rejected US allegations there has been ethnic cleansing in Tigray, pushing back against the latest criticism of its military operation in...

Eritrean soldiers killed hundreds of civilians in Ethiopia’s ancient town of Axum between 28-29 November, rights group Amnesty International said on Friday, one of...

li Jamac Dhoodi thought his son was working as a security guard in Qatar, helping prepare for next year’s soccer World Cup. Then one...

A senior Ethiopian general said in a video clip posted on social media this week that Eritrean troops had entered the country uninvited while...

The committee that awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Tuesday it was deeply concerned about the conflict...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government said on Monday it had captured another town in the northern Tigray region after nearly two weeks of...

Thousand pf protesters took to the streets in Ethiopian cities, demanding Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed do more to tackle simmering ethnic violence following the...

Eritrea denounced a US ban on immigrant visas citizens as “unacceptable” while Nigeria’s government established a committee to address issues prompting President Donald Trump...

Eritrea is forcing thousands of students and teachers into indefinite national service, driving many into exile and frustrating hopes a peace deal with Ethiopia...

Eritrea must investigate allegations of extrajudicial killings by its security forces and resolve the fate of missing detainees, including a former finance minister, a...

A group of 159 Eritrean refugees were flow from Libyan capital Tripoli to Niger for resettlement, the United Nations said. The UN refugee agency (UNHCR)...

Ethiopia will begin moving its troops away from the border with Eritrea, senior military officials said on Friday, months after the erstwhile enemies reopened...

Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki arrived for his first-ever visit to Somalia, another sign of rapidly changing relations in the region following Eritrea's rapprochement with...

Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki is in Somalia for his first-ever visit, Eritrea's information minister said, another sign of rapidly changing relations in the region...

Danakali and other miners said a UN decision to lift sanctions on Eritrea should enhance international trade opportunities and give an economic...

The UN Security Council unanimously voted to lift a nearly decade-old arms embargo and targeted sanctions on Eritrea after a rapprochement with...

The United Nations Security Council is set to vote on Wednesday to lift a nearly decade-old arms embargo and targeted sanctions on...

The UN Security Council is considering lifting sanctions on Eritrea next week following rapprochement with Ethiopia, although some members want to maintain...

Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki says Eritrea and Ethiopia have built trust since signing a peace deal in July, but need to iron...

Eritrea arrested a former minister who wrote books critical of the country's leader, a rights group and a UN official said. British-based rights...

Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki signed a peace agreement in Saudi Arabia, the second peace deal reached...

The top US diplomat for Africa welcomed a rapprochement between Ethiopia and Eritrea but said concerns over Eritrea's human rights record hindered...

The leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea re-opened crossing points on their shared border for the first time in 20 years, Asmara said,...

Eritrea and Djibouti agreed to normalise ties a decade after a border dispute led to brief military clashes, officials said after a...

When the leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea embraced in Asmara last month, promising to end the two-decade-old state of war between their...

Eritrean Airlines started regular flights to Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, the Eritrean information minister said marking another step in improving relations between...

Eritrea and Somalia plan to establish diplomatic relations, their presidents said, the latest sign of thawing relations across the Horn of Africa...

Somalia's president paid a rare visit to Eritrea in a sign Asmara is trying to use the opportunity created by a rapprochement...

The latest batch of recruits to Eritrea's national service have been told it will last no longer than 18 months, relatives said,...

After 20 years of hostility, Ethiopia and Eritrea have resumed diplomatic relations. On 8 July Ethiopia's Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, made a...

Ethiopian Airlines is in talks for a stake in Eritrean Airlines and a study will be conducted to determine the size of...

Eritrea pulled troops back from the heavily militarised Ethiopian border as a "gesture of reconciliation" with its neighbour and long-time foe, the...

The first commercial flights from Ethiopia to Eritrea in 20 years took off early on Wednesday, sealing reconciliation between former enemies a...

Eritrea reopened its embassy in Ethiopia on Monday in further evidence of the rapid thaw between two countries who a week ago...

Eritrea President Isaias Afwerki said history was being made as he started his first visit to Ethiopia in more than two decades,...

The UN Security Council welcomed warming ties between Eritrea and Ethiopia, but diplomats said it stopped short of pledging it could review...

Ethiopian Airlines would resume flights to Eritrea capital Asmara on July 17 for the first time in 20 years, a day after...

Ethiopia's prime minister will meet the Eritrean president soon as the once-warring nations try to resolve one of Africa's most intractable military...