It is 20 years ago this month that the Eritrean state banned every religion except Sunni Islam and the Eritrean Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Lutheran Churches. The May 2002 clampdown resulted in most ...

In a 2023 report, the U.S. State Department said Eritrean prisoners commonly face “harsh” and “life threatening” prison conditions. In light of the arrests, human rights experts have ...

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Addis Abeba– The Refugee and Returnee Service (RRS) has revealed plans to relocate Eritrean asylum seekers currently residing in Addis Abeba to a proposed shelter site in the Afar region. Daba Lemesa, ...

A Swedish Eritrean journalist held incommunicado without charge in Eritrea for more than 23 years won a Swedish rights prize on Monday for his fight for freedom of expression, the jury said.

A masked man tried to kidnap an Orthodox Jewish child walking with his father in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, the local Shomrim (Jewish security patrol) said. The incident, which was captured on CCTV ...

Eritrean residents in Ethiopia's capital have reported widespread arrests among their community, sparking fear among refugees and asylum seekers who fled their homes in search of a better life.

Asmara: Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki met on Tuesday with Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah Al Burhan, Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council in Sudan, who is currently visiting ...

Bartholomew I, the Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople, anticipated that Francis would be making the trip in comments to reporters in May. In September, he confirmed that the joint trip ...