Eritrean refugees and asylum-seekers report that during compulsory national service they experienced torture, inhumane or degrading treatment, sexual and gender-based violence, forced labor and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Eritrea’s president in rare public comments has dismissed as “a fantasy” allegations that his country’s ...

Amid rising tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea, a post shared on Facebook claims that Africa Intelligence, a digital ...

Hundreds of Eritrean government supporters and opponents clashed with each other and with Israeli police Saturday, leaving dozens injured in one of the most violent street confrontations among African ...

NAIROBI, Kenya >> Flaming cars, violent clashes, dozens of people detained. As one of the world’s most repressive countries marks 30 years of independence, festivals held by Eritrea’s diaspora in ...

Tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea have flared up again after Ethiopian authorities said they would focus on regaining access to the sea it lost with Eritrea’s independence. In this context, posts ...

The United Nations Human Rights Council has rejected Eritrea’s attempt to shut down an independent investigation into alleged rights abuses, in a move hailed as vital to preventing impunity. Eritrea’s ...

Egypt and Eritrea are strengthening bilateral ties in order to boost regional trade and safeguard their security and the ...

An agricultural technical school in Eritrea is the latest to fall under government control, in a string of forced seizures of Catholic schools and hospitals. Church sources said Hagaz Agricultural and ...

Eritrean authorities are continuing to detain Catholic Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim of Segheneity, who was arrested at the Asmara International Airport Oct. 15. After the Catholic Church queried ...

ASMARA, Eritrea, June 25 (UNHCR) - The number of Eritrean refugees returning home from Sudan crossed the 50,000 mark last weekend. More are set to follow as a recent tripartite meeting between UNHCR ...

We thank the Special Rapporteur for his emphasis on critical rights concerns in Eritrea, including the ongoing abusive indefinite forced conscription system and the abuses Eritrean forces are ...