Latest Eritrea News
Sudan's military chief visits Eritrea to discuss Sudan conflict with the president
CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s military chief traveled to Eritrea on Monday for a meeting with President Isaias Afwerki, the general's latest international trip since fighting broke out between his army and a rival paramilitary force in mid-April, state media said. Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan...
Israel's Netanyahu says he wants Eritrean migrants involved in violent clashes to be deported
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he wants Eritrean migrants involved in a violent clash in Tel Aviv to be deported immediately and has ordered a plan to remove all of the country's African migrants. The remarks came a day after bloody...
Rival Eritrean groups clash in Israel, leaving dozens hurt in worst confrontation in recent memory
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — 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 asylum seekers and migrants in Tel Aviv in recent memory. ...
Scores of women and girls were sexually assaulted after peace deal in Ethiopia's Tigray, study shows
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Scores of women and girls in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region were sexually assaulted, often by multiple men alleged to be combatants, after a peace agreement last year ended the conflict there, according to a new study of medical records released on Thursday. ...
Eritrea's repressive government criticizes exiles who attack overseas festivals as 'asylum scum'
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — 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 Europe and North America have been attacked by exiles the Eritrean government dismisses as...
UN investigator says Eritreans experienced torture and sexual violence during national service
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — 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 abusive conditions, a U.N. independent investigator on human rights said in a...
Scores injured after protesters against Eritrea's government attack cultural festival in Sweden
STOCKHOLM (AP) — An Eritrea-themed cultural festival in a Stockholm suburb took a violent turn on Thursday when about a thousand anti-Eritrean government protesters stormed the event, leaving at least 52 people injured, Swedish media reported. The protesters set booths and...
