The Washington Post Eritrea’s Daniel Teklehaimanot, wearing the best climber’s dotted jersey, celebrates on the podium of the eighth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 181.5 kilometers (112.8 miles) with start in Rennes and finish in Mur-de-Bretagne, France, Saturday, July 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani) Eritrea isn’t a big place. The East
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By Ingrid Formanek and Omar Nor Nairobi, Kenya (CNN)Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility Tuesday for a nighttime attack on two homes in northeastern Kenya’s Mandera County. The attack killed at least 14 people and injured 11 others, according to Mandera County Commissioner Alex Nkoyo. The compound housed primarily quarry workers. The attack began around 1 a.m. when
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By Tesfa-Alem Tekle ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia warned on Tuesday it would take necessary action against arch-rival Eritrea unless it refrains from an alleged destabilizing role in the volatile east African region. While addressing parliament, Ethiopian prime minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, accused the Eritrean government of continuing to engage in destabilizing peace and security of Ethiopia
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By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) – Swiss police were guarding three U.N. investigators into Eritrea’s human rights record in Geneva on Wednesday after a top official said they had received threats on the street and at their hotel. The inquiry’s report published earlier this month showed human rights violations in Eritrea that may amount to
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By Adam Taylor On Monday, the United Nations released the results of a year-long investigation into human rights in Eritrea. What it found was horrific. Detailing “systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations,” the U.N. commission of inquiry argued that Eritrea was operating a totalitarian government with no accountability and no rule of law. “The
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Sputnik News According to a report in Oil Price.com “major discoveries in Uganda and Kenya, high-level production activities in Sudan and even exploration in war-torn Somalia,” as well as the North African country of “Eritrea should be on everyone’s radar.” The visit was followed up by UK based exploration and development company, Ortac Resources, which
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Khartoum – Sudan’s state news agency (SUNA) announced on Wednesday that Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki will visit the Sudanese capital Khartoum. Eritrea’s President embarks on a several days -visit to Sudan during which he will hold talks with the President of the Republic, Field Marshal, Omer Al-Basher, the agency said. Sudan Ambassador to Asmara, Majid
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By TREVOR ANALO The eight other countries on the list are North Korea, Ethiopia, Azerbaijan, Vietnam, Iran, China, Myanmar, and Cuba. Report says the regimes use “a combination of media monopoly, harassment, spying, threats of journalist imprisonment, and restriction of journalists’ entry into or movements within their countries” to keep their grip on power. Eritrea
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By TREVOR ANALO The eight other countries on the list are North Korea, Ethiopia, Azerbaijan, Vietnam, Iran, China, Myanmar, and Cuba. Report says the regimes use “a combination of media monopoly, harassment, spying, threats of journalist imprisonment, and restriction of journalists’ entry into or movements within their countries” to keep their grip on power. Eritrea
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BBC- Migrants from Sub-Saharian areas receive bottles of water on a rescue boat of Italy”s Navy ship San Giorgio after being rescued in open international waters in the Mediterranean Sea between the Italian and the Libyan coasts May 14, 2014. An estimated 5,000 Eritreans flee every month, often attempting to cross the Mediterranean Eritrea’s government
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